Smoking

Smoking is a age old debate. There will always be people who oppose the pass time that is smoking.

Obviously, there are a number of health risks to yourself and others around you, yet even though we now have a smoking ban in public places. many still continue with their habbit, albeit a minority.

As a smoker myself, i find the commonly asked question of 'What makes smoking so attractive as a pursuit?' a difficult question, as i don't find it attractive. Maybe when smoking was more advertised in the glamourous golden era of the 50s films, it was portrayed as being 'sexy' and attractive, but not now in 2009. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/dec/07/smoking.filmnews

Today we are faced with graphic images of people dying on the back of our fag packets, compared to the 'marlboro man' this is far from attractive. It is also hard to see how smoking in 2009 can be seen as pleasure when the tax on a box of cigarettes is increasing by the day and the restriction on the places that you can actually smoke in is getting tighter, soon we will no longer be able to smoke in our own homes!

Smoking is not a choice after you start, it's an addiction. This is what dictates if we continue to smoke not the 'attraction'. Addiction is the common link between most bad habbits, it could be because of thrill or dependance, but it is still the addiction that has control.