Health Quote by Sara Murray Jordan

The line starts like a public-service announcement and swerves into a miniature disaster movie. "Nobody should smoke cigarettes" is blunt, almost parental, but it’s also strategically plain: an ethical baseline laid down without negotiation. Then Sara Murray Jordan tightens the screw by narrowing from the general to the specific, turning moral advice into bodily urgency. The second clause isn’t about vice; it’s about self-harm that’s already in progress.

The ulcer detail matters because it shifts smoking from "bad habit" to "active aggravation". An ulcer is pain with a diagnosis, a reminder that the body has already filed a complaint. When she says smoking with an ulcer is like pouring gasoline on a burning house, she’s not trying to be poetic; she’s trying to be un-ignorable. The metaphor works because it’s not subtle. Gasoline doesn’t just worsen a fire, it guarantees escalation. A burning house already implies loss of control, danger, and time running out. The image smuggles in a judgment: if you do this, you’re not merely careless, you’re complicit in the blaze.

There’s also an implied audience: someone bargaining with themselves. People don’t need metaphors for risks they fully accept; they need them for habits they keep rationalizing. Jordan’s choice of domestic catastrophe makes the consequences feel immediate and personal, not statistical. It’s health advice framed as crisis intervention, meant to cut through denial with a single, unforgettable picture.