爸爸嗜烟如命，据他自己说，他上初二时就学上抽烟了，这一抽就二十五年。爸爸抽烟虽不分好丑，几十元的高档烟他抽，一元多的低档烟他也抽；但他能分出烟的好丑和真假来。爸爸的口袋里可以没有钱，但肯定有烟和打火机，我们家到处都有烟和大火机，客厅有，卧室有，厨房有，厕所也有。只要他在家，家里就是烟雾缭绕，家里的空气适宜指数绝对低于沙尘暴笼罩下的北京城。
我和妈妈每天都有几小时生活在尼古丁的魔爪下，深知二手烟危害的妈妈经常劝爸爸戒烟，可爸爸却说：“要我戒烟就等于要我的命，我一天不吃饭可以，但一分钟不抽烟就没法活。”我也经常举吸烟的各种可怕后果给他听，可他总是说：“毛泽东主席抽了一辈子烟，还活八十多岁；英国首相丘吉尔是大烟鬼，还活九十多岁。”真拿他没办法。
今年我六年级，作业量骤然增多了，每天晚上都要做很长时间。妈妈为了让我不着急，就会坐在一旁陪着我。那天晚上，外婆生病了，妈妈要陪外婆，而陪我的人物落到爸爸身上。爸爸也学着妈妈一样坐在我一旁，那股浓烈的烟味在他靠近我的瞬间就直灌我的心肺。他又连忙掏出香烟和打火机，点燃一根悠闲地抽起来，我真受不了，被呛得咳嗽个不停。爸爸还不以为然，并催促我快做。我知道让他熄掉烟是不可能的，就心生一计，把他的香烟和打火机拿过来，也学着他的样子点了一支烟。这下可把爸爸惊住了，我对他说：“今后只要你抽一支，我也抽一支。”爸爸只好把烟狠狠地摁在烟灰缸里。
说来还真怪，爸爸现在不抽烟了，家里的烟也不见踪影了。
Hisfatherwasasmoker,andhehimselfsaidthathehadsmokedinthefirsttwoyearsofhislife,fortwenty-fiveyears.Hisfathersmokesalotofugly,afewdozenofthehigh-gradesmokehedraws,amorethanoneyuanoflow-gradesmokehealsodraws;Buthewasabletoseparatethesmokefromtheuglyandthereal.Dadcanpocketwithoutmoney,buttheremustbesomesmokeandcigarettelighter,ourhouseisfilledwithsmokeandbiglighters,inthelivingroom,abedroom,akitchen,toilet,too.Aslongasheishome,thereisacloudofsmokearoundthehouse,andtheairinthehomeiswellbelowthecityofBeijing,whichisunderasandstorm.
MymotherandIhaveafewhourseverydaylifeundertheclutchesofnicotine,knowthatsecond-handsmokemotheroftenadviseddadtoquitsmoking,butdadsaid:wantmetoquitsmokingistomylife,Ionedaycannoteat,butnotsmokingcantliveinaminute.Ialsooftenavarietyofdireconsequencesforsmokingtohim,buthealwayssays,chairmanMAOzedongsmokesmokedallhislife,livemorethaneightyyearsold;theBritishprimeministerWinstonChurchillisopiumaddict,alsolivedmorethanninetyyears.Theresnothinghecando.
Thisyear,Iminsixthgrade,andmyhomeworkisupalot.Ihavetodoitforalongtimeeverynight.Mymotherwouldsitbesidemetokeepmeinnohurry.Thatnight,mygrandmotherwasillandmymotherwasgoingtobewithmygrandmother.Myfather,too,wassittingonmyside,likemother,andthepsmellofsmokefilledmyheartandlungsasheapproachedme.Hetookouthiscigaretteandlighterandlitaleisurelycigarette.Icouldnotbearit.Daddidntthinkso,andurgedmetodoit.Iknewthatitwasimpossibletogethimoutofthesmoke,andhehadaplantogethiscigaretteandlighterandlearnhowhelookedlikeacigarette.Isaidtohim,aslongasyousmokeone,Illsmokeone.Dadhadtopressthesmokeintotheashtray.
Strangetosay,fatherisnotsmokingnow,andthesmokeinthehouseisgone.