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Everyone is entitled to be responsible for the consequences of his own doing. Like smokers, they are also responsible for whatever health problems they would soon acquire being smokers.

When a smoker starts smoking he already has the knowledge of the pros and cons of being a smoker. He knows that he would be taking the health risks being a smoker. Yet he still keep on smoking that piece of stick that gives cancer of the lungs and tuberculosis.

Smoking is a vice and therefore it shouldn't be tolerated within the body as it would only make someone sick. Cigarette contains nicotine which is bad for the health. And like any bad vice, smokers would be responsible for whatever health problems they acquire from this vice. No one must be responsible for the health risks that smoking gives to a smoker other than themselves. Smokers must be aware that smoking doesn't give them any positive effects only negative effects. And they should also take into consideration the people they are harming. Smokers and non-smokers have the same health risks in a smoke infested area. Even if you are not a smoker if you inhale the smoke from cigarettes you would also be at risk with your health. It is important for smokers to note that they are not only the ones being affected by this vice but they are affecting more people and also the environment.

Every smoker should take into consideration the disadvantages smoking does to life and the environment. Because while they are smoking and enjoying that piece of stick in their mouth, more life is being harmed and destroyed because of their doing. Although they are not directly hurting other people, the fact that they are contributing to the pollution that causes sickness is obvious.

Smokers should not blame anybody for whatever health problems they acquire from smoking. While it is true that advertising sometimes contribute to why some people go into smoking, smokers must not blame the manufacturers and advertisers of cigarette products. For one thing, nobody has put the smokers in that vice. It was their choice as individuals and they couldn't point a finger to anyone why they are having that health risk.

To be responsible people, they should not put themselves into a situation that would put them in trouble later on in their life. It is everyone's responsibility to take care of themselves and not to ruin it. While it is true that there is freedom from want, freedom must be well thought of in order for one to avoid being at risk in the future.

Smokers could only blame themselves for the wrong they have done. Because if they were responsible enough, they shouldn't have entered that vice that gave them the health risks in their life.

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