I hate smoking

[nayami]

So I just learned my roomie's boyfriend smoked. And today, I walk outside and see two of my coworkers, two beautiful girls, smoking and it fills me rage. I want to take aside everyone that smokes and slap them. I don't care about alcohol or marijuana or any other recreational drug because none does the damage that cigarettes do ON THEIR OWN. Yes, alcohol is dangerous if you mix it with getting behind a wheel or if you are especially stupid and binge. And yes, there is the threat of liver cancer if you are an alcoholic. But cigarettes are dangerous just by the mere act of using them. This has long been a personal thing for me since smoking not only led to my mother having to have a hole opened in her throat but also contributed to her eventual death by another form of cancer. I especially hate when smart, pretty people smoke because all I can think is "Why are you ingesting BLACK TAR into your healthy, beautiful bodies? Why are you slowly killing yourself? Is it really worth that?" I've actually gone to the state capitol and argued with smokers there protesting the tax increase on cigarettes. They argue it's their choice. Sure, it is, and I can still insult them for it because it is stupid and pointlessly harmful. I wish people could see a real-time depiction of exactly what happens inside their lungs every time they go through a pack of cigarettes. Maybe then they would realize how moronic smoking is. To clarify, I don't hate smokers but I despise smoking in its entirely. It doesn't help that the smell tends to make me seriously ill every time.

In other news, I'm trying to cut back on the amount of cussing I do on my journal, at least publicly because I think it dumbs down my message half the time. I think I've been doing fairly well.