Remember those school days when smoking was considered very cool? I bet most of you have tried it atleast once out of fear of missing out.
But growing up you realise that although it relieves stress, you get a lot of health complications associated with smoking. I have seen so many of my friends back in the day who used to dominate in endurance sports like football. After they caught the habit of smoking in school, the endurance was never the same and they were left to gasp for air mid game most of the time.
That being said, I have tried smoking but luckily i didn't continue it. Apart from health, my only concern about smoking is that people use it as an icebreaker and to socialize. It's hard to be in the same friend circle if you don't smoke and hate passive smoking due to health concerns.
In a nutshell, i think, in my opinion, smoking is not at all cool and people should try to get out of the addiction.
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