Stop The Habits of SMOKING

Jun 03, 2010
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keeping your smoke and butts to yourself
by: KOTO

Aloha Nur Sarina of Singapore

I live in Thailand where many people are smoking plus flicking their toxic cigarette filters (butts) leaving behind dangers for our not knowing better children, wildlife and waterways, to ingest, killing, making sick and contaminating our drinking water also contaminating the water that the fish we eat live in.
It is very hard to get people to quit smoking, it is like taking away a pacifier from a baby, they will kick, scream and fight to keep it.
It is a habit that is very hard to quit, we can only try to train them not to smoke around non smokers and to dispose of their toxic cigarette butts that take up to 12 years to decompose in a proper manner, not into our streets where they end up in our storm drains and them go into our waterways be it ocean, lakes, rivers, streams or creeks and contaminate, kill our fish turtles, dolphins, water birds or the people that put their toxic butts into the sand on the beach or parks, where a baby might go, pick it up and put it into their mouth, choking, becoming ill or even dieing.
Some smokers understand and do not flick or leave behind poison for our children, wildlife and waterways to ingest, but way to many either don't know the dangers or don't care.
You see Nur, smoking is an addiction and a sickness, that many people don't want to quit or are not strong enough too.
If you would start in your neighborhood, stenciling storm drains, sending letters to your local papers, TV and radio stations, you could make a difference and help in saving the lives of living things also making your drinking water a little safer.
You Nur, can make a difference.
May the force be with you.
KOTO Keeper Of The Ocean

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