Thursday, October 1, 2009

Prompt #2

Since I’ve been attending UCF, I have noticed that about 1 in 3 people smoke cigarettes. Walking around campus, I have seen so many people, kids and teachers, smoking while walking, in between classes, or just simply sitting on a bench outside. For some people, it is just a casual thing that they like to do at parties or while out with friends, but that’s how it starts. It looks like a lot of people enjoy smoking and it’s a habit that is normal for these people. It makes me feel sad for those people because in the future, it will destroy their lungs and other parts of their body, and eventually they could die. It reminds me of when I was little and used to hang out at my best friend’s house whose parents smoked. They were always smoking when I was over there and it bothered me a lot. Some people agree with me that it is a bad habit with bad consequences, while some people don’t even think of the consequences and smoke anyway. It is significant to me because I don’t want to see people practically killing themselves by smoking, especially the young kids here at UCF. To others it may not be as significant, so the typical college kids will experiment and smoke on campus and off. Smoking in college is just the beginning, and if they stick with it, it will be a life long addiction.

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