Everyone knows the ramifications of cigarette smoking and how detrimental it is to your health. However, millions continue to do so without giving it a second thought. Let's set aside what affects smoking has on the individual and take a look at what consequences it has on the family. After all, your smoking habit is their smoking habit.
1. Physical - Although cigarette smoke can dissipate in the air and isn't nearly as concentrated, your family can still breath it in. If you fill the room with cigarette smoke by chain-smoking at your desk while playing a game, anyone in that room is now essentially a smoker. Would you want your five-year-old lighting up?
2. Financial - While cigarettes don't cost as much as a hard-core drug such as cocaine or even marijuana, it can still make a dent in your family's budget. If you were a pack-a-day smoker that spends $5 per day, $1825 goes up in smoke throughout the year. Wouldn't that money be better spent on Christmas or birthday presents, bills, or perhaps a down payment on a new car?
3. Emotional - How often do the children go to school smelling like a bar because you didn't roll the windows down in the car that morning. Burning tar sticks to anything and can make clothing smell beyond what the smoker can sense. You're already used to the smell of tobacco and wouldn't (Read More....)
