Smoking is a bad habit because it can ruins health. From the standpoint of faith in the true God, smoking is a sinful act because it destroys body. In education, smoking is gateway to other forms of addiction and must be avoided.
A lot of human are still smoking. They are trying hard to kick the habit only to find their sons and daughters becoming heavy smokers and drug addicts. Parents cannot preach what they themselves cannot do.
Indonesia is a country where smoking is considered necessary and is even encouraged, though indirectly, by the government. It needs to learn from Singapore on how to protect its younger generation from the hazard of smoking. The Singapore government discourages smokers by printing filthy pictures on every pack of cigarettes describing human organs that are damage by the intake of nicotine and other hazardous substances therein.
Every 20 second s, some one in the world dies of TB and the main cause is tobacco consumption. Every month at least 400 people perish in Indonesia because of smoking related diseases. And every year an average of Rp60 flows trillion into the government’s bag from this industry.
According to Father Lambertus Somar, Directur of Kedathon Parahita drug addicts’ rehabilitation center, smoking is a sure gateway to narcotics addiction, which in turn leads to free sex, and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.
In some part of Indonesia, smoking is a traditional practice. In urban societies, addiction to smoking is even compulsory. Actually, they know much better not to smoke but they do not know how to stop.
