Why do people smoke cigarettes?

[Jon Lemon]

1. nicotine is a fun drug & a huge rush
   
2. nicotine is extremely physically addictive
   
3. a majority of ppl start at age 12-15
   
4. cigarettes permeate the vast majority of alcohol-culture social events; people often start when they are not at their mental peak
   
5. cigarette advertisement is legendarily effective

o wait, no you're right it all boils down to how stupid everyone but me is

[Loke]

I like smoking. It brings me pleasure, so I do it. I have quit numerous times, the last time I went over 2 years without smoking a single cigarette. When I don't want to smoke, I don't. It is hard to quit and you have to put in some effort, but if you don't want to smoke it is easier than continuing to smoke imo.

So I guess the answer would be because I like it. I respect the fact that you guys don't like it, that is totally up to you. There are a lot of people who do unhealthy things because they enjoy them, fast food is a perfect example. The only difference is that for some reason we've deemed it socially acceptable for non-smokers to preach their personal thoughts on smoking to smokers. While the obese non-smoker eating his triple lard burger may currently have the moral high ground, I take solace in knowing heart disease is still the #1 killer in the united states by quite a large margin.

[Hailto]

Originally Posted by Loke [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I take solace in knowing heart disease is still the #1 killer in the united states by quite a large margin.

You're aware that smoking greatly increases your chances for heart disease as well right?

[HeallunRumblebelly]

Originally Posted by nalkin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Gotta agree with Harrison.



It is hard to stop smoking if you start, I will agree to that based on what I have seen. But it is extremely easy to not start smoking unless you are terribly obsessed with trying to be cool and give in to peer pressure. That is literally the only reason for anyone to start smoking. Thats why is so crazy to think billions of people are really that stupid.

And for me, smoking is unattractive for that very reason. The only conclusion that you can draw is that these people are shallow/stupid enough to work hard at gaining an unhealthy addiction.

If she smokes, she pokes. Smoking is +++ good quality in wimmen.

[bled12345]

Originally Posted by Harrison [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Never touched a cigarette in my life, easy as fuck to not pay money to kill myself slowly. Dumbest argument in the world.

Answer: they're fucking morons.

This logic is so flawed, the social dynamics of smoking is way more complicated like others have pointed to in this thread. Some of my all time most influential role models / heroes were and are smokers. Do I think they are morons? Nope, they are fucking geniuses who are changing the world for the better, which is more than can be said of Harrison.

I think one of the reasons why I started smoking as a youth, is that I have always harbored an anti-establishment attitude, the man told me not to smoke, so what did I do? Went out and smoked.



You live forever if you eat vegan food, exercise regularly, dont drink, eat small portions, and rest 8 hours or more and don't forget to drink lots of water!

Seriously though, mick jager, ozzy, deadmau5, nietzsche, winston churchil all lived lives that would blow the mundane sorry excuses of shit we call lives out of the water, and they all smoke or smoked heavily.



In a world of overpopulation, starvation, war, unregulated greed, exploitation, drugs, murder, rape, genocide, economic manipulation, fraud, fast food, global warming, oil dependance all based on the economic paradigm of infinite growth on a planet with finite resources.... If smoking tops the list of things you spend time stressing about and thinking needs to be fixed immidiately, YOU are the fucking moron.

[xshayla701]

Originally Posted by bled12345 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

the man told me not to smoke, so what did I do? Went out and smoked.

[Juugox2]

Originally Posted by Harrison [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Never touched a cigarette in my life, easy as fuck to not pay money to kill myself slowly. Dumbest argument in the world.

Answer: they're fucking morons.

lol prob the fucking dumbest shit ive ever heard

and not meaning fact you didnt smoke just i see how you are just by how you said that

[Harrison]

Don't be butthurt because you're an idiot slowly dying to the world's dumbest addiction draining your wallet.

[Hasbinbad]

I hate it when Harrison is right. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Hasbinbad]

Luckily I don't have to deal with it often! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]