A Nonsmoker With a Smoker, by Phillip Lopate

In Phillip Lopate's "Non Smoker with Smokers", the author explains his hatred and his attraction to smoking. He talks about his girlfriend, Helen, the smoker, and her smoking style, which plagues him not only in an unpleasant way but also in a way he can not understand. He does not smoke, so it does not understand what they mean. Helen did not like the fact that she smoked, but I could not understand why she was not given up. He could not understand its addiction side.

In this first article of "New Age" magazine, Lopate uses comparison and comparison to explore vague feelings about smoking and relationships with smokers. In the course of the article, he talked about many aspects of smoking / smoking conflict, but his personal opinion is often lost in public conflict. My girlfriend, Helen and I went to dinner on the outskirts of Houston on Saturday night. We did not know our host, but we were invited by Helen's best friend Barry, and his birthday party was like this. When Helen ignited the cigarette, we finally went into the house and sat on a U-shaped sofa under the ceiling of the A frame and met other guests. The hostess is frozen. "Hello, can you smoke here? If you have to do, we really appreciate using the terrace.

Did you know that you are smoking the same smoking constituent as a smoker as a non smoker? According to Daniel McMillan and James D. Thor, the passive smoker is second-hand smoke, that is, non smoker's smoke. The smoke contains over 400,000 toxic chemicals. More than 40 known or suspected carcinogens (carcinogen). There is no safe secondhand smoke exposure level and the potential toxic gas exists at a higher concentration of sidestream smoke (from directly ignited cigarettes, pipes or cigar smoke) than mainstream smoke (exhaled smoke) smoker And 85% of the smoke in the room comes from sidestream smoke. ("Youth smoking: Understanding of risk" and "Smoking")