I now feel tense every time i hear the word “smoking”.
THROW IT AWAY FOR GOOD!
I was recently standing at a bus stop, and noticed a boy, about 8 years old, dragging something as unobtrusively as possible, on the ground, with his foot.
I looked down, and saw that he was rolling two cigarettes (used) on the floor, with his shoe, obviously going somewhere.
I was curious to see what he was doing, as I didn’t really think an 8 year old was cleaning up the sidewalk…
And then i saw him reach a small wall sign where it’s possible to hide behind, pick up the cigarette, AND TRY TO SMOKE!
Ribbono Shel Olam, he’s eight years old!
A minute later, I see he’s hanging around a yungerman, whose just standing there, waiting for the bus. And then I see why. He’s also smoking. And he’s waiting for the young man to drop it on the floor so he can have a puff. The little boy also keeps looking at these 2 woman police men. They too are smoking. He’s waiting for theirs, too.
He’s just waiting for them to innocently drop it on the floor when they are done, so that he too can feel cool, and “take a smoke”.
If you would like to kill yourself, I can’t stop you.
But must you provoke our children too?
I’m sorry if this came about a little too strong, but i saw a little boy smoking because he was trying to copy YOU. He’s watching you. He’s waiting for your cigarette so he can do it too…