DEAR ABBY: As I left the mall yesterday, I saw three boys no more than 14 years old sitting on the curb smoking!
I don't know why, but I stopped and said: "It makes me sad to see your young lungs being ruined by smoking. If only you could see the people in my condo complex with holes in their chests because they ruined their lungs by smoking, you would never light another cigarette as long as you live."
To my surprise, the three of them put out their cigarettes without saying a word.
I walked away feeling so good. -- PEGGY BERRY, MARGATE, FLA.
DEAR PEGGY: You deserve to feel good. You had the courage to speak up -- and you possibly saved three lives.