• No More Smoking in Asia Pacific College •

There's a spot opposite to the entrance of the school made for students waiting for the shuttle.

It doesn't serve its purpose.

But it does serve as a smoking area to the stressed and nicotine-hungry individuals who also go to Asia Pacific College.

Now for years, the same slogans have been spread through the internet. NO SMOKING.
Some establishments do not even welcome the vice when some, however, do. Time and time again, people still try to send the message: SMOKING KILLS, out there. But to no luck, advocacy groups'  ideas get shut down. Although the world is aware of its consequences, we do nothing about it. After every fight put up about the subject, to this day, the tobacco industry does not falter.

Enters this doohickey.

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES 

Now this little stick is usually the thing you see in-between the fingers of  the 'cool kids', the 'transitioning from cigarette use', the 'you don't know my story' and the 'this is safer than real cigarettes' people.

THIS little gadget is what causes all the vapor in the same area I was talking about earlier. It has different flavors and scents to it which is a tad bit different to the traditional cigarette but it still kills as much. Although there are claims that this is a safer alternative, there are still rumors that there is a very dangerous chemical found in the liquid which they put into the electronic cigarettes for flavor that actually causes Cancer.




Why should Asia Pacific College discourage its students, staff or employees from cigarette smoking? 

Well, for one, if the school really cares about the welfare of its goers then they should prohibit ANYTHING they know is as lethal as killing people internally. First hand smoking is as deadly as second hand smoking.

Asia Pacific College is one of the few schools that let their students express themselves freely to the extent that they allow us to come to school with eye-catching hair colors, tattoos and attention-stealing clothes. But this little problem is too much and should be dealt with by the school's head.

But, like the rest of the world, we know what we're doing, we know its consequences yet we do nothing.

I'm just really looking forward to a smoke-free environment. And by environment, I mean school.

I would really appreciate not developing cancer because of my school's carelessness. Thank you.