In my opinion cigarette smoking is probably the worst addiction the average Canadian will face in his or her lifetime. The cigarette smoking addiction is stronger than most other addictions. Smoking addicts have to have a smoke with a cup of coffee or after a meal. It is needed which is part of the addiction.
There was a time when it was assumed that a person who smoked could quit any time he or she wanted to. Hah! Propaganda! Smoking causes cancer and that is a fact. It says so right on some packages of cigarettes and I saw and read that message on a package of cigarettes I watched a man buy this morning.. But quitting smoking kicking the addiction is the single most difficult challenge facing the smoker.
And there are really dumb ideas associated with smoking. People do it because they like it. No they smoke because they are addicted. People wont come into our Casino or Bar if we dont let them smoke. Like what are they going to do sit on the street and gamble and drink? Lets get real!
Smoking kills smoking causes cancer. It says right on the cigarettes box that cigarette smoking causes cancer. And yet people still smoke. WHY? Because people are hooked! Smokers are addicted because smoking is highly addictive. And I would in my dumb ass Saskatchewan country boy sheltered opinion say that smoking may be as addictive as illegal drugs. I dont know this to be a fact and it is just a guess, but maybe cigarettes are that addictive.
So, next time you see smokers huddled outside puffing away accept that they are probably very nice people who have become addicted to a killer habit. How they became addicted should let up to the psychologists but they are addicted.
It is not generally socially acceptable to be an addict or be addicted to anything. Addictions are made out to be weaknesses of character. Sorry! Addictions are more much more than a weakness of character. An addiction is serious and an addiction to cigarette smoking causes serious medical problems. How do I know? It says so on the cigarette package.
Heres the sick irony. Cigarettes are legal. The manufacture and distribution of cigarettes is legal. Cigarettes can be legally purchased by anyone eighteen and over. Cigarettes can be smoked in many places. Cigarette smoking is expensive. Governments make money by placing taxes on cigarettes. Cigarette smoking is addictive. Addiction to cigarette smoking will kill you or cause you serious medical problems.
Why is it legal to manufacture, distribute, sell and tax something that definitely causes cancer and serious medical problems?
My challenge to Brad Wall and the Government of Saskatchewan is use taxpayers money to get cigarette junkies out of back alleys; away from in front of buildings and into treatment for their own good and to reduce the future cost of medical treatment. Be pro-active! Ban smoking in as many places as possible. Encourage aboriginal people on Reserves to fight the cigarette smoking addictions because aboriginal people dont want to develop cancer or suffer serious medical problems due to cigarette smoking! Provide FREE treatment for cigarette junkies so they can kick the cigarette smoking habit and avoid cancer and serious medicinal problems associated with cigarette smoking.
