By smoking, you’re helping to keep extra jobs open for doctors and nurses – the people who’ll care for you when you’re dying from a smoking related disease.
 

By smoking, you’re making quite a sacrifice. By the time you’re middle aged, you’ll be a walking, talking (hopefully; if you’re not dead) example of what cigarettes can do to the human body. Young people will be able to look at you – it’ll be much easier for them to decide whether they want to smoke.
 

If you smoke, there’s a good chance you’ll die young. Someone else will be able to buy your house, take your job and marry your husband or wife. Kind of you. So, ciao.
 

If you smoke, you’ll age much faster. People will stand up for you on crowded buses and trains much sooner. They’ll think you’re a pensioner before you really are , so drivers will probably let you on without a ticket.

Tobacco tax is one of the government’s biggest revenue generators. Most of the money you spend on cigarettes is tax. Every time you buy a packet of twenty, you’re donating about £3.50 to the treasury. Over the years, you’ll be giving tens of thousands of pounds. True, you’ll get some of it back in treatment, operating costs when you’re dying, but the state makes a huge profit out of you overall. Very public spirited!

Smoking makes you less fit – health wise. You can forget your football career – even a few moves on the dance floor will leave you gasping.
 

Smoking makes you less fit – looks wise – too. Unless you rate dry skin, wrinkles, yellow teeth, thinning hair and a feeble physique. And you’ll smell rank – your breath will reek.
 

Smoking controls you. Do you want to become a miserable wreck whenever the fags run out? Or when you’re on a journey and it’s strictly non-smoking.
 

Being an addict’s not good for your image. Having to sneak out for a cigarette in the rain to get your ‘fix’ is not a sign of strength of character.
 

Smoking kills you slowly and painfully. Not good for you, not good for your family and friends.
 

If you’d ever like to have children, you’re cutting your chances. You’ll be less attractive in the first place. If you do make it into bed with someone, you’ll have problems making babies. Because smoking can make men impotent. And it makes a woman much less likely to conceive.
 

Smoking makes you skint. A pack a day works out at about £30 a week. So, choosing to smoke is choosing not to spend £30 a week on other things. £30 is 5 decent CDs on offer. Or two or three good nights out. It’s a decent pair of jeans or a quality t-shirt. It’s a pair of the best trainers every month. Or a week in Ibiza every two months. You could buy a Rolex every year, with plenty of change.