Mahfooz Ali - CIGARETTES

That little white stick
W hich you hold in your mouth
Has so many diseases that affect your health
Its hard to give up
Ask someone who smokes
If you say there addicticted
They will say that you’re a joke

Theres warnings on the boxes
Warning you of death
From 555 to Panama
Some like passive smoke instead
They say that smoking kills
As it eats away at your cells

The government has put the price up again
Some people can't pay there bills
The cancer is like an agent
It will seek you out one day
The cravings are hard to put into words
But can take your breath away

Some kids are starting young
As they smoke throughout the day
There clothes are kind smelly
And there teeth brown with decay

The smoke affects your taste buds
As you add a little salt
Fishfingers used to taste so good
Until you started to smoke

We have to address the problem
And we have to address it now
Ban smoking from pub and restaurants
Ban smoking from the inner towns
No smoking for the under 18s
Though they may not thank us now

But when they grow into adulthood
There lungs will be clear and sound.

Mahfooz Ali

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