Friday 11 March 2011

Social Life of a Smoker


Move around you either in your living space or work space you will see lots of smokers around you. What comes in your mind while thinking of a smoker next to you? I am sure you would have same feelings like me…. What comes in your mind to see a smoker will narrate position of a smoker in society. Obviously a smoker will not be given due respect in society especially if he doesn’t have a status. A smoker can’t enjoy his life in circle of non-smokers. He will find him as normal either sitting alone or in group of smokers. Here I just want to make it clear that smoking is not only injurious to health of smoker but it is also a risk for social life of a smoker. Life of smoker in a society can be quite clear from a note written at the entrances of public venues like coffee shop, bank, restaurant or any other office “Smoking is not allowed”. What does this statement show? It shows smoking affects life of smoker in society.

Jack was fast friend of mine whom story I am telling you. I went out city for some internship course work and could not meet my friend for few months and I remained busy for these months. Jack got new friends in my absence. New friends’ circle of jack was a group of smokers. With few weeks of such fiends’ company laid very bad impact on Jack. He also started smoking and developed a habit of routine smoking. When I came back after completing my coursework I was disappointed to see my friend as a smoker because I know what position a smoker attains in society. I started washing Jack’s brain and helped him in quitting smoking. How Jack spent his time as a smoker is very miserable. I would like to share some bad effects of smoking on a smoker’s life shared by my friend Jack with me:
Out in the Cold
Smokers are not accepted in social venues even in winter season for instance restaurants, clubs, bars, art galleries, cafes, pubs, museums, theaters, concert halls etc ask smokers to stand out until they have cigarette in their hands. Being a smoker you will miss charm of going to those places where you loved to go in routine. Jack also missed to go to gym for the months he smoked.
Meeting People
Whatever a business meeting or a social gathering, a smoker is always left out of the hub of action. It would be luck for smoker that he gets client who is also a smoker but it’s a matter of fortune for a smoker. Jack has lots of stories when he had to face shame for smoke stink rising out of his mouth, clothes and body but now he feels proud while sitting in group of non-smokers.
Holidays
Smoker will restrict himself from taking some types of holidays where he can’t smoke like long haul flights would be quite difficult for a smoker, a plan to spend whole day in museum because a smoker will not be allowed to smoke inside. It shows that a smoker really misses lots of adventurous holidays of his life thus he is pushed away and away from his social life.

Not only are these the bad effects of smoking on social life of a smoker. What a smoker gets from society is not only point of discussion while talking about smoking but most important is what smoker gives to his society. Relation of a smoker to his close relations changes totally. He steadily becomes totally careless for his position and relations with his friends and family members. A smoker will not feel that he is ignored in fact he will try to get comfort in smoking for what he has lost. Thinking abilities of a smoker also start rusting with time. His appearance also changes with passage of time.
It is getting hard for me to discuss all bad effects of smoking on social life of a smoker.  I would like to close this discussion with a wish that every smoker like Jack may have a friend like me who would help him in quitting smoking. I appeal to all non-smokers not to hate smokers but also make the smokers hate smoking. I will keep on trying to make awareness of harms of smoking in all people both by my online discussions as well as talking to smokers personally. Are you with me??????

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