Write a precis of the following passage and give it a suitable heading : The world a today is divided into smokers and non-smokers. It is true that the smokers cause
some nuisance to the non-smokers but this nuisance is physical while the nuisance that the non-smokers
cause the smokers is spiritual. There are, of course, a lot of non-smokers who don't try to interfere with
the smokers, and wives can be trained even to tolerate their husbands smoking in bed. That is the surest
sign of a happy and successful marriage. It is sometimes assumed, however, that the non-smokers are
morally superior and that they have something to be proud of, not realising that they have missed one
of the greatest pleasures of mankind. I am willing to allow that smoking is a moral weakness, but on
the other hand we must beware of one without
weakness. He is not to be trusted. He is apt to be always
sober and he cannot make a single mistake. His habits are likely to be regular, his existence more
mechanical and his head always maintains its supremacy over his heart. Much as I like reasonable
persons, I hate completely rational beings. For that reason, I am always scared and ill-at-ease, when I
enter a house in which there are no ash-trays. The room is apt to be too clean and orderly, the cushions
are apt to be in their right places and the people are apt to be correct and unemotional. And immediately
I am put on may best behaviour which meant the same thing as the most uncomfortable behaviour.
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Vocabulary : 1. Nuisance : trouble ; offence 2. Spiritual : of the soul 3. Assumed : believe 4.
Existence : life 5. Mechanical : like a machine 6. Supremacy : highest power and authority 7. Unemo-
tional : having no feelings.