Cigarettes Can Be Under Your Control

Cigarettes have got most of us. Lets face it, They're delicious after a meal, during a drive, on a break at work, alongside a beer, or after a... rough event. They fill a void, and chill you out. How can you turn something like that down? Your friend might be inclined to even bum you one, if you don't live in a state with an extreme cigarette excise tax, that is.
The catch is, you can't, over time, turn cigarettes down. That nicotine has got a strong hold on millions of people around the world.
To some people, smoking is socially acceptable. To the rest, a filthy, bad habit containing cancer causing carcinogens, and even death countless times again to those ridden to die a nicotine fueled death.

(but at least you'll look cool doing it)

Have you ever met a cigarette smoker who would rather not smoke than smoke their preferred brand of cigarettes? Taken straight from Wikipedia: "Tobacco companies use advertising to drive brand awareness and brand preference amongst smokers, in order to drive sales and to increase brand and customer loyalty. One of the original forms of this was the inclusion of cigarette cards, a collectible set of ephemera."

In 1954, A Frank Statement was a marketing project aimed at millions of consumers of that era attempting to refute claims of cigarettes, and nicotine causing health risks, and being associated with cancer. Clearly, this did not work.

The Journal of American Medical Association conducted a study in the early nineties, attempting to identify children's ability to determine what product certain cartoon characters were associated with. They learned that children as young as 6 years of age could relate Joe Camel to cigarettes, as they could Mickey Mouse to Disney. This posed a serious threat for the developing youth, not being the exact target of the marketing scheme.

Once cigarettes and their advertising were deemed unhealthy, directly influencing children, and a 'risk' to the businesses creating these projects, more focus was placed upon Anti-smoking campaigns. One memorable campaign is the Truth campaign, the largest youth directed anti-smoking campaign, created in 2000. They state it was effective, and I personally beg to differ.
I believe with the social influence, advertising effects, and causality of smoking to ease our tensions, growing up in the 90's may lead you to be interested in smoking.

Remember, kids. The cat and mouse can talk and hang- and smoke?

Advertising has played a large role in the attraction, and sell, of cigarettes. Wikipedia states that: According to the World Health Organization, that means that about 650 million current smokers will die from a preventable cause. They also indicate that smoking-related health problems contribute to rising health care costs.
Much can be learned with the speed we are able to produce new technologies, and the inevitability of our culture to flock towards trends. 'Why do trends exist?' is a question along the lines of wondering why traffic exists. It is inevitable and until we have flying cars, it shall be semi permanent.

(a Hover board would be cool, even!)

That being said, advertising helps all businesses to sell their product to a certain gene pool of ready and hungry consumers. How, you might wonder? In time, I believe all advertising will be an intuitive process, kind of how your Pandora account 'learns' about you.
Considering they base their studies on the demographics, and advertising has only been fine tuned in more recent years.

(Coca Cola has existed since the beginning of time. Advertised, even, in the 1890s)

WAYS TO REDUCE CANCER RATE in yourself and those who surround you; take in antioxidants, herbal remedies are suggestively effective, and not smoking or chewing tobacco definitely helps.
Also, remember to keep in mind your bodily health with exercise such as running, yoga, swimming, jogging, walking, biking, or even vacuuming your house.

Disposable water bottles are another topic I would like to briefly touch on. Aside from being extremely wasteful, they are most importantly convenient.

Collecting all of these could buy more than lunch...

I love them. You don't have to keep track of them, don't have to clean them (unless you are a refill er), and you get a nickle if you don't throw one in the trash.
However, there was a myth created around the safety of using these bottles. The myth stated that when a pliable plastic container is heated, or frozen, it releases carcinogens into the water it is encasing. For instance, the hot heat in your car on a summer day is literally changing the chemical makeup of these bottles we definitely depend upon. With further research, the websites snopes.com and hoax-slayer have debunked this myth, for now.
I suggest investing in a maximum cost of ten dollars to acquire your own reusable bottle, and imagine the money you could save.

Then, spend it on the new holographic phone that comes out!

Here is urging you to educate yourself on what is out there. Cigarettes are propagating this cancer we all speak out against, in so much fear. Why is there speculation of a cure when we have joined in contract to further propel a bad habit, by being cigarette consumers? Knowledge, in this case, really can be power.
Don't be afraid to decide you would like to quit having an addiction that is feeding the scum of the advertising earth. There is no day like today.