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I used to work with a guy that smoked and refused to wear a seat-belt. He carried a gun though, just in case his life was in danger.

I quit by vaping off of cigarettes, and then gradually reducing the nicotine in vape juice until I was vaping 0 nicotine for a couple of months, then stopped altogether. Been nicotine free for several years now, and no cravings.

All this woke ass anti cigarette shit! Y'all have obviously never enjoyed a cup of coffee and a smoke on a still summer morn. A post coital puff as your lover plays her fingers through your chest hair like smoke on the water. Good lord I miss cigarettes!

But seriously never smoke, it smells terrible, will ruin your health, and is an all around terrible proposition.

I live alone and actively wish I could die. I'm not hurting anyone but myself.

I am glad that it's not cool with the younger generations, and that the whole vaping fad kinda died back.

Still though, the amount of self righteousness and lack of empathy from some non smokers really makes me glad that I will never have to hang out with those types of people.

Addiction is a hell of a thing, and when the alternative is worse than quitting, it's extremely difficult to quit.

I feel bad for people who have never been addicted to anything, because they're the real losers. You want to know why? Because they don't know what it's like to really want something - and then get it again and again and again. (Marc Maron)

But seriously, the one thing I'm proud of in my life is that I was able to quit smoking. Hard, but so worth it!

Don’t forget that smokers also get to ruin other people’s meals at restaurants. Not their own meals mind you - just the meals of others.

I stopped smoking a while ago now.. but boy do I miss it sometimes lol.

Don't smoke kids.

I smoked from the time I was 15, until I was 33. I got a prescription for something called Chantix that worked really well for me to quit permanently.

It worked well for a few people I knew, but one guy said it made him really depressed / suicidal.

Chantix isn’t available anymore because of something that was in it that might cause cancer, but there’s a generic form of it called varenicline that may or may not be available in your country. Ask your doctor maybe if there’s a pill that will help you quit.

I live with two roommates in a flat. One of them smokes. Of course, he has to smoke indoors as well, as if the whole place is his (we got two balconies btw) . Can't describe when I get home after a long day in uni to come back to a flat that smells like a smoking friendly bar.

tfw you share balcony with smoking neighbour and all smoke goes to your room where you work...

I don't think people smoke because they feel like shit doing so, quite the opposite imo

quit 30 years now. quit because it was killing me. other corps are still trying.

This seems to ignore the important facts that smoking is A.) Cool and B.) Sexy.

I’m so happy that I’m on 10 years without cigarettes.

Joke is on you - I only smoke in elementary schools, so my house is practically tar-free. Now what, science man?

When I was a teenager in the 90s, I once dated someone whom I thought otherwise to be a smart and collected girl.

Then I watched her and her friend rummage the side streets for half smoked cigarette butts that people had disposed of out their car windows. The bliss in their eyes when they lit up a half smoked one.

Looking through the eyes of an adult now, it makes me wonder why I continued to try and strike a habit myself over the next 2 years. Fortunate for me, it never seemed like my drug of choice, though I did find others.

Being addicted to anything will make you realize just how fragile “giving a shit” really is.

What an insensitive and utterly vile post. If you understood anything about addiction, which I'll remind you is a health disorder and not a personal choice, you would be ashamed of yourself. Some of us and our families are really struggling with huge impacts to physical and mental health, our entire lives, from addictions like this. Hope posting this made you feel better about yourself tho 👍

Who cares at this point no one has free health care so no longer a burden in the golden age of bare foot and pregnant. Smoke cigs. They are awsome.

Holy pearl clutching.

Yes, smoking takes years off your life.

But they're the years at the end....

I’ve read last week that tobacco is radium rich and decomposes to polonium and radon - cigarettes are radioactive and it contributes to its nasty effects on the lungs

Nearly all of my family smokes, and I fucking hate it. There were countless times, as far as I can remember, when I tried to do something with my dad, it was nice for a while, then he goes for a 'quick smoke' and stays there forever.

As a tobacco fiend I couldn't ever get into smoking cigs. The only time in my life I've smoked consistently was when I was extra depressed and trying to microdose suicide. Guess I'm lucky

I dunno, teenagers all smoke and they seem pretty on the ball.

I actually enjoy a good cigar every once in a great while. I do not like smelling like smoke so I either go outside or to the "smoke shack" in my basement which has a fan that sucks all the smoke outside.

they said, while rolling E and smoking weed and drinking borgs :D

Tobacco is one of the worst drugs ever. The best part is staving off the effects of addiction.

Boy do I love tobacco.

Montezuma’s revenge

Ive seen people quit oxy easier then cigarettes

But if you smoke, you don't notice other smokers smelling like shit, which is nice.

this also applies to (some) bombs

Honestly, smoke all you want as long as you don't drink

Just imagine the savings of smoking

Alternatively

Imagine the savings of NOT smoking!

It's a win win whatever side you choose!