I was almost ten the year Grease came out in theatres (go ahead do the math), and I fell hard for that movie, in particular the lead character of Sandy played by Olivia Newton-John. I begged my mother to buy me the soundtrack and played it ad nauseum in our basement, practicing Sandy's every move on our shag carpet. This iconic scene though was my favourite to act out. via GIPHY I mean c'mon! She's gorgeous, the guys are falling all over her and when she takes a drag of that cigarette …
This is Why Illegal Tobacco Affects Us All
I was eleven when I tried my first cigarette. Eleven. My youngest is eleven now and every time I look at her I can’t imagine a cigarette dangling between her lips. I can only imagine how absurd I must have looked, all 80 lbs of me, lighting up a cigarette. That one act, led to another and another and by the time I was 16, I was smoking a full pack of cigarettes a day. I smoked for 20 years when all was said and done. Since I quit, I’ve lived in fear that the health consequences have still …
