Some years ago
When one's anxiety was aglow
Would light up a smoke and take puff
Then slowly exhaling, was enough
To release the tensions within
And go on about life's mission of the day,
That's what it was like in yesterday.

But now with the message loud and clear
Smoking will end your life. Is the fear.
And even if you don't appreciate
Your very own fate,
There are other warnings
About the evils of others harming.

So what to do instead of smoking
(And of this, I'm not joking)
Pick up a can of Coke or Pepsi
Or maybe a bit of candy
And stuff your face and ease your quest
For something to reduce anxiety best.

Yet as you see your middle bulge
No association gives your mind a nudge
To see that you have exchanged for free
An early trip to death's door, certainly
With medical problems galore
That's what you have in store.

Some argue that the cost of smoking is so great
That it's something we should eliminate
But ignore the much greater cost that's given
When to additional calories your are driven
Besides oversized clothes and labored breath
Obesity will surely end in an expensive death.

Sidi J. Mahtrow

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-smoking-and-obesity/