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Plead With Smokers.

You know that smoking is bad for health.
You have seen the disgusting ads of rotting mouths and lungs,
And black tar oozing from the heart,
When you continue to smoke your life away.

Despite all that you continue to smoke.
Even if you don't care about your health,
Please spare a thought for others,
Your family, friends, strangers on the street like me.

You should have heard this all before,
Second-hand smoke has at least twice the amount of nicotine and tar as the smoke inhaled by the smoker,
And five times the amount of carbon monoxide.


I plead to you...
Please don't smoke when you are on the pedestrian walkway.
I have a hard time holding my breath,
Avoiding the poisonous gas you puff out,
As I walk behind you.

Please don't smoke at the bus stop.
If you don't know yet,
It is against the law to do so.
It will be even better if you try not to smoke anywhere
Remotely near the bus stop.

Please don't sit or stand near me
After you have just smoked.
If you have not noticed,
You smell like you have terrible BO.
And when you open your mouth,
It smells of thousand rotting fish.
That takes my breath away.

And if you really want to smoke,
Near the bus stop,
Near the rest of the non-smokers,
Please dispose your cigarette butt properly.
No need to pretend nobody's watching
When you flick it onto the ground.
I saw you!
The last time you did that.

Thank you for answering to my pleads.
You can smoke as much as you please.
It is your given right.
Just when you do,
Please give others a consideration.

Comments

jax said…
A lot of smokers don't realise the discomfort of non smokers, so here's a way to shoo them off.

If i walk past a smoker, i make sure i stare at their lighted cigarettes like i am going to kill them. Most of the times, they got the hint and move somewhere else. Oh remember this, please don't do this to a GROUP of smokers.
egeus said…
Thanks for the tips.

Hah hah. I will remember not to do so to a group. It'll probably be too much for me to handle!

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