070101 禁煙

對於我們這些不吸煙的, 室內全面禁煙當然是舉腳贊成.

不反對別人吸煙, 但被迫吸二手煙果真可憐的, 幸而家人及友人都不吸煙, 即使有些偶然見面的好友會吸, 他們都十分為他人著想地盡量避免對著我邊吃飯邊吸煙.

其實香港這個法例已比好些西方國家遲了許多, 個人認為, 禁煙可說是一個城市的文明象徵.

多年前在美國讀書時, 即使有不少學生及教職員吸煙, 他們都被迫要跑到教學大樓外吸, 就算是嚴寒的冬天, 氣溫跌至零下廿多三十度, 煙民都要冒著寒風在室外吸煙. 有時覺得他們很慘, 為了吸煙, 或許戒不掉, 這麼辛苦也要吸.

當歐美的煙民數目每年都在下跌時, 國內仍有近四成的人口吸煙, 實在很不文明. (chinatoday.com)

雖然有說吸煙或多或少受基因影響, 即某些人比較容易愛上吸煙這個習慣, 但亦有研究分析指出教育程度及吸煙率也有著密切關係:

Educational attainment has been associated consistently with adult smoking prevalence since 1983. By education level, smoking prevalence was highest among adults who had earned a General Educational Development diploma (42.3%) and lowest among those with graduate degrees (7.2%). Women with undergraduate (10.5%) or graduate degrees (6.4%) and men with graduate degrees (7.8%) also had smoking prevalence rates below the overall U.S. 2010 objective. During 1983--2002, the largest decreases in smoking prevalence occurred among adults with a college degree (10.0 percentage points) and those with some college education (9.3 percentage points); those with a high school diploma (6.6 percentage points) and those with less than a high school education (5.8 percentage points) showed the smallest decreases. During this period, the gap in smoking prevalence between adults who had graduated from college and those with less than a high school education increased from 14.0 percentage points in 1983 to 18.2 percentage points in 2002. Similar patterns occurred in the percentage of ever smokers who had quit among different educational groups. The percentage of ever smokers who had quit was highest for those with college degrees, followed by persons with some college education. High school graduates and those with less than high school education had the lowest percentage of ever smokers who had quit. The gap between adults with a college degree and those with less than a high school education increased from 19.0 percentage points in 1983 to 25.9 percentage points in 2002. (CDC)

為了健康著想, 少了吸煙的地方, 煙民應該更會"的起心肝"戒煙吧, 身體要緊啊!