Seriously now, all guys over here, you know that Smoking is “Haram” in the law of Islam, and so is Alcohol. Let’s talk serious stuff right over here! First, a smoke rehabilitation centre can be built to help people to quit smoking, that will greatly reduce the number of smokers.

Besides that, smoking can really reduce the efficiency of a person. It is a stimulant, which will relax the body and eventually, dulls the brain and the senses. Surely enough, no one here want a bunch of people who are doing nothing but loafing around. Second, Islam had already declared “Cigarette” as “Haram” but the people will not just listen. They dare to defy the Almighty God and do sin. It is now the time we stop them to do that sin. Why not stop reading this comment and search in the internet – Is Smoking haram For Muslim?

As you people commented, rate of crimes increases and so on. Will you not think that the smuggling of alcohol and those illegal things are actually done by someone who is not educated about these? The citizen of this country lacks the knowledge about Islamic Law.

Here is a phrase of the article I found in http://www.islamonline.net/ser…010; “A general rule of the Islamic Shari’ah is that it is haram for the Muslim to eat or drink anything, which may cause his death, either quickly or gradually, such as poisons, or substances, which are injurious to health or harmful to his body.” Even the Islamic Law have already stated this, WHY NOT THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCE THAT SMOKING IS JUST AS HARAM AS EATING PORK AND DRINKING ALCOHOL? Yeah, declaring law like the No Smoking Below 18 is useless at all.

Schools still encounter incidents where students are smoking and it is helpless unless someone stop selling cigarette, which brings me to my next topic. Third, the money saved by not buying cigarette is actually big. Imagine one packet cost One dollar, in one year, $365 is wasted on such a rubbish, in twenty years, $7300 is wasted. Now, multiple that amount by the packet smoke each day and the actual price of the cigarette. See how many dollar have people wasted on such rubbish. Quitting cigarette is as easy as learning ABC if there is a smoke rehabilitation center. The aim is to get rid of nicotine in the blood. That’s all. And igniting the willpower not to smoke in the future. I don’t think there is a need for me to mention the harmful effect of cigarette on the health of the body here. Everybody knows about it, right?

Fourth, About the economy. Since when is there a Great Depression when a country stoped importing cigarette. I’ll be surprised to see the headline on Borneo Bulletin saying, “Brunei stops importing cigarette, Great depression expected.” Think outside the box people. Cigarette don’t promote a healthy economy. In fact, it delayed it. Another comment from one of you readers, Someone here mention about the punishment for smoking. Death penalty for smoking? That’s way too cruel. A perfect punishment is a detention to the smoke rehabilitation center. That will be the perfect punishment for a smoker!

Not only it helps to quit smoke, but it help to nullify the harmful effects of cigarette on the future of Brunei. And now, if this reply doesn’t convince any of you readers, there is only one thing I can do, and that’s by asking, “What’s so good about smoking cigarette? Cool? Ask non-smokers and you will realize what big sin you have done.” By the way, smokers, don’t be ashamed to read this. My aim is not to torture smokers, but to make Brunei a smoke-free country. If this post can help to reduce the number of smokers in this country, then there is no need at all to ban cigarette. If the people of this country realizes that Smoking is Haram, then, There is no need for me to post this post at all.