Thursday , March 28 2024

My Store stops selling cigarettes

The Daily Herald writes that My Store Supermarket in The Bottom is to put up a sign reading: “Cigarettes are not sold here anymore.” The reason behind this remarkable decision is that people need to become more aware of the dangers of smoking, according to the supermarket’s owner.

My Store’s owner Cornel Johnson recently made his decision after watching a television show about smoking-related cancer. His sister Linda has been fighting cancer for years and was a smoker once. She still has to go to Colombia for check-ups. Johnson did smoke himself from the age of 16 until he was 27, and never touched a cigarette since then.

“I am very happy that my wife and two daughters do not smoke,” Johnson said. Minister Mervin Alexander of Seventh Day Adventist Church sees the destructive capabilities of smoking every day. “On one side of a cigarette box it says: ‘Smoking kills’ and on the other side it says: ‘Smokers die younger.’ Now here is a factor to take into consideration. There are people who purchase these drugs knowing the effects it has on the body and are not courageous enough  to face the determination to stop.”

Alexander seriously questions the concern and respect for human life and safety by some people. “The young do it, the old do it as well, and there are those who are planning on adopting the habit,” Alexander said about smoking. A 9-year-old once said to him: “I won’t steal when I grow older and I won’t do some of the other bad things, but I want to be a smoker.” Both Johnson and Alexander share the same goal, which is to ban cigarettes from all indoor public places.

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3 comments

  1. Good decision Mr. Johnson. Congratulations.
    I understand that smokers are not finished, but we are aware and contribute all with a grain of sand. People will have better health. It’s sad to see people enslaved and addicted to drugs, cigarettes and alcohol. The anxieties and frustrations not vent with addictions.
    Very good contribution Mr. Johnson.

  2. Good smoking is nasty and make everyone around smell like it.

  3. I wonder how minister of t̶o̶b̶a̶c̶c̶o̶ health Edith Schippers will respond to this… Remember this documentary about her from last year? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_9fQRdAlWQ