एक आम सा ख़ास दिन...

ये दिन भी शुरू हुआ था,
हर रोज़ की तरह !
खुद को धकेलते उठते,
बाथरूम में गए थे कछुए की तरह !!

आँखें भी नही खुली थी ठीक से,
जब ब्रश उठाया था !
टूथपेस्ट लगा के मुह में डाल,
धीरे धीरे घुमाया था !!

फिर घडी पे नज़र डालते ही,
रफ़्तार शताब्दी हो गयी !
आँखों में बची नींद भी,
झट से उड़ गयी !!

एक गैस पे दूध और,
दुसरे पर चाय चढ़ा दी थी !
टारगेट ऐसा था के दूध गरम
होते होते, पूरी सब्जी काट दी थी !!

दूध उतारते गैस से,
हाथ बर्तन पे लग गया था !
ठण्ड में सफ़ेद ऊँगली का रंग,
तुरंत लाल पड़ गया था !!

उस ऊँगली को मुह में डाल,
दुसरे हाथ से कढाई चढ़ाई !
चाय छान के रखने के बाद,
हमने फिर सब्जी बनायीं !!

चाय बेचारी कप में से,
ऐसे निहार रही थी !
कब पियूंगी उसे मै, मुरझाई
आँखों से ये जता रही थी !!

मैंने देख के उसकी तरफ,
सोचा था बहुत प्यार से !
कुछ देर और रुक जा,काम
निपटा के पियूंगी आराम से !!

आधी जली आधी कच्ची,
रोटी भी सेक ली थी !
और रोटी सब्जी डब्बे में,
पैक भी कर ली थी!!

कमरे का दरवाज़ा बंद करते करते,
एक और बार शीशे में झाँका !
चलते चलते आँखों में, काजल का
एक और राउण्ड मारा !!

एक फ़ोन कॉल ने,
एक अजब एहसास दिला दिया !
एक आम से दिन को,
अचानक से ख़ास बना दिया !! 

दोस्त की ज़िन्दगी से,
गम दूर हो गया था !
खुशियों का  नया फूल,
जीवन में खिल गया था !!

ख़तम हो गए थे,
अँधेरे उसके घर के !
दुआ थी इन उजालों से संवार ले,
सुबह शाम अपने मन के !!

हर गम आने वाली,
ख़ुशी की पुकार है !
चल फिर उठ जा आज फिर,
एक नयी शुरुआत है!!

Smoking is Injurious to health

                                         It causes Cancer

        

We all read all these warnings written on every cigarette shop or anywhere it is being sold and also keeps telling others. I wonder people who smokes also read this. They also know it then why they smoke? Then why do they get into a habit of killing themselves? Something that shows immediate effect on your health, is only harmful? I ask a question to everyone I meet who smokes is why they smoke? And I get common answers like ‘they are addicted now’, ‘it helps them to reduce their stress’, ‘I want to quit but can’t’.

If I say something why smoking is injurious, which is medically proven,

Inhaling the vaporized gas form of substances into the lungs is a quick and very effective way of delivering drugs into the bloodstream (as the gas diffuses directly into the pulmonary vein, then into the heart and from there to the brain) and affects the user within less than a second of the first inhalation. The incomplete combustion produced by burning plant material, like tobacco or cannabis, produces carbon monoxide, which impairs the ability of blood to carry oxygen when inhaled into the lungs. Inhaling smoke into the lungs, no matter the substance, has adverse effects on one's health.

How Smoking affects one’s health

A waxy substance called plaque buildup in the arteries. Overtime, plaque hardens & narrows your arteries. This limits the flow of oxygen-rich blood to your organs & other parts of your body.

Smoking also is a major risk factor for peripheral arterial disease (P.A.D.). P.A.D. is a condition in which plaque builds up in the arteries that carry blood to the head, organs, and limbs. People who have P.A.D. are at increased risk for heart disease, heart attack, and stroke.

Far from acting as an aid for mood control, nicotine dependency seems to exacerbate stress. This is confirmed in the daily mood patterns described by smokers, with normal moods during smoking and worsening moods between cigarettes. Thus, the apparent relaxant effect of smoking only reflects the reversal of the tension and irritability that develop during nicotine depletion. Dependent smokers need nicotine to remain feeling normal.

Any amount of smoking, even light smoking or occasional smoking, damages the heart and blood vessels.

Secondhand smoke also can harm the heart and blood vessels. Secondhand smoke is the smoke that comes from the burning end of a cigarette, cigar, or pipe. Secondhand smoke also refers to smoke that's breathed out by a person who is smoking.

Secondhand smoke contains many of the same harmful chemicals that people inhale when they smoke. Secondhand smoke can damage the hearts and blood vessels of people who don't smoke in the same way that active smoking harms people who do smoke. Secondhand smoke greatly increases adults' risk of heart attack and death.

Then why people smoke? Why they take their own life so casually? Why they put other's life into danger.

I thought to write something on smoking many days back after having discussion with few friends. And I became very furious when one of them said there is nothing bad in it and it is totally one’s choice. For me there should not be any matter of choice, there is nothing good in smoking. It gives instant relief from stress but as explained above it makes your more dependent on nicotine to feel normal. If there was any matter of choice then why we teach our children that it is injurious to health.

I never smoked and never want to. But I am highly affected by passive smoking. In public places I often have to face such people. And I have to move away from that place immediately. I feel very restless with little amount of smoke. I am an asthma patient since childhood and always try to stay away from smoke. Few smokes i can't avoid as from vehicles. But i can't stop someone smoking in public places. Though it is banned and one has to pay fine if someone catches them smoking at public place. But who cares as policemen hardly take this law seriously. I have seen many policemen smoking at public place on duty. Distance between my office and nearest metro station is around 1.2 km and in a stretch of 150mt there are 4-5 shops of cigarettes. One year back there was only one but it is increasing day by day. Every shop has a board smoking is injurious of health and selling cigarettes to kids below 18 years is punishable offense but nobody checks id before selling cigarettes or any other smoking object. While walking to metro station, not even a single day is passed when I didn’t cough. People smoke and pollute my air and I could not do anything except holding my breath while passing them or give them disgusted look.

My boss in previous company was a chain smoker; he used to sit out of office in a open hall (un-constructed part of office) because he had a habit to smoke while working and he can’t smoke in his centralized AC Chamber; which affected his health badly. Later on we came to know he has cancer in his tongue and doctor clearly said it is because of smoking. He had his tongue transplant surgery. His tongue was transplanted through a small slice taken from his thigh skin and connected to tongue. He couldn’t speak or eat anything for few days and when start speaking his voice was not clear. Even today after 2 years of operation his words are not perfect. It’s like speaking while keeping something in your mouth.

It’s your life, choice is yours. Don’t choose smoking,

Choose Life. A healthy life for you, your family and your Society