Source: The Capital Times
Pubdate: 3 April 2002

FOR CHILDREN'S SAKE, DON'T SMOKE

I think from this year on, people should stop using marijuana and stop
smoking cigarettes.

Smoking destroys your health. If your health isn't a good reason for you,
think of your children. When your children grow up they will start using
and doing the same thing as you. This will never help your children to have
a career or a successful education. If you help your children as much as
you can, then they will help you as much as they can. They will always be
the ones to support you when you need it for the rest of your existence.

So stop using marijuana and quit smoking. You will only live once on this
Earth so why not use it in a good way and not waste it? By the way, I feel
that I am very lucky to have great parents that have always encouraged me
to do well in school. So I would like to see all parents be good role models.

Mai Vue Thao,
Black Hawk Middle School