Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Reasons Why I Don't--And Never Will--Smoke

1. The plethora of health issues--I couldn't get around this one if I wanted to...
2. The idea of holding a little stick with fire on the end of it and having carbon monoxide billow out of it in my mouth.
3. The smell, my God the smell...
4. The effect on clothes
5. The effect on teeth
6. The inconvenience--having to pop away for a cigarette, always have some on hand, etc.
7. The ostracism of being sent to a little corner of a restaurant or outside to smoke
8. Weather difficulties. I think I'd end up quitting pretty darn quick if I had to scurry outside in frigid weather, pouring rain, or Houston humidity just to smoke.
9. The cost, my God the cost...
10. The fact that they're addictive--I had enough trouble shaking loose of Coke.
11. The second-hand smoke I'd be forcing on everyone else.
12. The potential danger of cigarette burns (on me, my clothes, my books!...)
13. Cigarette butts--I'm shocked that people toss them out their car windows, stomp them into the sidewalk, litter up parks, zoos, and public places. Find an ashtray, please!



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