Cell Phones Are the New Cigarettes

Think about it for a minute… Like cigarettes before them cell phones are a luxury that became a necessity, so much so that we can’t imagine living without them now or how we got along before they existed.

Not addictive? Is that your retort? Well… It’s the first thing many people pick up in the morning and the last thing they put down at night. We boomers remember cigarettes the same way. People were smoking no matter where they were or what they were doing. You couldn’t get away from second hand smoke… now you can’t get away from equally noxious second hand conversations.

And like the cigarette society of 20th century people constantly have them in hand…. (Them meaning cells) at home, at work, in the car...in supermarkets, restaurants, shops of all kinds…even in bathrooms. You can’t get away from people using their cell. I’ve even heard phones ring in church and once at a wedding. Do we really have that much to say? Do we really NEED to communicate with someone that much that often? OR… are we addicted to the damned things?
There are phones designed for men and for women and for various age groups….just like cigarettes. How young is too young to have a cell phone? How young is too young to begin smoking? How old is too old.

Are they’re health risks? There are rumblings. The cell phone industry has an all out effort to dispel the “myth” of brain cancer as a side effect. Will we see doctors in cell phone commercials reassuring us that using them is “ok?”

Many towns and states have already regulated their use for health and safety…no under aged users in cars…hands free only, no texting in school zones.

Will they develop a “filtered phone” that would be safer to use even though “there is nothing to worry about?” Maybe cell lights or cell 100’s …how about flavored or scented phones…say like menthol?

Maybe that’s too much, but few would argue that we aren’t addicted to our cell phones. Don’t you feel naked if you leave home without it?

One other thing….Do people fire up their cells after sex?