smokers, come see this.

for a while, i have been wanting to write about this, but it remained as a want. maybe because i had not been this driven to express my worries and concerns about this, because i believe that everybody that can think well would know that smoking is really bad for your health, and for the health of everybody around him, that is exposed to the smoke he exhales. i admit that i have problems with insensitive smokers. to me, you don't simply puff your poison to other ppl's faces and be proud of it, and no, smokers, you don't look cool at all. you look stupid. i'm sorry again, i don't mean to finger point to the males only, as the ugly truth is that, smoking has been a trend to women as well.

last week i was in kuala lumpur to settle some stuffs, and when i met my boyf in the library to tell him that i'm done with my works and i'm ready to go out, he showed me a picture that he discovered from the web. its regarding smokers. he was quite disturbed by the picture, and his worries actually showed on his face for quite a while. alhamdulillah, i had always wanted him to stop smoking for good, i know its not easy, and i also know that he is trying as hard as he could. he promise me that, and i know he will keep his promise to me. just because he keeps his promises towards me.

that instant, i got this idea to write about this issue. no, i'm not gonna list down the disadvantages of smoking, i'm not gonna write on how to stop smoking, i'm not gonna argue about whatever right issues that may come up when smoking is discussed. sorry, no. i'm not gonna do that. its too boring, and google can tell you all that. just google it up and you'll find your answers in just a click away.

but let me tell you what i'm going to write about. i'm gonna show you the picture that imran showed me, that can be very interesting and can make you smokers, realise more about this bad habit. lets take a look, shall we?

as you can see, this ad is not like the usual stop smoking ad that contains unpleasant images. this is something else. it took me 2 or 3 seconds to work it out. what a great idea, to have a smoking room as an open grave with the priest above officiating at the funeral, with the grieving friends and relatives standing around?

it reminded me of those articles i came across not too long ago, on baroque churches whose trompe-l'oeil ceilings depict God in his majesty above, surrounded by angels, supervising the admission of the saved into eternal life, and the condemnation of the damned into the maws of hell below.

this to me was an image to play with. how awful it is to actually be a smoker. i wasn't sure that the two smokers should have been standing up though. as far as i know, the dead lie down in their graves rather than stand upright smoking cigarettes, don't they? wouldn't it have been better to have a smoker lying in bed, smoking a cigarette, and falling into a sleep that would become eternal? maybe this image should include the ceiling to be filled into a cloud of smoke being exhaled from the mouth of the smoker on the right, like some sort of cloud, or some sort of dream. and they could have put absolutely anything in the grave below the priest and relatives. it could have been a man drinking a pint of beer. or two people having sex. or somebody reading a book or a newspaper. you could put that priest and those friends and relatives above anything you wanted. but no, this ad actually pointed on smokers. and oh hell yes, you should already feel something in your stomach now, scared maybe?

i know, i know that its not easy, but it all comes back to the will power. if you are strong enough to try it in the first place, then you should be strong enough to stop doing it now. i believe everybody can think wise, not only for yourself, but for others as well :)

p/s:

wahai perokok2 sekalian, try this. awak pegi duduk dalam kebuk asap, pastu merokok la sampai mabuk. senang cite. awak boleh merokok dgn aman tak ganggu org, dan awak jugak boleh hisap balik asap dari rokok awak tu. lagi banyak asap, lagi cepat high kan? lagi efektif. -out-

yours truly,

yasmin