Smokers - I mean, really, what's the point?
My parents both smoke even though my father had triple bypass surgery in 2000 and is currently in hospital having had another heart attack. They would dearly love to be able to quit and have tried so many times over the years, but the addiction is just too strong for some. I feel for them, they are on a pension and have bugger all money and so much of it goes to Rothmans to pay for an addiction that the tobacco companies worked so hard to ensure was nigh on impossible to beat by manipulating nicotine levels.
My parents claim that when they were young they weren't told it was bad for you. I reply that if they couldn't see that inhaling smoke through a respiratory system that is actually designed to repel such things is a bit daft then they were plain dumb. and then I feel bad cos I know how much they'd love to not smoke.
It breaks my heart because my dad was in tears when I told him that I was having a kid and then when I told him it was going to be a boy (found out last Friday) he cried again. He's a lovely man who his grandson will love dearly if he gets to know him, which is looking more and more unlikely.
The f**king tobacco companies should be sued out of existence. There are many companies in this world in all fields whose commitment to making a profit ensures that they are unethical, but the tobacco companies are the worst. Dealers in death for profit. I'd happily fire the bullets that killed every one of them. Pack of c**ts.