Hell-O World!
For the second times, I would like to write about smoking.
In our beloved country, smoking had became a habit. The government had made the program and regulation to decrease smoking by forbid smoking in several areas and suggestion to stop smoking. Unfortunately, that program didn’t work.
You can see most of big shopping malls, cafés and the other public services provide the smoking area. It is good. People can still smoking without disturb the others who didn’t like the smoke from the cigarette.
But, remember, only people from the middle to high social class who are habitual to use the smoking areas. Why? Because smoking areas only provided in the places where people from low social class rarely to visit.
Example: Café. Have you ever thought an “angkot” or “ojek” driver went to The Coffee Bean then smoked in the smoking area? Nope.
Ah, that’s it! Government with its subconscious made the regulation and program for certain groups not the society.
So ironic, many people out there don’t know about how deadly dangerous smoking is. Not only for himself, but also people around him, and the environment. It was so tragic, in several times I saw with my own eyes, a father was smoking near his wife and his baby in the sidewalk, under the fly over, or public transportation.
I just thought, “oh, gosh! Doesn’t he know, the cigarettes will give him the bad effect and any diseases one day? or Doesn’t he know, his baby who inhales his smoke will grow up with unhealthy lungs? It is so so so unfair! The baby will get the diseases from the stupid habit of his own father. He is so young and weak, his future is still a long long road.” and I really wanna say to the father, “Why are you so envy? Have fun with your own but you never think about your baby healthiness!”
Another case, when I went to the traditional market near my school, Pasar Mayestik, I wasn’t surprise that most of all men was smoking. When I looked them, I thought, “Why don’t they put up with the others? The passive smoker will get the harder diseases than the active one. Don’t they fucking know, we could get sick of their untolerant hobby?”
But, now I realize. It is not merely they fault. Smoking in front of someone, envy, untolerant, and careless to the environment. Nope. It is not all they fault. It is our fault too.
As the educated people in the middle-high social class with all the facilities, we have to take an action! We cannot careless, close our eyes, and spend our time for shopping or having fun all the time. We have to help them. Share our knowledge.
If the government too late to take any responds, we can suggest our community (friends, school, institutions, club, etc) to pay a doctor or a competent people to held a free workshop for the low social class society in their village to give them presentation about how dangerous smoking is, kind of diseases as the effect of smoking, and persuasive them that smoking is only burn their money-absolutely useless. Or maybe we can make a competition among the villages. Village which success to decrease smoking habit and will win the money or award.
I think that’s all. Hope you, the readers can be inspired by my writing above.
