A： Do you still smoke， Paul？

B： No．I had to stop smoking because of a serious illness．The doctor told me that many（1）___ smoking had weakened my health．

A： Could you tell me how you started to smoke？

B： When I got my first job， I was very young． I couldn't finish the tasks in time and even made many mistakes． You can't imagine how helpless I was（2）　　．I began to smoke as I felt（3）　　at work．

A：（4）　　it's harmful to do so． It cannot lower the pressure（5）　　 only to do harm both to your own health and to that of people around you． The （6）　　and dangerous things from the smoke easily get into people's body and the chances of being sick（7）　　．

B： That's true． I quite agree with you．

A： Some people start smoking at a young age because their parents smoke．

B： Exactly． People always say children like to（8）　　 their parents．

A： Yes， children like to follow the examples of their parents in many ways．

B： But some parents don't pay enough attention to their influence on children．

A： I agree．（9）　　， smoking is one of the main reasons for fires． Sometimes those（10）____ smokers even cause dangerous fires．

B： Surely， smoking can cause lots of serious problems． I will never smoke again．