I was raised in a family where everyone smoked cigarettes it was normal and accepted. As a child, I was never told it was bad or harmful to my health. Both of my parents smoked cigarettes throughout my childhood. I was frequently exposed to secondhand smoke. As I got older and anti-smoking ads got more popular my parents changed where and how they smoked. In the car they would roll down not just there window, but the others windows as well to help vent. They stopped smoking inside the house. Before the ban on smoking inside restaurants when we would go out to eat we sat in the non- smoking section. Growing up with uncontrolled asthma these changes were well welcomed. Cigarette smoke was one of my most recurring triggers for my asthma attacks. My asthma has affected many aspects in my life. There are many things I cannot do or partake in due to a flair up. I do believe my unwanted exposure to second hand smoke has helped me not become a cigarette smoker. My parents still to this day smoke and every time I see them I try to remind them why they should not do it. My grandmother is probably the most influential reason for me to refrain from smoking. She was a three pack a day smoker, who at times would forget about a lit cigarette and light another. My grandmother smoked for fifty three years until she had her first heart attack. Her arteries were so damaged from smoking and poor diet she had to have a triple bypass surgery to repair it. She quit smoking cold turkey after the surgery and has not smoked a cigarette since that day. I am so proud of her for making the decision for her health. All these reasons are why I am an advocate of the anti-smoking precautions the government has done to try to protect the public’s health even if it is just a lit
I was raised in a family where everyone smoked cigarettes it was normal and accepted. As a child, I was never told it was bad or harmful to my health. Both of my parents smoked cigarettes throughout my childhood. I was frequently exposed to secondhand smoke. As I got older and anti-smoking ads got more popular my parents changed where and how they smoked. In the car they would roll down not just there window, but the others windows as well to help vent. They stopped smoking inside the house. Before the ban on smoking inside restaurants when we would go out to eat we sat in the non- smoking section. Growing up with uncontrolled asthma these changes were well welcomed. Cigarette smoke was one of my most recurring triggers for my asthma attacks. My asthma has affected many aspects in my life. There are many things I cannot do or partake in due to a flair up. I do believe my unwanted exposure to second hand smoke has helped me not become a cigarette smoker. My parents still to this day smoke and every time I see them I try to remind them why they should not do it. My grandmother is probably the most influential reason for me to refrain from smoking. She was a three pack a day smoker, who at times would forget about a lit cigarette and light another. My grandmother smoked for fifty three years until she had her first heart attack. Her arteries were so damaged from smoking and poor diet she had to have a triple bypass surgery to repair it. She quit smoking cold turkey after the surgery and has not smoked a cigarette since that day. I am so proud of her for making the decision for her health. All these reasons are why I am an advocate of the anti-smoking precautions the government has done to try to protect the public’s health even if it is just a lit