Gently a man walks down with an irresistible urge to a kiosk, hands over his hard earned money in an exchange for a pack full of sticks of vile poison. How deeply does one think before concluding suicide is the best option? It is even ironic that there is a warning on the pack of poison saying “the Federal ministry of health has earned that smokers are liable to die young” yet the poisonous business thrives.

According to the National Institute of Health, 10.6% of the populace smoke daily and an estimated amount of 110 million sticks are smoked daily. These statistics show that more than 10% of our fellow countrymen still poison themselves. You might be wondering why this weird writer calls it ‘poison’, but the dictionary has an answer to that. According to Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, a poison can be defined as a substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested. What then is cigarette, weed, pot, vape, marijuana, SK, Arizona, shisha?

The big question now is ‘why’ or ‘how’ people smoke? But it's popularly known that 'why’ is more important than ‘how’. Why do people smoke? People smoke for relaxation, for stress reduction, peer pressure, parental influence, misinformation, self medication etc but these are not enough reasons for a person to kill himself with nicotine: constricts the blood vessel, increase the risk of stroke, heart disease, high or low blood pressure. Most of the reason listed above, like stress reduction and relaxation can be solved with a good 8 hour sleep, instead of raping your vital organs for an incomprehensible pleasure and blaming the outcome on your innocent village people.

Smoking kills, it causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) chronic bronchitis. It also corrupts the minds of teenagers growing up, who are looking at you inhaling your death deeply.

You, reading this, stop smoking. Give up that rubbish habit and see a doctor. If you're not a smoker, understand that the only way to prevent addiction is to never try at all. Please for the sake of your organs, don't

As you keep working hard, remember to eat adequate meals, sleep 7-8 hours daily, drink 2 liters of water daily, exercise daily, eat fruits and vegetables and for the love of God, Allah, Yahweh, Amadioha, Sango,don't smoke. SMOKING KILLS.