I hate smoking.

I went out with my family for dinner yesterday at the food court near my home. My cough had gotten better, I wasn’t hacking that much. As I walked to the carpark rejoicing at my recovery, my fresh air (Mine! All miiiine.) was infiltrated by a cloud of acrid smoke that wasted no time in attacking every single hypersensitive cell lining my respiratory track. I turned around, and there was this guy puffing away like crazy, oblivious that he could have very well cause my asthma to go into overdrive.

I don’t mean to sound insensitive to people who smoke…it’s not like I’m the boss of everyone, but doesn’t it irk you when you’re about to tuck into your plate of hot steaming noodles, when some irritating –beep- lights a fag and blows smoke in your face? People can be so inconsiderate. Just because the government allows smoking in open-air areas, it doesn’t mean that smokers should just light up ANYWHERE open-air! I mean, we are HUMAN BEINGS, for chrissake. Civilisation, anyone? How about some discretion?

Practically everyone you walk pass these days smokes. I saw three smokers in a row yesterday. First the sod who nearly killed me, then a couple (How do these people KISS? Yellow teeth and halitosis is not attractive!!) and then….a man carrying a BABY!

And you wonder why more people are dying of cancer.