"My Daughter Smokes" - Alice Walker

 In todays world, smoking has become a big activity that is normalized almost across the entire world. This includes marijuana , tobacco and it has gone even far to something that has been created called 'Vape'. 

Alice Walker expresses herself as a young mother who is concerned for her daughter who is currently smoking during her daily activities such as doing homework or lounging around the house. When Alice was younger, she grew up in a home where her father, grand-father and sister developed addictions for smoking tobacco which ultimately led to her father and grandfathers death. Alice soon became curious as to why this 'smoking' was so good like what others expressed. She tried it and quickly gave it up due to her body's reaction. Years later Alice is worried her daughter might turn out like her grandad.

I think this story was delivered really well because smoking has become a major activity that can both be fun and dangerous. I don't think smoking marijuana is bad to an extent because there are scientific evidence that it has health benefits but I do not agree with smoking tobacco or vaping, these can be extremely harmful to the lungs and lead to other health conditions.