Why Smoking Is Bad For Your Health

Everyone knows that smoking is bad for your health, but when your young and dumb, you do things that you someday regret. That day came for me when I was about 20 years old. A friend of mine and I were getting ready for a night out on the town. We got all dressed up, had perfect make-up and perfect hair, and were set for a wicked night out.

Just after I’d finished getting my hair done, I made sure to apply an ample amount of hair spray to keep every preened strand in place. As my friend was adding the finishing touches to her hair, the phone rang. It was my then boyfriend (now husband), telling me that he was on his way and to be ready to go when he got there.

Being the cool rocker chick I thought I was, I decided to have a cigarette while talking to him on the phone. I held the phone to my ear with my shoulder, put the cigarette in my mouth, and flicked my lighter. The only thing I heard after that was a very loud WHOOSH. Because of all the hair spray on my head, the flame had set my head on fire.

In a panic, I began putting the flames out with the only thing I could grab, the telephone. There I stood, beating myself in the head with the phone receiver and all my friend could do was stand there and laugh at the sight. My boyfriend on the other end of the line said it sounded like I was banging the phone up against the wall. It didn’t take long for the flames to go out, but the room reeked of singed hair. My friend had laughed so hard that she had to sit down and catch her breath. And to this day, every time someone says they need a fire extinguished, my husband throws me a phone.

I learned that day that when they say smoking is bad for your health, they had no idea how right they were.

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