The Never Ending Trend of Cigarette Smoking

If there is one thing that has withstood the test of time it is cigarette smoking. A variety of people smoke cigarettes. I have been exposed to it all of my life. When I was a junior I noticed people around my age or either a few years younger than me or a few years older than me smoking a cigarette. Now being in college I see people smoking everywhere. I see smoking outside of the McCarthy Center, outside of the library, walking to commuter lots. I see it in other places other than on the Framingham State University campus. I see it outside of the Natick mall, when people drive their cars; I have even seen people smoke in their own house. This is appropriate and legal, but all you are doing is killing yourself slowly.  This makes me question if I was the only one listening in health class when they said cigarettes are bad for you.

I have thought about having a cigarette and I have even tricked people into thinking I would smoke one. BUT I HAVE NEVER SMOKED A CIGARETTE AND I NEVER WILL. I do not understand what the attraction is to cigarettes in this generation. The media does not portray cigarettes like it did in other generations. It is illegal for tobacco companies to advertise cigarettes. Meaning the media cannot be the main cause. I have heard stress is a cause, but smoking does not make stress go away. Even on the package it tells you cigarettes are bad for you by saying “This product can cause cancer.” But I have heard all of the stories about cigarettes being addictive. My advice is do not start smoking cigarettes, no matter how bad your life or how "cool" you think it is.  

Tobacco companies make millions of dollars a year. Pharmaceucitcal companies have created methods to "stop" people from smoking such as patches and electronic cigarettes. I have heard numerous stories about the patches so I do not trust them. I have seen how blu cigarettes help. It is not smoke, but water vapor that you can customize with different flavors and add or remove nicotine. This product helped my father and step mother from smoking. But when does cigarette smoking end? Better yet when will it die down? I hope the next generation of people will not get involved with cigarette smoking. I would love to see cigarettes die out and tobacco companies fall. But for now this is only a dream.