Smoking is a pass time that is encouraged and accepted by many as a relaxing

and cool thing to do. Although many people do it and try to ignore the bad effects of smoking, nobody

can escape these bad effects. Smoking poses three main hazards: Health hazards, Endangering others,

and Spiritual hazards.

The first of the three hazards of smoking are the health hazards it presents. The

firs reason and the most dreadful reason is the big possibility of getting lung cancer. The soot from the

smoke in cigarettes can permanently blacken your teeth, and can also cause gingivitis. Also, smoking

can cause various skin diseased such as melanoma, which make your skin look rally bad. Given there

reasons given, the habit of smoking and the acceptance of it is most unreasonable.

The second hazard smoking presents is the fact that you are endangering others

while smoking around them. The first way to do this is by secondhand smoke. Second hand smoke is

the smoke you breathe out of your lungs; it can be inhaled by non smokers and cause them to have

health problems. The second way that smoking endangers others is by bad example, seeing you

smoke. Lastly, as if someone would have the nerve to do this, smoking presents the urging of the

smoker t the nonsmoker to take up the habit.

Perhaps the most important reason to reconsider smoking as a pastime is the

spiritual hazards it presents. The body is the temple of the holy spirit. Smoking makes the body dirty,

and thus makes the temple of the Holy Spirit unfit. Also, the fact that you could get cancer leads to the

unmistakeable fact that you are slowly committing suicide. A reason that is most disgusting is that

some people step out of church for a smoke break! Smoking not only harms your body, but also your

soul.