In my life experience, I have noticed that many of my friends that smoke has parents who smoke. That means kids are very easily influenced in the environment they grow up in. The main reason why I take on the author's position is that I do feel that we have done everything we could to let everyone know of the negative affects of smoking cigarettes. Yet, many people still decide to smoke. I feel that the things we needed to do to turn people away from smoking has already been done, and if people still decide to smoke, then there is nothing else we could do. So, when it comes down to who is responsible for people who decide to smoke, I put that on the people who make that decision. If people could see the logic behind my reason on taking this position, we can stop pointing fingers at who or what is causing people to take up smoking. We can continue to nurture, and educate the young about smoking, which is the more important issue. That matters because it can prevent the younger generation from smoking. In addition, cigarettes will soon be a forgotten item....
