One of the major problems of society is smoking. Smokers may not necessarily be adults. Smokers include teenagers, and in some cases, middle scholars. Most do not realize the danger of smoking, the dangers that affect themselves and their families. If they do smoke, they smoke because they are stressed or are under peer pressure. Whatever the reason is, smoking affects people’s lives, and the lives of people around them. But the effect is not small. It’s a drastic effect in their lives.

A smoke-free home is one of the best types to have. Not only is it healthy for the people living in it; a smoke-free home is also a wise and respectable home. It’s a home to be proud of. To have a healthy home is something everyone should strive for. Smoking is a health hazard that many should take heed of. It can cause lung cancer, since smoking badly damages the lungs.
A smoker will get affected, but he or she is not the only one who will be affected. Though it is through indirect measures, your loved ones can also be affected physically and emotionally. Although they do not smoke cigarettes as a smoker does, they can breathe in the cigarette fumes, which is not healthy at all. This inhaling of the fumes can affect their lungs, too. They may also feel upset that the smoker has begun to smoke. They know it’s not healthy, and they might not understand why one has started smoking. One may feel that it was his fault that he couldn’t do anything to prevent this from happening.

If there is a healthy home, no one would be affected by the cigarette fumes, and everyone would be healthy. To be healthy is important in life. If people got sick (it doesn’t matter if they are sick with a disease or a short illness), then, they would not be able to live healthy lives, or live their lives to the fullest. If they are not healthy, people cannot be happy. Although they may put up a façade, their “happiness” is not genuine. Happiness is one of the keys to a good life. Remember, a person only has one life. They cannot live it ever again, so if they are smoking, they have to stop NOW.

A non-smoking home is also a wise home. That is so because to not smoke is wise. Smoking, as stated above, is a health hazard to you and the people surrounding you. Not smoking is something to you should do if you want to stay healthy. People who smoke are harming themselves directly and also harming others indirectly. Smokers need to told about the danger of their actions. That is why it is the duty of a non-smoker to tell smokers about the dangers of smoking. It is also a duty to try to prevent other people from smoking by talking to young children early in life about the dangers of smoking. Since these children are the future of the world, they must be taught to do the right thing.

In addition to that, what wise person would not think about the consequences of their actions? If a smoker had paused to think about the consequences of smoking before he began, he might not be smoking today. But he did not. He just began to smoke without thinking about the consequences. That is where the phrase “Think before you act” comes into play. What wise person wouldn’t follow that phrase?

Respectable homes are another type of home that is desirable for people to have. Non-smokers are respected by those who despise smoking. In my opinion, respect is one of the highest forms of honor a person can receive from another in society. People will have to respect you for choosing to not endanger your life and for not giving in to the urge to smoke. With stress people feel and peer pressure from those around you, the urge to smoke is very hard to resist. If you do not smoke, people will respect and admire you, especially in the world today, where many people succumb to their emotions. If you are a smoker, and you decide to stop smoking, you will be respected for choosing the right path.

In addition to this, there is the matter of not being respected for smoking. Some may think that you do not care about your body and the damage that you are causing it, and they may think negatively about you. The truth may be that you do not know what to do about your life and you resort to what is bad. If others know this, in addition to thinking that you do not care about your body, they may think that a smoker cannot control himself. If someone visits a smoker at their home, they may be repulsed by the strong smell of the smoke and refuse to step in. Wouldn’t that make the owner upset? But the fault lies with him, so there is nothing he can do but quit smoking.

Smoking is a horrible thing, one of the most horrible in the world. It is a problem everyone has to work to eliminate. The world might become a better place to live if smoking was eliminated from the face of the earth. That is why I urge smokers to realize the dangers in their actions and stop smoking before they get seriously ill. It is for their own good and for the good of the people around them