'My wife says I am suicidal because I smoke'<\/p>\n
Although the national antismoking campaign has been underway for
\nover five years, not all government and local administration
\noffices have been declared nonsmoking areas due to the absence of
\nbylaws to implement antitobacco regulations. In observance of
\nWorld No Tobacco Day on May 31, The Jakarta Post asked a few
\nresidents what they thought about smoking.<\/p>\n
Suhaimi, 36, is a shop attendant at Kalibata shopping mall,
\nSouth Jakarta. He lives on Jl. Dewi Sartika, East Jakarta:<\/p>\n
I have smoked for the past 14 years. It's a habit that is hard
\nto kick. My wife is mad at me for \"polluting the house\" -- those
\nare her words exactly. She can't stand the smell of cigarette
\nsmoke. She describes the way that I smoke as the gesture of a
\nsuicidal man.<\/p>\n
I know my habit puts my health and others' at risk. I'm trying
\nto stop. Not just because my cigarette money is coming out of the
\nfamily budget; our son has asthma.<\/p>\n
Now I smoke only after meals and in open places. I also make
\nsure that there are no children around when I smoke.<\/p>\n
If the government wants to ban people from smoking in public,
\nthen it should provide smokers with someplace to smoke, don't you
\nthink?<\/p>\n
Boby, 27, is a distillation engineer for a beverage company in
\nBekasi. He lives with his family in Pulo subdistrict, South
\nJakarta:<\/p>\n
Everyone should quit. The government should ban smoking in
\npublic places because it has long-term affects on health, and not
\njust the smoker's. The government must also control the tobacco
\nindustry.<\/p>\n
I'm saying this out of experience.<\/p>\n
I quit smoking about eight months ago after realizing that I
\nhad been suffering various ailments -- including nausea and high
\nblood pressure -- due to smoking. Well, fortunately, I have not
\nbeen diagnosed with cancer.<\/p>\n
The difficult part of quitting is watching your friends smoke.
\nYou have to have willpower. Just keep telling yourself that you
\nwant to stay healthy.<\/p>\n
-- The Jakarta Post<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/my-wife-says-i-am-suicidal-because-i-smoke-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }