Smoking?

Well, I smoke - so it can't be that bad.

I've been an official part of the Nicotine club for the best part of 6 years now, and considering I'm only 20 then I'd say I was a young-ish starter. When people who don't smoke, or even worse, people who are anti-smoking come up and talk to me about it, they usually say things like "Aren't you scared of cancer", "doesn't it make your teeth yellow?" and "oh god, it makes you smell" - well, cancer... people get cancer anyway, my uncle was a non-smoker (maybe not all his life) but died of cancer anyway. So, I can't be scared of something that I don't really have any control over. It doesn't make my teeth yellow because I found this great little invention called a toothbrush, and smells.... generally I tend to smell of YSL L'Homme aftershave and Lynx so it rarely causes bother.

That said, I wouldn't recommend it for anyone. I started young because at the time there was some lads that I used to hang around with and I was convinced it was cool, I was also convinced that it added a certain "bad boy" look to it. The proverbial rebel in me took over I guess. I have noticed a few things though, my stamina isn't what it used to be back when i didn't smoke as much and played Rugby, also I do have a consistent slight cough which I can only assume will get worse with time.


Now, is it bad? Well, I'm not hurting anyone - so i guess it can't really be called bad as such, it hurts nobody else and I'm confident that it won't decrease my life expectancy to the point where my parents will have to bury me. the thing that is more likely to reduce my life expectancy so much is catchng pneumonia from standing out in the rain because our "over P.C" government will no longer allow us to settle our nicotine cravings indoor. I mean, come on - what was wrong with a desginated smoking area?!

Oh well, I'll leave it there I think... time for a cigarette...