The screen girl with an elegant gesture pulls out a cigarette, three men obsequiously bring her lighters ... Is this the teenage girl who tries to smoke for the first time, coughing and gasping, and despite all the insistence?.

In a few years - not now! - she realizes that to attract male attention it did not necessarily have to drag on a cigarette, but for now ... Most 15-17 year olds start to smoke, wanting to look older and sexually attractive, having got on the legend developed by mass culture and tobacco producers. A mother who says to her daughter: "In five years you realize how much you did not need it," is perceived as the number one enemy who does not understand your problems, as reported by the Internet publication for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old Pannochka. Net And after a dozen or ten years, looking in the mirror at the yellowed teeth and grayish skin, the virgin realizes how right a mother was once, and she dreams of getting rid of a cigarette. It was not there! Tobacco concerns have taken care that the person who started smoking once did not say goodbye to the acquired "knowledge": supplements contained in some very popular brands of cigarettes, first, alleviate the suffering of the nervous, sick and the senile, and secondly, cause very fast addiction On a par with narcotic (much stronger than marijuana!). In the film "The Insider", filmed in 1999 on the grounds of real history, describes how corporate America uses all possible means to keep the unsuspecting consumers from a habit that brings billions of profits to tobacco companies. The case described became a sensation, people learned the truth, but ... they continue to smoke! For me there is nothing more humiliating than fulfilling the will of tobacco tycoons. From this position, the reverse side of smoking is to remain a.

Many people say that cigarettes are calming, but is it worth it? Is it sometimes easier and safer to drink valerian and multivitamins? Let's compare the pros and cons of smoking.

+: Calm nerves, help pass the time, feel more confident.

-: plaque on the teeth (the need for regular expensive clinical bleaching), dark circles under the eyes (from deteriorating blood circulation), bad breath (for women is particularly unacceptable), from hair / clothes / personal effects, problems with non-smokers close, weak lungs , Delayed healing of wounds and restoration of all tissues of the body, difficulties during pregnancy and feeding the baby (if you even think about his health), nervousness in situations where smoking is prohibited or impossible.

"And I still smoke," - joyfully declares to me a red-faced fellow on the plane. "And instead of fine I get rid of a couple of anecdotes and a smile stewardess. For this I love Aeroflot! "In the airplanes of more civilized airlines, I think that this number would not have passed: it's forbidden to smoke even in the toilets!.

"Why do you smoke?" "- I ask. What for? - that's the theme that has been exciting me since the day when I first realized how disgusted I am with cigarette smoke. Looking at infinity, he replied: "But boring! ".

What does a person who is bored? Smokes, chews and watches TV. And there - cowboys Marlboro, galloping through the expanses of their wonderful country, where, according to their assurances, everyone can get, it is only necessary to tighten and cover your eyes ... Although I, for example, looking at the vast expanses of American canyons, least want to smoke. I think this guy must be out of his mind? After all, for example, in such a situation I want to breathe fresh air full of chest, healthy strong lungs ... And you?.

For many, smoking is associated with the natural manifestations of life: after a hearty dinner, under a brandy, under a cup of strong coffee, or, forgive, sitting in a seated place. In the last occasion, folk wisdom even created a very capacious expression.

Different brands, advertising themselves, try to connect their goods with a certain tradition: meeting with friends and drinking beer. Wedding friends and calls by mobile phone. Club party and cigarette. Often in a club or a cafe, the hand involuntarily stretches to the purse: it is difficult to remain in the smoky atmosphere, even if you have been heroically alive for a week without a cigarette.

But despite the huge number of smokers and annoying advertising, not everyone agrees to harm their health for their own money, and among them - strangely enough - politicians. The laws of many countries, for example, Singapore, resembling a purest diamond water, provide for huge fines (SG $ 500) for smoking in public places and on the street or for thrown to the ground a cigarette butt. In our country, I think, this will also come, although not for a while - until we have learned to think about the future, but we are still ahead! To fight evil alone is not enough for every soldier of common sense. Together we will build a city. Even if everyone brings only a brick medicus. En.

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