Cigarettes : Agree or Disagree?

Cigarettes : “Agree or Disagree?”

By : Cinintya Listianti

Thursday, November 15, 2012 |

I found a lot of cigarette butts strewn on the highway, exactly on the corner of Jakarta and all the congestion. On that day, I was walking slowly and glanced around, no matter what other people thought of when I saw the action. Upon arriving at a bus stop, I stood quietly while waiting for the bus to come. Slowly but surely, I switch eyes on a man who was enjoying a cigarette beside me. Oh, no ... cigarette smoke is killing me. Again and again I looked away for a moment to catch my breath, and come back feeling claustrophobic when he smoked cigarettes. As I suppose, when rolled up, he'll shut it with crushed cigarette. Unfortunately, I have no reason apt to tell him, where he should dispose of cigarette butts and stop it a better way. If that's the way, long road surface will be dirty.

Staring ahead blankly. Shut up and think. If only common terms such as "dispose of waste in place" is not unusual, if discard cigarette butts are unnecessary habit? Apparently, it is a critical question that must be answered.

I'll talk about a lot of things with a different perspective. As long as I live, a lot of people have complained to me, or the many people who have a serious illness caused by smoking activity. For example, my father. He had suffered from bronchitis as a teenager, and decided to quit smoking despite very difficult. He also said that the real reason so many people love to smoke hand-rolled cigarettes because it used to slip in between your fingers. According to him, when someone releases cigarette out of his hand, like something is missing, or can not fully concentrate on an activity when not suck. Typically, smoking must be accompanied with a cup of coffee. Eventually, it became a cultural habits and traditions of the people of Indonesia, most of whom can not live a normal life without cigarettes.

Sometimes, we have to think about a lot of effects that occur when we are going to smoke. Why think? Because it means we are ready to risk weight. Often we get bored when I hear a ban on smoking, the dangers of smoking, the high price of cigarettes, or maybe ... we feel the impact of their own health. As I mentioned above man, feel indifferent towards it. For many people, smoking is common. But for people who are already feeling the effects? Cigarettes are poison, which can kill you one day suddenly.

Moreover, smoking is done by children and even toddlers. I'm very concerned as she watched the news on television. At a very early age, they don’t feel the lives of children as fair by everyone. The fact is tragic, indeed.

In terms of the economy, the actual existence of the tobacco companies is enough to help the weak in economic stability and meet their needs. On the other hand, the distribution of cigarettes in Indonesia began to be discussed a lot of people, considering the effects and influence of its existence covered the pros and cons. Besides labor recruited in large numbers to minimize the unemployment rate, saving tobacco farmers, also the use of natural resources are processed in a structured way. Thing that comes to my mind is, why it should be in the form of cigarettes? If we look further, there are other ways to make the company a more useful output.

Let us consider the customs of other countries. Singapore is one example of a country that prohibits smoking and littering. If violated, will be subject to criminal and civil sanctions. But in Indonesia, cigarettes are still sold and only set of policies to be followed by active smokers. In fact, we all know the obviousness: Smoking can damage organ systems in the body of the smoker, as well as for those who feel its effects indirectly.

There is an electric cigarette products that can help current smokers to avoid dependence with regular cigarettes. Although I strongly support the presence of an electric cigarette, but the product has not been able to reduce the habit of many people to smoke. I hope there is one way to effectively eliminate the habit of smoking, or at least, government policies to the people and act as a whole, fairly and firmly.

Let us think carefully. There is still much we need to spend time to have fun without any serious disease. There are many opportunities for us to live life with those we love. Would that we spend the funds used to buy cigarettes, can be used or distributed to the beneficiary. Remember, when we try and never quit, we've managed to success. ---