SMOKING once picked up is very difficult to quit. Most teenagers take up smoking as a matter of fun but are soon trapped and find it difficult to give up. Only extensive awareness campaign is a way out of a compulsive smoking habit. We should include the subject of smoking and its ill effects on our health in school textbooks . I can cite my example. I took up smoking while I was in high school and smoked for about 20 years before I gave it up after lot of trials and tribulations in 2008. I have been living a tobacco-free life since then and I feel much better than any time in the past. Now I encourage others to quit smoking. My real life experience encouraged a few of my friends and acquaintances to quit smoking. Our health is our greatest wealth and we should take care of it by saying 'no' to tobacco.
Iqbal Siddiqui
Shajahanpur, Dhaka
