Despite the statutory warning on packets, sale of cigarettes is not coming down. The price of cigarettes is increased during each Union Budget, but still people don’t like to let go of the habit. With more people joining the IT industry, they have the money to pay a high cost for the cigarettes. Further, we can see young women from BPOs smoking, the call centre culture is cultivating the bad habit among them. Cigarette smoke spoils your lungs and respiratory system, it’s one way of consuming poison for slow death. Moreover it affects even those who are in the company of smokers. Women smokers face the risk affecting their foetus. The main cause for cultivating this habit is stress. Some consume paan masala and other items to curtail the foul odour. So as a result they fall prey to two bad habits. One more cause for acceptance of cigarette smoking is that film stars often smoke in movies. The government was trying to stop the practice, however there were protests that the state was trying to curb the cinematic freedom of expression. Actors, directors must realise that they have a social duty and they are accountable to society and must not indulge in such transgressions.
— CK Subramaniam
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