{"id":199,"date":"2020-11-18T01:04:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T01:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/16-1\/?page_id=199"},"modified":"2020-11-18T03:11:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T03:11:42","slug":"the-pros-and-cons-of-cigarettes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/poetry\/the-pros-and-cons-of-cigarettes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pros and Cons of Cigarettes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Pros and Cons of Cigarettes<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Musical accompaniment: Haydn string quartet in C minor op. 17 no. 4 movement 4.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you\u2019re young, they\u2019re something new \u2014<br>they give your hands a task to do; and, then,<br>you\u2019re looking so\u00a0<em>mondaine<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 just add a top<br>hat and a cane; they buzz a person pretty fast<br>\u2014 five minutes in, you\u2019re flabbergast. Sure,<br>drinking hits you more profound but not as<br>quick, just ask around; the soothing of the<br>nerves, also the analytical gusto; they keep<br>your concentration strong, your train of<br>thought they will prolong; at least that\u2019s how it<br>goes at first \u2014 it don\u2019t take long to get<br>immersed. Besides to help you concentrate,<br>they\u2019re efficacious to lose weight; suppressing<br>appetites sure hooks some people hung up on<br>their looks; and, then, there are folks who lean<br>t\u2019ward\u00a0just having smokes because they\u2019re<br>bored; which is another way to say they need<br>\u2018em\u00a0to get through the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They give you something of a break and<br>maybe help you stay awake; but when<br>you\u2019re older you\u2019re aware tobacco\u2019s not<br>so debonair; the repetition does infer it\u2019s<br>rather an empty succor; and then there is<br>the vulgar smell you qualify under its<br>spell; it\u2019s true they help to calm you<br>down but notice how your teeth are<br>brown; your skin\u2019s\u00a0sallow and leathery<br>\u2014 you don\u2019t exude\u00a0salubrity. To get<br>addicted to a plant is rather most<br>inelegant; sure, it was lots of fun at first<br>but now the fun feels all coerced; and<br>every year it\u2019s harder still to get your<br>breath to move uphill. You know they\u2019re<br>going to kill you soon and that will be<br>inopportune; look at the mucus you eject<br>\u2014 it\u2019s unrefined if left unchecked; your<br>lungs are gasping from the strain \u2014 that<br>smoking, sir, is quite the bane!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nThe Pros and Cons of Cigarettes&nbsp; Musical accompaniment: Haydn string quartet in C minor op. 17 no. 4 movement 4. When you\u2019re young, they\u2019re something new \u2014they give your hands a task to do; and, then,you\u2019re looking so\u00a0mondaine\u00a0\u2014 just add&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/poetry\/the-pros-and-cons-of-cigarettes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;The Pros and Cons of Cigarettes&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":5,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/no-intro.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-199","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/199\/revisions\/343"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}