Smoking bans
Confessions & Interviews
Confessions of a smoker
99% of you would think, a smoker's article is the last thing you would expect to see on a site against smoking. Yes, I am a convinced smoker and I am not planning on quitting ... ever, if that were possible. However, the reason I write this for is a simple one: I am conscious of what I am doing, I am the only one capable of deciding for myself and nobody can impose on me what I should do with my life. But, if I have these rights, wouldn't it be fair that others have them too?
Practically, when I smoke, especially in a bar, I force the ones sitting at the table next to mine to smoke too ... and passive smoking is even more dangerous for them than smoking is to me. Even if I don't know these people, I don't see why I should take their fundamental rights of life and health?
I enjoy every cigarette I light... but I realize that every puff I blow affects persons dear to me... friends, lovers, parents. When I light my cigarette in the park, I invite so many children to smoke as well, and this way to harm themselves. The persons around me will die of cancer faster than me, and I do not want to see them suffer. Because of these reasons I sustain this project, though it might seem a paradox. We should all have equal rights, and be able to share the same sweet mountain air without having to stand the cigarette smoke which takes away our joy and our health. I won't quit, I will still smoke, because it is not the moment for me to quit. But, if one day I will decide to quit, I wish I would find as many people who think like me and the rest of the persons behind this project as possible.
