Cough, cough! Your smoking pollutes others' beautiful day

Our campus is most beautiful in the spring. So, I know it's not technically spring yet, but it feels and looks enough like it.

Either way, when the sun is shining and the day is fresh, it is beautiful.

I love walking to class when it's nice outside, breathing in the fresh air. But then it hits me -- a sudden slam of cigarette smoke.

All of the great air I was taking in disappears and I can't breathe at all. It feels like I've walked into a brick wall.

I know you've heard it all before, or may have heard my exaggerated coughs behind you while you were smoking. But smoking kills you. It's bad for you. It makes your lungs black. But I'm not here to tell you that. I'm here to tell you that you are polluting my air!

My lungs are turning black from walking behind you on the way to class. And not only that, but you make me smell bad, too. It sticks to my hair and my clothes. When I sit down next to someone in class they must be thinking, "Ugh, she's a smoker." It's disgusting. Oh, and it makes you smell bad when you sit next to me in class. It's worse than sitting next to someone who doesn't bathe.

And I really hate it when I have to run through a gantlet of smoke to get inside a building. To get into Gambrell Hall and the Humanities building, I have to walk past all of the smokers. I just hold my breath and make a run for it, hoping the smell doesn't stick to me. Yuck.

My dad is a smoker. He smokes in the house, so when I go home I come back smelling like an ashtray. I feel like I die a little, every time I go home. And when I come back to school, my boyfriend tells me that I stink. Not only does smoking bug the crap out of me, but it's ruining my love life.

So, what's my point? Stop smoking; it smells bad. It will really help you out in the long run because not only will I breathe easier, but maybe someone will want to kiss you since you won't taste like an ashtray.

Ok, that's unrealistic. Just be considerate of the people around you. Most students on this campus probably don't want to be around your cigarette smoke. We all enjoy breathing. I mean come on, we need it to live! I personally want to enjoy my walks outside. So, if you are smoking, try to keep the smoke to yourself. Or sit in an unpopulated area if you need to get your fix.