Smoking
Why do people smoke? Why do I smoke? I ask myself this question every day of my life. I started smoking cigarettes when I was fourteen years old. I guess I was still young and naive. I don't know if stupidity is really a valid excuse, knowing even then, the dangers of the habit. I suppose it was because I never really thought that I, of all people, would become addicted. Well here I am four years later and smoking a pack and a half a day. The worst part about it is that I'm ashamed of my habit more than half the time. I pheen for a cigarette it seems, at every family function. I've come up with excuse after excuse to go outside, trying to hide my embarrassing habit. You'd think if I'm so ashamed of smoking, then why do I continue to smoke? Well, let me tell you addiction is a powerful thing. Much more powerful than I thought it woul
Every night before I go to bed I tell myself, "This is going to be my last cigarette. I don't go to reservations and buy cartons like I should. I can't even borrow a sweater from my brother without him complaining about the smell. I hate the fact that all of my clothes reek of cigarette smoke. That's about ten dollars a day, seventy dollars a week, and about two-hundred and eighty dollars a month. With the amount of money I spend on my habit, I could be making car payments for a brand new car. Without my morning cigarette, you'd think I was PMSing. Smoking is not only a disgusting but also a very expensive habit. My hands still smell of smoke even after I've washed them and by the end of the day my hair smells like an ash tray. Most likely, walking around with an oxygen tank in one hand and clutching a cigarette in the other. I'm only eighteen years old and already hacking up a lung every morning, but what better way to start you day than rolling out of bed and lighting up a cigarette. I've tried to quit numerous times but basically don't want to be around me if I haven't had a cigarette. I'm grouchy, irritable and all I can think about is having a cigarette. Smoking is one of the most unattractive habits.
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