Today being "World No Tobacco Day " which is an annual event to persuade people and raise awareness to not to consume tobacco in any form, special articles are bombarded on how to get rid of tobacco consumption with loads of tips. Usually the articles on such days talk about: i] tobacco is really bad for health, ii] companies dealing in tobacco are bad, ii] those who smuggle are very bad. :o
Well, if you ask me none of such information is new and anybody who consumes tobacco in any form is already well aware of the facts. The reality is majority or I should say that almost every tobacco consumer knows the above stated facts so well that either they simply don’t care or chose alternative ways to do a 'health balance'.
There have seen so many people around me who are literally chain smokers for years and there wasn’t a single day that they weren’t aware that tobacco was bad, that tobacco companies were bad.
Governments, tobacco products’ producing companies, activists, doctors, friends and family keep on ranting about the negative impact of tobacco consumption but very few sit down with the tobacco consumer about his/her reason for excessive usage and whether s/he suggests or thinks of a way out from the habit. Come on, it takes time to leave a habit, that too when it comes to addictions.
If you really want your loved one to quit tobacco consumption in any form then today, on World No Tobacco Day, take out time, sit with them, talk your heart out, devote all your senses (ear, nose, eyes, skin) to them and listen to them patiently. May be they are also fighting to get rid of the habit but our ridiculous ranting has distanced them from us and themselves. Can we allow a day for them to be themselves and ease their nerves? Trust me, if this approach can help even hundred people across globe, this World No Tobacco Day will be one of the most successful one ever.
Let a tobacco consumer leave the habit by himself / herself.
And my dear people (those who consume tobacco) just look around you, there’s literally no pretence of protecting other people anymore. It’s about making your life miserable. And now these horrible packaging with 85% pictorial warning and those nonsensical bans on outdoor smoking and above all the amount of money that goes in smoke, share your heart today with your loved one and give a try. Possibly a small step today can bring in a big change tomorrow.
Just want to remind that no battle has ever been won alone, you need backing, you need people, and you need your loved ones to win one.
Let’s all join hands so that our loved one come out as winners; winners of life.
The article first published on www.lafdatv.com
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