"limey" > wrote

> Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> When you see a teenager smoking, don't you just want to beat them
>> with a stick? (laugh) Get with it! These days smoking doesn't make
>> you look cool, it makes you look like a loser and a moron!

> Strange you should say that. I was making my way into the supermarket
> when a teenager (about 15 or 16) came up to me all agitated and asked me
> what I thought of her girlfriend standing on the curb smoking. She said,
> "tell her, tell her what you think!" The girl was really upset. My
> comment, "with all the dangers and the publicity, why on earth are you
> stupid enough to smoke?". I'm sure it did no good. Sad.

No kidding, what a coincidence! I understand people who already
smoke for years, it's not easy to quit. But to see someone start now,
knowing what we know, makes you want to give them a good shake.

Frankly, I can't believe teens can afford to smoke anymore, cigarettes
are so expensive now.

nancy