CHOOSE YOUR FLAVOUR

Smoking is one of the oldest and legal vices of all times and cigarette is the most popular. Millions of lungs were damaged and lives were taken, yet milions of people are continously enjoying the so-called "stimulation" that it provides. Anti-pressure, and stimulant, these are common reasons why an individual smokes amongst the other one-hundred-and-one.

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I remember started smoking when I was fifteen. Along with my high school peers, I tried puffing a long, menthol, low-branded cigarette. It was a feeling of another stage of manhood when I felt Im completely a man just like any other adult guys who smokes. This didnt continue as I didnt get any other benefit out from it aside from the shallow mindset. In college, I started smoking again, at least a stick before goin home from school. This was a way to jam with collegemates and it was when I realized smoking as an aid to lessen stress. We were doin a thesis at that time and I was pressured by writing for some school projects and puffing a stick or two kept me goin... cigarette smoking is mind stimulating then.

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My mom knew and felt badly about it. I remember her trying to say "avoid smoking and better drink liquor instead" I know she wasnt serious about it but I thought, you cannot drink all the time and anywhere you want unlike smoking. I also told her, smoking is ever harmless form of vice as no one was ever reported "committed a crime because of too much smoking" unlike drinking which is obviously the most common cause of crimes like homicide and rape. Pans and identified flying objects came into my direction courtesy of her. Since then, we laughed over the matter but she was consistent in convincing me to stop.

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Callcenter is the widest and largest cigarette patron in our country. I could imagine tons of cigarette butts collected every morning from each location where a callcenter is.. from the South starting Alabang, Pasay... Makati, Mandaluyong, Ortigas, Quezon City down South to Novaliches. Cigarette industry could be very much alive just on callcenters alone. No damages reported just yet like lung cancer and other serious ailment, but callcenter industry has just started to boost.

Government Warning: Cigarette Smoking is Dangerous to Your Health! As the traditional warning goes, it came into my attention a very strange and weird thing. My cigarette brand started to revise its packaging. Nothing extra-ordinary but an additional, enlarged warning that comes in different statements. I wondered at first if there is a certain difference. Maybe its the imported againts the local made. I bullied my colleagues... at least the govenrment has given us the option to match our cigarettes on our appropriate situations. Some packs shows.. Government Warning: Tobacco Smoke can Harm your Children - definitely this pack is no good for married people or anyone who got kids at home. Another pack shows - Government Warning: Cigarettes are Addictive - and indeed, this is best for people who got a strong sense of self-control. I know there are other statements that Im unable to see yet but one thing for sure .... I wont smoke one from a pack that shows - Government Warning: Cigarette Smoking is Dangerous to Your Health. This is not good for anyone.

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Writer's Comment :

This is not a commercial statement neither pro nor againts the brand pictured above. It's just a co-incidence that it is my brand.