We ''The People": Caught in the smoke of fire

There certainly wasn't any malice in my smoking. This is what I was answered by one smoker who I requested for not to smoke, and so many smokers think off and ignore the serious ramification of this sinful act. Smoking is highly contagious; non smokers including adolescence are easily solicited for puffing on cigarettes ignoring its maladies and its temp effect are too addictive to get rid of. People who lit cigarettes for their pleasure spread its smoke to whole atmosphere and unknowingly it is inhaled my many.

During my early teenage I had no clued how smoke in our environment could be injurious to health. I was grown up in a society where offering tobacco and cigarette is considered as a mark of honor and friendship. This was considered as immediate offering of gratitude for guests. People were so addicted to consume it that they didn’t hesitate asking their children to liter cigarette for them.

There is smoke in whole atmosphere. I was lucky to learn it in early teenage when I was caught in the smoke of fire. I would like to share what I lose and could have lost more in the smoke of fire before purging its sin.

In early teenage, I became a victim of asthma. Once I had severe asthma attack; I was unconscious and was immediately rushed to hospital as an emergency case. On a support of couple of vaccine and medicine I was lucky to recover for next morning exam. I was suffering from severe weakness but missing that exam would have been hard on me wasting one year as it would have failed me to repeat same class next year. This fear motivated me and I somehow managed to stand calm and confident to sit for exam and passed it. This attack usually happens on critical times and hinders my performance for success both in sports and studies.

I love paying and getting exhausted until I get out of breath. Due to asthma I was losing fun of teenage and was restricting from exhausting myself playing with friends, jumping and running on fields. My favorite sport soccer became tough to play despite of having perfect skill to play. While playing game of police and thief I was neither good as police or as a thief. As a police I couldn’t run to catch thief and as thief I could not fool police by running and hiding swiftly.

Asthma is one of the serious disease out of many caused by the smoke. Other could be heart disease, stroke and chronic lung disease. All cause for premature death.

In another story there was a person living in the midst of prosperity with beautiful children. He lives in a decent location surrounded by the natures flap and having all joy and fun of rich and affluent living. He missed all when he was caught in the smoke of fire. He had premature death caused by heart attack. This was serious ramification which was never thought of. He was a victim of serious consequences of intake of unprecedented amount of alcohol and smoke.

There are similar sad stories of suffering among millions of families. Addiction caused by smoking and alcoholism cause serious dependence on it and compels its regular intake. It weakens body immune system, creates early ageing, and tiredness.

Health has been considered as greatest assets among all. We live in more emancipated times, with no restriction on consumption of health hazard substance. We are facing the intractable problems caused by serious health hazard intake.

Millions of dollars are spent in curing disease but how could people get rid of malady when millions of dollars are spent on consuming for the cause of malady. Our society has engulfed into such a terrible practice of living that nobody look for the cause of illness rather try to cure it ignoring its cause.

Administrations are doing much less to save us from this malice. In fact, Manufacturers of health hazard substance are appreciated for their growing business and are encouraged to do much better. Perfectly crafted advertisement of hazard product solicits new consumers every day. There is no sign of administration’s commitment on caring what WHO reports - “Every eight seconds, someone dies from tobacco use”. Government dares to stop such manufacturers as they are one of the largest tax payers. Operating such business is against the social welfare of state. It is clear that administration is sacrificing the long term prosperity for the short-term profit.

Millions suffer from malady; millions die of malady but still millions live with malady. As reported by WHO - Smoking related-diseases kill one in 10 adults globally. By 2030, if current trends continue, smoking will kill one in six people.

Coming across this intractable statistics made my jaw drop. The growing number of smoking in adolescence is the greatest threat for the next generation. This serious consequence is the biggest challenge and is too big to ignore. Smoking and alcoholism has tarnished the reputation of healthy living and compromised long-term prosperity for millions of families.

Health is the only means for prosperous living. We can have everything all luxury and comfort but in absence of proper health nothing seems to content us.