Family “smoking ban”

Family “smoking ban”

His wife often and often let me to give up smoking, but as more than 10 years of pack-years smoked hardcore smokers “, the multiple determination, but ended in failure. In her pregnancy, the wife to the health of children of such major issues advised me to give up smoking, I just simmer for three days, and finally in the balcony secretly have the smoke. Give up smoking problem become his wife’s a heart disease, I have to compromise in the mouth constantly perfunctory, behind as smoking. Along with the daughter grew up, six year old daughter and wife formed “the family to give up smoking action group”, there constantly nagging wife, daughter this time supervision, previously in a few words can fence with his wife, but selfless daughter is quite difficult, smoked a cigarette as do wielder, while they do not pay attention to, slipped to the balcony extraction.

The day after dinner after work, my daughter is mystery to pull me to the sitting room, the wife took out a piece of paper said: “now held a family meeting, I announced the smoking ban.” His wife to put the a write full word white paper gave it to his daughter, “baby, you to read.”

Daughter cleared his throat, with an air of importance to read: “dear dad, in order to the following, you don’t have reason not to give up smoking? 1, smoking is harmful to health, you are the daughter’s good father, mother’s good husband, grandpa, grandma’s good son, everyone for your health worry, you still have the heart to smoke? 2, smoking not only affects your health, your daughter, and mother and others are in secondhand smoke, if you love us, you also have the heart to smoke? 3, we are happy family, how can let hateful cigarettes affect our happiness?”

Daughter after reading, the white paper in front of me: “dad, quick signature!” Before I could see the contents, my daughter is according to my hand signed name, daughter happily crowhop, cried out: “father to keep promise, as good as one’s word, can’t draw back!”

I grabbed the “smoking ban” a look, top write “agree to give up smoking,” below is I just sign the name.

His wife and daughter with expect eyes looking at me, I can’t let them down, in order to themselves, their families and the health of others, I a cruel, the smoke, give up!

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