तंबाखू से होने वाले कैंसर से होने वाली मौत के आंकड़े भी चौंकाने वाले हैं, हर वर्ष कैंसर से मरने वाले लोगों की तादाद हमारे पड़ोसी मुल्क के द्वारा आतंकवाद में होने वाली मौतों से कहीं ज्यादा हैं। इसका मतलब ? और दूसरी तरफ़ सरकार का ही स्वास्थ्य विभाग जनजागृति के नाम पर विज्ञापन और इलाज पर करोड़ों रूपया फ़ूँक रही है।

गैरी लॉयर का एक प्रसिद्ध गाना था – Cigarette in my hand यह देखिये –

The very famous antismoking campaign from ‘Bombay hospital’

I remember the time, I had my first hook
Try it just once, friends gently provoked
Friends told me yes, light a ciggy for a start
you would like the fire in a pretty girls laugh

With a cigarette in my hand I felt like a man
cigarette in my hand I felt like a man

My hero look so right
with a cigarette on his lips
Could I go wrong if I follow his tips
On the job I learnt a thing or two
cigarette had a place in every work day too
cigarette started every hour of my day
couldn’t get out of the habit, no way

With a cigarette in my hand I felt like a man
cigarette in my hand I felt like a man.

In moments that were a little a lonesome,
cigarette and I were happy twosome
cigarette slowly became my crunch
energy and stamina are lost very much
until one day I couldn’t on my feet
smoke made me feel real dead meat
then I realized I have paid a price.

With a cigarette in my hand, I was a dead man.