Please Don't Smoke

Everyone has either actually
Seen the damage done
By fire and smoke--
Or a picture of one.

A black empty shell
That used to be someone's home.
Possibly still smoldering,
Cause of fire not known.

Now picture that black,
Charred mess inside of your chest.
All the tar and nicotine
From smoking cigarettes.

I know  you've heard
All the studies of the damage
Smoking can do to your health.
The different organs it can ravage.

Not only cancer that we
Know kills, but problems
With your heart, breathing with
Emphysema, COPD--all body systems.

Friends and family will
Lecture you to stop for your health--
But even if you haven't smoked in
Many years--it still attacks in stealth.

Besides the dangers to yourself,
Second hand smoke can affect
Others--especially your children
With respiratory effects.

I know from others
That it's hard to quit.
Sadly, you can still
Be harmed by ever doing it.