Why are we trying to make smoking cool again?!?
Posted by Forktee@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1782 comments
Saw this photo in a Buck Mason email ad. Shame on them! Having grown up in the 80’s when smoking was everywhere I’m so glad it’s practically vanished and now ads are bringing it back!?!? I’ve noticed it in more movies and tv series too. I guess history really does repeat itself, just like with vaccines…here we go again.
No-Spray-6694@reddit
It’s possible the dumbest thing I ever did and I did a lot of dumb shit .
DREtheVoiceActor@reddit
I smoked like an idiot for 32 years. SO glad to be free of it. Nicotine is the devil.
Delicious-Gur-188@reddit
I like the occasional cigarette. I don’t enjoy the smell on my clothes/hair afterwards though. And I always reserve my right to toss it if I’m not digging it.
Yes, I am an idiot.
OldHT@reddit
You should give pipes a go. I don't recommend an aromatic as a starter, though. Maybe Orlick Golden Sliced or something in that vein.
Baebarri@reddit
Pipes or good cigars. Much better than cigarettes.
RayTheMaster@reddit
Same, I smoke less than a pack a month. I lived so much great moment smoking. It makes me live them again for five minutes. Hates the smell and taste still.
MaximumJones@reddit
The funniest part about this entire thread is that we could turn on crowd control so that none of the bots would be able to post, but where would the be the fun in that.
The entire boy army has arrived.
I, for one, want to see how this turns out. 🤣
Kwyjibo68@reddit
Is this thread really full of bots? How can you tell?
NemoOfConsequence@reddit
It’s obvious.
DasSassyPantzen@reddit
Super helpful, thanks.
GenX-ModTeam@reddit
{community rule 3}
Kornbread2000@reddit
It is common on Reddit to assume that only automated programs could disagree with your opinion. Really no other possible explanation.
GenX-ModTeam@reddit
If you have a question or concern, contact the mod team directly and do not post in the sub.
MaximumJones@reddit
We can see who posts here regularly and who just comes here for the first time to start trouble.
yvettestar2000@reddit
Or maybe I just don't care 😘
Cyrano_Knows@reddit
Feel like its going to be a.. drag.
MagickMaggie@reddit
Maybe not. Like cigs, some bots and commenters have no filter.
Chrissy086@reddit
Capybarely@reddit
Well they've chosen filterless, it'll definitely be harsher.
MaximumJones@reddit
youngkpepper@reddit
Or the butt of a lot of bad jokes.
FriendRaven1@reddit
I, for one, welcome our new bot overlords.
kimchipowerup@reddit
Said the Bot Overlord! 😎
Age_AgainstThMachine@reddit
Wait. What is this crowd control? That is a thing? Reddit could be bot free? Or did I misunderstand?
Magerimoje@reddit
IIRC crowd control means only members who have chosen flair are permitted to comment.
ReplyProfessional939@reddit
I will in no way say that smoking is not an unhealthy habit. But I will say that practically everyone in my family smoked, and all passed away at a pretty old age, and NOT from cancer. Except my 27 year old cousin. He died from lung cancer and never smoked a single cigarette in his life. 🤷♂️
bluenote20@reddit
That's due to a small sample size and an anecdotal fallacy. Sure some people smoke all their lives and don't get cancer and some younger healthy people get cancer. The proven fact though is that smoking dramatically increases your cancer risk.
ReplyProfessional939@reddit
I never said it wasn't boss. I believe I made that quite clear in my opening sentence. I am neither ignorant nor delusional, I was simply relating a personal experience as it related to the given topic of conversation.
bluenote20@reddit
Thanks for the clarification. I just kind of knee jerk reacted because a lot of people use their personal experience as some sort of proof. It just bothers me and I'm kind of hyper aware to call it out. I'm also an audist.
Glum_Biscotti4093@reddit
Typical redditor… can’t read… won’t slow down… take a break
theyrecalledpants@reddit
It's also a fact that this was someone's experience. It's pedantic and distracting to a conversation to point out an anecdote when that was clearly the intent. In this context, the facts are implicit.
ReplyProfessional939@reddit
Nope, but thanks for the analysis doctor. I was simply relating an experience of my own. I clearly stated in my first sentence that I held no illusions about the health risks of smoking. I suppose my personal experience did not fit the overall "flow" of the conversation, and for that I will withhold any apologies at this time.
Several-Hat-1944@reddit
From the comments, I'm the only smoker here. (M60yo) Been smoking for 47 years, pack a day, still do. It's a habit, it's a pleasure. Tried to quit countless times, all the different programs, support and even hypnotized. I've settled on the fact, I'm just a smoker, and that's that. Mind you, I don't smoke inside, nor anywhere that I may offend others. And yes, I drink alcohol too and I'm very active.
phijef@reddit
I was a hopeless addict too until Chantix came around.
WorldsWorstTroll@reddit
Chantix dreams were the best.
Several-Hat-1944@reddit
They were full blown nightmares for me, that Chantix was evil IMO.
OldHT@reddit
A bunch of us tried that on a deployment. Lasted less than a week. CO ordered doc to collect everybody's prescriptions and any doses he had left in inventory and destroy it all.
dawaxtadpole@reddit
Chantix worked for some people but for many it really fucked up their brain. I tried chantix and it was one of the worst things I had to endure and I know others offed themselves because of what the drug did to them.
ConfederacyOfDunces_@reddit
I never heard about this?
dawaxtadpole@reddit
Any drug has the ability to fuck up your head. They had litigation against the company over people offing themselves. Dunno how it turned out though.
I shut that shit down after a month. It was batshit crazy. You can feel shit you never felt before. You can feel your brain doing stuff even though you shouldn’t feel your brain. Your dreams are not the same. It’s like having a your eyeballs see differently in the most uncomfortable way.
phijef@reddit
Sorry to hear you had a bad experience. I’ve used it several times with no ill effects.
Groovychick1978@reddit
This is the SECOND time I have seen this exact post and reply on this thread
This whole thread is a fucking ad!!
We've been had, people! I wonder how many little tobacco bots are in here, just trying to get us to smoke? Everyone is all,
"Oh, I miss it.",
"I would start again if they were cheaper.",
etc.
I feel like I'm in a South Park episode right now. Life is satire.
MagickMaggie@reddit
My older brother tried all those methods to quit, but couldn't. Then the cousin he started smoking with when they were both 12 suddenly had headaches, got diagnosed with a glioblastoma, suffered terribly, had brain surgery, suffered some more, and died, leaving behind 2 children. My brother quit cold turkey and hasn't touched tobacco since.
Thanks for not smoking indoors or anywhere it'll affect someone.
itscuriousyah@reddit
You never know. I was in the same spot. Tried so many times, so many ways to quit and none of them took. Then the lowest dosage nicotine lozenge for a few days and that was that. Something just clicked. The weird thing was that I didn't go with any of the usual advice about commitment or pressure or what not. I kept reminding myself that there is a gas station just down the street, should I decide to buy a pack and that that would be ok.
ChadlyWax@reddit
Be honest, are you really Harry Dean Stanton?
sauerkraut916@reddit
Thank you for being honest. i am also a smoker from the GenX era. Not proud of it, and hide my habit. I have tried multiple replacement options; vapes, eCigs, gum, etc.
Still trying. I hate knowing I smell like yucky cigarettes. I hate spending money on this pleasurable but seriously idiotic product. And it’s soooo expensive! urgle
Magerimoje@reddit
Me too.
I've quit sooooo many times, but end up back on cigs. My longest quit was 7 years. Ugh. I keep trying though.
Several-Hat-1944@reddit
I switched to the "Crowns" brand last year. It's half the price, and I find it a very tasty, smooth smoke. (maybe they're available near you) And yes, I agree, tobacco is an idiotic product, yet pleasurable. Carry on GenX...
requiemguy@reddit
PanicDry@reddit
You're not alone. I don't really drink though, only on a Friday night I drink two glasses of brandy to end my work week. I like smoking a cigarette because it gives me the opportunity to take a step back, away from people. Not everyone can be plugged in non-stop the whole day and I'm a bit of an introvert. The only way I can be a teacher the whole day is by taking a step back during a break and a cigarette is my only way to make sure I'm totally alone. Nobody will follow me because I'm the only smoker. That's mainly the reason why I enjoy it.
errie_tholluxe@reddit
Hey Im with you. Cant smoke at home, policy of the apartment complex, smoke around work and drive home. Still drinking my rum and coke.
Given the current state of the world and the generation I grew up in, fuck health.
Several-Hat-1944@reddit
I try to be healthy, but we're old enough now to know our limitations, the lifestyle will dictate our future. Cheers errie, happy Happy Hour...🍺🍺
Olosabbasolo@reddit
Maybe bringing back "i don't care what you think" is the right thing to do. If people wanna smoke, then why stop them.
Kornbread2000@reddit
One argument has always been that tax payers pick up the cost of the health issues through Medicaid.
OldHT@reddit
Yes, but do we tax heroine or crack users at a higher rate? What about alcoholics, deep sea divers, or motorcycles? It's utter BS. It's just another excuse for the government to squeeze money out of us and an excuse excessive oversight of our private lives. I dunno about you, but whenever I hear that tired old line, I have a habit of rolling my eyes
Kornbread2000@reddit
Heroine and crack are both illegal drugs in the United States and just possession of enough of either could result in incarceration.
OldHT@reddit
Just because something is illegal doesn'tmean a tax can't be levied on that person. Banning tobacco would be just as ineffective. Maybe even more so given how easily it can be grown. I'm probably going to grow my first crop next year for personal use. Pretty jazzed about it.
Hovertical@reddit
I quit in 2016 but man, if I knew for certain I had a terminal disease or the planet was getting blown up by a giant space rock the first thing I'd be doing is buying a few cartons again. They're such great stress relievers and nothing goes better with hot black coffee in the morning.
WilliePullout@reddit
And that’s my problem. The morning. I don’t smoke all day just the morning. I’ll have 4 cigarettes with my morning brew and I’m good all day.
OldHT@reddit
Get yourself a savinelli 606 and some Cornell and Diehl haunted bookshop. You'll be right as rain and it's cheaper than cigarettes.
Commercial-Novel-786@reddit
If I had the same news, I'd skip the cigs and head straight for acid and heroin.
lemon-rind@reddit
People have been smoking tobacco for like 10,000 years. It won’t disappear overnight, if ever.
SomeVelveteenMorning@reddit
There was a trend of significant decline since the 90s. It's not about it vanishing overnight, but about maintaining the positive path we'd been on, to continually see decreased use.
OldHT@reddit
I dunno, I find the ritual of smoking a pipe to be a wonderfully relaxing experience.
augustwestgdtfb@reddit
as a former smoker don’t smoke
it’s horrible addictive expensive and terrible for you
fartzombieunicorn@reddit
Yeah, this. I can buy shit now. Its great. Funny thats what motivated me to quit, not the health part.
Temporary_Pay_3459@reddit
Smoking is objectively cool. This is a fact.
augustwestgdtfb@reddit
is smelling like shit 💩 cool ?
if so keep on smoking
Temporary_Pay_3459@reddit
Calm down nerd.
drksolrsing@reddit
"Subjective" is the word you are looking for.
Temporary_Pay_3459@reddit
Nope. I said what I said nerd.
Delicious-Apple1845@reddit
Live in Montreal and smoking disappeared around 2014 then the vapes appeared and now see folks lighting up the old lung darts outside the bars like it is 2002. I asked a few folks and they all said there is a pill for that. I smoked for 17 years and still missing it after 17 years done and said don't think it is that easy, but shut up when I remembered I smoked for 17 years.
Different_Victory_89@reddit
The pills make smoke taste like shit! And turns some people mean(including my wife). You continue smoking until you can't stand the taste. Works in some cases, not so much in many. I told my doctor if he sould give me an injection I'm all for it! 100% Psychological,that's why even after years, some smokers miss it! Nicotine addiction is out of system in as little as 2 days, and body begins healing! Another cigarette additive is contine, which can persist up to a year. I don't want cancer! And its easy to quit, I've done it 100s of times. It's the staying quit in the brain that's the hard part!
Delicious-Apple1845@reddit
Ha
bigballs2025666@reddit
Altria or MO phillip morris were not fined heavy enough back in the day….
RBUL13@reddit
Marlboro Reds taste great with a cup of coffee.
haveanapfire@reddit
This, but Pall Mall.
ofthrees@reddit
this but parliaments.
mitchij2004@reddit
God I kinda miss them. It’s been like 10 years
RBUL13@reddit
If you make it to 82 you should start up again.
Affectionate_Fig9398@reddit
lol that’s what my husband smokes once in awhile at casino- he actually semi quit - his skin looks so much better and clearer eyes - he does take Zyn to help. However, I hate smoke - it makes me sick literally - I wear a mask where it’s smoky and I can’t leave - however the rudest thing to me is being on a beach and that asshole is smoking and the smoke is blowing right on you from the wind. I just politely say “sir/ma’am/they you are exposing me and my kids and everyone else to cancer “ if that is bitchy oh well. I do get up and move us.
ServiceKooky1323@reddit
Are we tho???
Primary_Taste_4532@reddit
Yeah, Sabrina Carpenter is smoking in her video of Manchild and I’ve noticed it in a few more videos too.
I asked my kid (gen z) about it and she said because people no longer care or think it’s a hoax. She then said she wouldn’t because she knows I’d do worse to her than anything smoking can do because she knows my grandmother died of lung cancer and I was her caregiver the last year of her life and that year scarred me.
Puzzled_Bus_7505@reddit
Smoking is for the idiots who try to be cool. Trying to be cool isn’t cool.
ReplyProfessional939@reddit
Nah, the real idiots are people who insult others simply because they don't agree with them.
Puzzled_Bus_7505@reddit
Butt hurt 😂
ReplyProfessional939@reddit
Not at all. But you can feel that way if it makes you feel better.🤷♂️
RayTheMaster@reddit
is that what your third grade teacher told you?
Suckmybk@reddit
“There is no try only do” -Yoda
Independent_Chef9991@reddit
Smoke em if you got em
Mammoth-Giraffe-4461@reddit
Uh.... because it is cool!!! Duh!!!
doublestorycondo@reddit
Smoking is insanely bad for you…but it’s also incredibly cool 😎
Cold_Martini1956@reddit
I wonder if my chain-smoking uncle thought he was cool when he had a stroke before age 60 and lost his ability to speak for the rest of his life, as well as the use of one of his arms. Later, when he needed to have open-heart surgery, they had to keep him on the heart lung machine for several hours, and because his lungs were so compromised, after the successful heart operation he still had to be on oxygen for the rest of his life, because his lungs were further damaged during that procedure. I don’t think he felt too cool at that point.
His brother, who had also been a chain chainsmoker, got cancer of the tongue and had to have most of his tongue removed. Cool?
doublestorycondo@reddit
Did they both have sunglasses on?
Cold_Martini1956@reddit
My uncle did for sure.😎
_Losing_Generation_@reddit
I wish that motor racing would bring back tobacco sponsorship. Those cigarette liveries from the 60s-90s were fantastic.
Educational-Key4431@reddit
Hard agree on both things!
nottodayautoimmune@reddit
Is drowning in your own blood because your emphysema-ridden lungs cracked open considered “cool”? Because my grandfather smoked for decades, and that’s how he died.
G0R_G0R@reddit
My dad died due to emphysema as well. When I was a kid he always had a cigarette in his hand and I think he went through about 2 packs a day. He finally quit when I was a teen but he sounded like Darth vader by then and would have to take a break after walking up like 4 steps.
My dumbass smoked for about 15 years but finally quit years ago. I try and teach my kids now how fucking terrible smoking is now.
Clean_Review_2581@reddit
your grandfather sounds like hes cool
BuckeyeNut88@reddit
It’s almost as uncool as vaping
Bahlore@reddit
Money, duh.
Mojozilla@reddit
I quit smoking permanently 6 years ago. I have elderly coworkers who absolutely REEK of stale cigarette smoke and ashtray. Big tobacco has gotten the sheep to believe that inhaling water vapor is WORSE than inhaling actual smoke from burning combustible material, ie tobacco. My bosses vape in the office and so do I. We don't stink. The cigarette smokers literally engulf the office with their cigarette funk. I am not seeing more people smoking cigarettes. I'm seeing less and less over the years. I live in a state where lots of people still smoke cigarettes but that has steadily been declining over time.
Future-Imperfect-107@reddit
I hate to break this to you but its not just "water vapor" and vaping is super bad for your lungs. It may not be quite as bad as smoking but it is far from safe and can definitely be deadly long term.
Mojozilla@reddit
Ok bug tobacco
Chemical_Tooth_3713@reddit
Cause it is... the best Darwin mechanism. You can smell the idiots from far away. IMO there should be an obvious suicide device advertised as cool, makes you the next super body and slim and badass. Overpopulation problem gone. Smoking is too slow plus everybody else has to pay for it and cope with it for too long. Maybe a pill.
Dear-Bear2135@reddit
Because their owners are broke. People don't smoke as much and they make our food expensive + cigarette companies own our food too, (surprise).
I quit smoking 3 years ago and randomly started getting those mail coupons from Marlboro again. Never signed up for them. Those rich pricks are struggling.
Ok_Clothes_8917@reddit
When I turn 80, I’ll start smoking. I’ll have no reason not to.
Formal_Ground6513@reddit
I agree. I plan on a second adolesence if I can make it that far!
Ok_Clothes_8917@reddit
And with all the exposure I’ve had to the preparation for end of life, I really don’t want to live into my Alzheimer’s years.
Formal_Ground6513@reddit
Same dude!
Old_Arm3605@reddit
Because they are desperate
Casanova2229@reddit
desperate for what?
Old_Arm3605@reddit
To be cool.
Casanova2229@reddit
Oh, ok.
BlissCrafter@reddit
Smoking is pretty cool. Except for the cancer and heart attack part.
Interesting_Tree6892@reddit
I smoked for a while and I must say, I was the coolest guy in the cancer ward.
Aggravating-Baby1239@reddit
Ummm…it was never NOT cool…🙄
Interesting_Tree6892@reddit
It's because you weren't smoking Kools.
Certain-Comfort928@reddit
smoking is Bag
wmartindale@reddit
Former smoker here of about 30 years. Quit 8 years ago. I miss it, or rather the idea of it. Having a smoke after a meal or when it’s cold out sounds great. But when confronted with actually al cigarettes and smoking up close, it’s gross.
Nagroth@reddit
A lot of very cool things are also very bad for you. Like smoking.
MrEllis72@reddit
Because, it's cheaper than health care.
LoopsonLoops@reddit
Honestly smoking has always been cool, and probably will remain that way forever lol.
I smoked for 13-14 years or so and don’t miss cigarettes one bit. But when you’re young and badass nothing beats a nice smoke lol.
It’s not so cool down the road when your lungs are fucked, your teeth/gums are fucked, and/or you get some type of cancer
toddatog@reddit
Please let us know why smoking is cool.
WW1_Researcher@reddit
Didn't know Otzi was a smoker
haller47@reddit
Lots of judgement. Lots of people who were tricked into it.
If I make it to 70, which I won’t, I’m mainlining smack.
This planet has become a lot less fun and idgas if I leave early.
OkCalbrat@reddit
Idk about mainlining smack, but if I make it to 70 I'll definitely be doing more than just smoking weed! 😂
haller47@reddit
Ok. I’ll start where you start and see where it goes!
OkCalbrat@reddit
😂
Defiant-Difference17@reddit
Absolutely 🤘 my sentiments almost exactly.
AdPrestigious2387@reddit
The bottom line is, smoking is cool, and you know it.
LazzarilloDeTormez@reddit
Keith Richards would have died 793 years ago if he didn’t smoke. The coolness factor at work.
blisterment@reddit
The Keith you see now was manufactured by Walt Disney in the early 60s from the parts of children left behind at Disneyland. All that “Paul was dead” stuff - it was actually Keith.
If you believe that, I can sell you a red hat to wear this summer.
Green-Vermicelli5244@reddit
Funny anecdote, I was wearing a Cincinnati Reds cap and a couple behind me were giving me shit until I turned around. We all had a sensible chuckle.
blisterment@reddit
Tell them you are Pete Rose
Green-Vermicelli5244@reddit
How To Lose Newly Met Friends by blisterment
blisterment@reddit
Here at Independence Hall in Philly, I was half expecting to see Mr “It’s not my fault” in profile, against profiles of Cowboy Ronnie and Tricky Dick ala Stalin, Lenin and Marx.
Known_Ratio5478@reddit
All dangerous things are cool! That’s what makes them cool.
itaintme1x2x3x@reddit
I've quit quitting I've smoked for 34 years now I feel the damage is done plus you have to die of something and I've seen my grandparents get old loose their memories to the point my grandmother basically died because she could no longer remember to eat fuck that I'd rather be dead by 60 that will be plenty for me
Top_Shoe_9562@reddit
Who's we?
Necessary-Sock7075@reddit
Anti-smokers have always been insufferable people...
Rip that duplicitous dart, we live in flavor country baby!
GenX-ModTeam@reddit
{community rule 3}
PsychologyOk5179@reddit
Because RJ Reynolds needs a new company yacht!! 🇺🇸🦅
FartofTexass@reddit
I saw a job posting from Phillip Morris the other day and was shocked they hadn’t changed the company name to something less tainted. Like how Raytheon is RTX now.
RayneBeauSkelly@reddit
Because we all wanna die
kimchipowerup@reddit
Whatever happened to clove cigs??
jbenze@reddit
Government regulation in the US. Any non-menthol flavorings were banned. You can still get them as “mini-cigars”.
OkCalbrat@reddit
I don't think it's a "All of the US" thing yet. I know it's a thing in California.
jbenze@reddit
I think it’s the whole country now. CA and NY were early to the game; we can still get menthol here I THINK but not positive.
OkCalbrat@reddit
Looks like we are both somewhat right. Flavored cigs EXCEPT menthol are banned in the U.S., as well as flavored e-cigs with the little cartridges. Disposable vapes can still be flavored and cigars (both mini and reg), pipe tobacco, and smokeless tobacco can still be flavored. The U.S. ban does not include menthol. Apparently that's only in California and Massachusetts. 🤷😂
I know here in CA if you have a "refillable" vape you can get the nicotine vape drops and the flavored drops (like apple, blueberry, etc) and mix & fill it yourself. 🤷 I asked the clerk at my local smoke shop when I saw the drops after the ban, which is how I know.
Honestly none of it matters to me, I smoke regular Camels. I do know several people who were VERY upset when menthol got banned here though. You can still get menthol cigs on military bases if you're in the military or at Indian tribal casinos. I know someone who drives to Nevada once a month to pick themselves up cartons of menthol cigarettes, now that's dedication! 😆
jbenze@reddit
My inlaws ONLY buy from the reservation so they make it a whole day affair when they need cigarettes and that's only because they are cheap. I quit 25 years ago and I have to say, I REALLY don't get vaping especially all the flavors.
OkCalbrat@reddit
I don't understand vaping either. I wouldn't want blueberry flavored nicotine, it just sounds gross. 🤢 I don't mind the weed vapes, but they aren't flavored. 🤷
jbenze@reddit
Yeah same; those are fine and make way more sense.
2peacegrrrl2@reddit
Those were fun. Smelled so good, but I’ve heard they’re even worse than those American Spirits that are super harsh on the lungs (despite being pure tobacco).
sheliegh@reddit
Money. Same reason the cigarette industry went after vapes or how dispensaries supported the hemp bans. Money.
eatencrow@reddit
Man, that is one thing I wish I'd never started. I quit so many times, the last time being November 2009 - Feb 2010. I don't wish that process on anyone. It's hell.
I set up my bank to auto-deposit $7 (at the time, the cost of a pack of what I smoked) every other day, into a set aside savings at a credit union at which I didn't routinely bank. At the end of a year, I'd saved more than $1200. I increased it by $1, by $0.50, by $1. 25, as the price went up. Four years on, I'd saved enough to buy a decent new-to-me car. I ended up putting most of it in my Roth IRA, the logic being that I'd actually be present in a future not robbed from me by smoking.
Smoking isn't glamorous. It makes your lungs look like The Worst Toilet in Scotland (iykyk).
Don't start. If you've started, quit. Don't quit quitting, until you've quit for good.
VikingForklift@reddit
1) you are awesome!
2) to reiterate, DON’T QUIT QUITTING, UNTIL YOU’VE QUIT FOR GOOD.
Fudloe@reddit
Again? Pffft. Smoking is STILL cool. I'd still be smoking in I wasn't old enough to have gone to high school with Methuselah. (I'd still be doing blow, too. Goddam old age ruins everything.)
tigertiger180@reddit
Smoking has never been cool. Just heavily marketed to kids.
Fudloe@reddit
Nope. It's cool as fuck.
Stangboi92@reddit
Nope. Looks and smells like absolute shit
Fudloe@reddit
By the way, I had a fantastic day! Warm sun on my face, bourbon with friends at an outdoor cafe and a delicious steak for lunch with a beautiful girl.
All because of how cool I look smoking.
Stangboi92@reddit
And I get to sell cars that most consider to be dream vehicles. Bye! 👋🏼
Fudloe@reddit
Ooo! Like my '70 Chevel? Although I do love how my '68 Triumph Bonneville smells, too, even though it's a motorcycle.
That smell is so nice, right?
Stangboi92@reddit
Jokes and jibes aside, yes. That classic car smell of hydrocarbons and horsepower is awesome.
Fudloe@reddit
Yeah- I'm only trolling. I quit smoking 20 years ago. For real. Lol!
I have a buddy who restores and builds- his work is amazing. I try to give him as much business as I can afford (which is substantially more since I quit smoking!).
Here's to you for being a sport!
Stangboi92@reddit
Right on! Have a good one, bud
Stangboi92@reddit
One of the first cars I sold here a couple weeks ago was a ‘68 Pontiac Bonneville
Fudloe@reddit
Nice ride!
Fudloe@reddit
Cool thing is, tho- I get to ride my friends and my beautiful girl around, too. Not just sit in the garage abd sniff 'em.
Fudloe@reddit
Nope. Totally the coolest. Don't be scared, I can teach you how.
deleted_by_reddit@reddit
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GenX-ModTeam@reddit
{community rule 3}
tigertiger180@reddit
Stop promoting it, geez
Fudloe@reddit
I don't have to. It's so cool, all the cool kids are doing it.
(And if any idiot starts because I said it's cool, then I'm only promoting natural selection.)
Trick-Statistician10@reddit
I have been up all night. I'm sitting next to my brother, who is dying of lung cancer, screaming in pain. Our oldest brother died a year and 4 days ago from lung cancer. This brother's cancer is worse. Yeah, real fucking cool.
Fudloe@reddit
Who knows, this might even be true.
Fudloe@reddit
Like you said... obviously not.
Trick-Statistician10@reddit
You want a pic?
Fudloe@reddit
I findbit horrifying that you took photos.
Trick-Statistician10@reddit
Obviously not. Fuck off
Moeasfuck@reddit
Smoking?!?! In this economy?!? Who can afford that
judgeejudger@reddit
Right?! I remember when I could save up lunch money and get a pack for two bucks at the local coffee house (machine in the lobby).
DriedUpSquid@reddit
Just quit your fancy lattes and avocado toast and you’ll have money for smokes.
MagickMaggie@reddit
Ah yes, trade of the fiber and nutrients in avocado toast for the tar and nicotine in cigarettes.
ConfederacyOfDunces_@reddit
Tobacco companies are some of the biggest lobbyists in the country
MetalSufficient9522@reddit
It costs less than a Starbucks coffee or two a day?
Komaisnotsalty@reddit
A pack of 25 will set you back about $22 here in Canada land. Cigs are heavily taxed.
You can buy them off the Reserves for much cheaper though - about half that.
Jenshark86@reddit
All of them contain about 3000 chemicals in addition to nicotine that sticks to your arteries. Wonderful way to spend your money.
BeckyKleitz@reddit
I pay $5.36 a pack for 24/7 full flavor shorts. Locally made, always fresh. Limited added shit. A pack lasts me about 4 days to a week, depending on my mood.
MetalSufficient9522@reddit
Oh wow, I think they were $5-8 USD depending on brand for a pack. I've never bought them but I see the signs.
sauerkraut916@reddit
In California a pack of Marlboro Light 100s is $13.50
ChadlyWax@reddit
I can buy cigarettes if I stay home and don't buy gas...
External_Side_7063@reddit
The ones that are addicted, I know all about it
MaximumJones@reddit
Significant-Theme253@reddit
They can roll their own for a couple bucks:)
caryn1477@reddit
Yuck, God no. I don't really feel like smelling that all over the place again.
visiblehorrorvideo@reddit
Because at $9 a pack no one’s buying so their grasping at straws
maskthestars@reddit
Last time I bought a pack for my gf they were just shy of $15
visiblehorrorvideo@reddit
Damnnnn that’s insane, we I smoked back in early 2000 they were exactly $3.54 a pack
Distinct-Hat-5656@reddit
💵💵💵
Plane-Code-9693@reddit
Because it IS cool and the we're likely to all be nuked soon?
CheekEmbarrassed1516@reddit
Smoking is the best
steelpanthermaximus@reddit
Because it is
fgurrfOrRob@reddit
Quit smoking 6 years ago this month after almost 30 years of smoking. 4 years later in 2024 i wound up hospitalized with hypoxia I had developed asthma/copd. Note: always had asthma but it wasnt a problem till my 40s. My oldest daughter is the opposite- had it bad as a baby but it went away At any rate, smoking is playing long-term Russian roulette imo. Eventually, you're gonna get the bullet, some sooner than others.
MissDiketon@reddit
Something similar happened to me. I quit smoking in 2008 (after 20 years of a pack a day) and instead of going away, my asthma went from occasional wheezing to constant shortness of breath and a nasty, hacking cough. I ended up hospitalized for it in 2010 and it wasn't completely under control until I got heatlh insurance in 2013.
fgurrfOrRob@reddit
Yeah, I was just using albuterol rescue inhalers until I realized I needed long term steroids. It sucks with all the side effects but it saved my life.
spaceman696@reddit
Because smoking is awesome.
Future-Imperfect-107@reddit
You are getting downvoted but it kinda is. If it wasnt so unhealthy I would love to start again.
Future-Imperfect-107@reddit
Smoking never stopped looking cool. Its just also deadly and lung cancer seems probably not worth looking like a badass.
Green-Vermicelli5244@reddit
Meditative deep breathing with the advantage of getting to play with fire. This has never been uncool, just phases of unpopular.
bgeeky@reddit
And you get to feel like a dragon
Schulz70j@reddit
Dear god I hope not. That’s the hardest vice I’ve ever quit. I wouldn’t want that for anyone
calidownunder@reddit
Do not kid yourself. I haven’t smoked a cigarette in like 20 years but reading this post is literally making my mouth water. These fn things are so addictive and it is so SO hard to stop—seriously quitting is hell, sitting on an airplane and not being able to smoke is hell, hanging out of a bathroom window to try to just smoke a little bit undetected is hell, literally combing through the ashtray for any unsmoked halves, like it goes on and on, this shit is gross, it’s so addictive, it’s not fn cool.
chamrockblarneystone@reddit
Trying to quit right now. Not a clue how. These little devils really get their fingers in there.
AK_Sole@reddit
I’m I know I’m going to take a beating for this from some people in here, but vaping as a way to transition away from tobacco helped me to quit altogether. Now a cigarette tastes like shit to me — I tried a couple of times years ago to have one after starting to vape and just could not get past two puffs.
YMMV
nom_de_plumatic@reddit
I get this, I took the route of using zyn as a sideways step to get off the cigarettes before ultimately giving those up as well.
Quitting the zyns want easy, mind you, but at least I wasn’t subjecting my lungs to smoke multiple times a day for the years that I used them.
It’s been many years since I’ve been a smoker, these days I ride a mountain bike pretty regularly - even a long-time smoker can recover full lung capacity given some clean living and some time!
AK_Sole@reddit
Thanks for the inspiration!
As a fellow mountain biker this is especially great to hear. I’d like to race in my age group next year, after getting back in shape. All of the biking groups I had ridden with back then pushed me to get into racing. I really wasted my potential in my younger days by smoking.
My goal by the end of the summer is to complete one of the new long-distance gravel tracks that they just completed, in Norway.
Not too late to make corrections now, right? Had I gone on smoking any longer I think big damage would have started dashing a lot of dreams.
nom_de_plumatic@reddit
Hell yes, get out there and race my friend!!!
I figure that while we may bump into limits as we're pushing ourselves there's zero reason to apply limits BEFORE we see what we're able to do.
I've done a few long MTB races, have never come anywhere near the podium on those, but have really enjoyed the experience of being in the race...the vibes are so much fun.
Nice work taking good care of yourself, so far I've not once regretted my decision to quit smoking.
chamrockblarneystone@reddit
Thanks. I’ve been thinking about that. Do you drink? How do they work with drinking?
AK_Sole@reddit
That’s the other unexpected benefit. It helped me to cut way back on drinking too because the cigs and drinks would feed off each other later into the night, if you know what I mean. I still got the nic hit to go with the buzz, but not I don’t crave it nearly as much, and I can feel it fading over time.
chamrockblarneystone@reddit
I think you just helped me. Thank you very much.
AK_Sole@reddit
Excellent. Wishing you all the best!
Financial-Deal-7786@reddit
I warned everyone at the time. If they ban smoking, it won't stop there.
mp85747@reddit
Of course! Like the poem "first they came for..." in various versions! And it looks like most haven't learned their lesson even now.
I can't believe what I'm reading... I spent 25 years in the US as a discriminated smoker deprived of social life and now that I'm not there you guys might get to enjoy yourselves again? Always on the wrong train at the wrong time... My effin' luck!
virtualadept@reddit
The tobacco companies need to make some more money, and the herd is being thinned a bit more.
EdwardJamesAlmost@reddit
The owners of those farms didn’t liquidate or replace their crops with berries. Selling in Indonesia lacks that domestic price point, though.
virtualadept@reddit
Exactly. That's why I said "more money," not "money again."
Friday_arvo@reddit
In Australia they’re like $50 a pack of smokes.
shit_ass_mcfucknuts@reddit
I’ve heard that smokes were ridiculously expensive there, what do the smokers there do? Do most people roll their own? I can’t imagine that anyone would spend that much for a pack unless they were rich.
Friday_arvo@reddit
For a while a lot of people (not all) switched to vaping as it was cheaper and was helping people quit or giving them better health outcomes. Now they’ve regulated vaping so that you have to get a prescription to use a nicotine vape. Disposable vapes are “illegal” now but they’re not hard to come by. A lot of people have either quit nicotine all together or gone back to smoking. A pouch of tobacco is anywhere between $70-$165 depending on size. (25g-50g).
So people are going back to ciggies, but they probably don’t get to do much else. Seeing a lot more kids smoking though which is fucking weird.
shit_ass_mcfucknuts@reddit
Wow, I can get a pouch of cigarette tobacco here for about $10 and 200 empty cigarette tubes with filters for like $2. There is a machine we can buy that stuffs the tobacco into the tubes which can range in price from $5-$100 depending on what quality you want. A big bag can make about 25 packs so you could make your own 25 packs of cigarettes here for roughly $25.
They aren't the best tasting but at least they're cheap. A regular pack of Marlboro here is about $10 so people still smoke like champs here. I quit 12 years ago.
kittyshakedown@reddit
I’m not trying.
I smoked a lot in my 20s and 30s. I just can’t even imagine that anymore.
Also, it’s like I never see smokers. I guess it’s because today’s smokers vape more.
My mom still smokes and when we aren’t at her house everywhere she wants to smoke seems very inappropriate.
Hopefully, when you know better, you do better.
dontwannaparticpate@reddit
Gen Z has been “making it cool again” lots of Gen Z celebrities are seen smoking atm. I do not care about this particularly but our kids are Gen Alpha and look up to these assholes. Somebody even brought back the Olsen’s ciggy trays as party favors recently iirc (maybe Charli XCX?). Ciggies and coke.
kittyshakedown@reddit
I don’t know. I’m not young and hip but I’ve seen/read/heard whatever that the new generations are not interested in drinking (as much) which goes hand in hand with smoking to me.
They are interested in pot and all the variations of weed.
Smoking is so stinky.
Raynet11@reddit
To be honest if one person decided to have 20 drinks and the other decided to have smokes 20 cigarettes a day the drinker will nine times out of ten be dead quicker than the smoker. My friends who were day drinkers are all dead or in terrible health my friends who were smokers are still around. The ones who did both were having problems in their early 40’s. I always told them rotate your vices but you know how advice goes over..
dontwannaparticpate@reddit
You are completely right about not drinking but they love coke and cigarettes and I TOTALLY AGREE with you that drinking goes with both of those things but these kids are different…
LizWaits410@reddit
Ugh I miss it sometimes. Like that toxic ex that was good in bed. Sigh.........
StrategyAfraid8538@reddit
It’s a package…
Old_Arm3605@reddit
They gotta push the agenda. I can remember thinking some people looked so cool back then smoking and then i tried it and it was nothing like what i thought it was gonna be. It was harsh and un-refreshing. I was like 10 -12 years old. The only true time i enjoyed cigarettes were those hard nights and hair of the dog mornings
Next_Engineer_8230@reddit
I'm a smoker. I picked it up in 2014 and I've not tried to quit, yet.
Many times I've said I want to quit but I actually like smoking.
I dont know why. I hate the smell, I hate the taste, I can't handle smoke blowing in my face, I have to have windows rolled almost halfway down in the car, even in the winter because I can't handle the cloud of smoke, I can't handle butts in the ashtray overnight, etc etc lol
I can't explain it.
iftheygivinitaway@reddit
It's called nicotine addiction.
Next_Engineer_8230@reddit
I've went long periods of time without smoking with no problem.
No jitters. No bad mood. None of that.
I just....like it.
iftheygivinitaway@reddit
Oral fixation? Or were you a Marine, and they were just spicy crayons?
Next_Engineer_8230@reddit
Lol!
Those spicy crayons though!
I think it's doing something with my hands. Could be an oral thing, too.
I'd really like to know, though.
MagickMaggie@reddit
Sounds like a self soothing behavior. A dopamine release. Do you like baby carrots? Lollipops? Neither of those have a lingering taste, smell, or will give you cancer, that I know of.
TrilliumHill@reddit
I look at my family history and it kind of scares me. None of my grandparents smoked, but they all are carrots.
MagickMaggie@reddit
Sounds like you come from quite interesting roots.
TrilliumHill@reddit
Lol, stupid spell check
MagickMaggie@reddit
It gets me every time too, lol. I'm sorry about your grandparents.
MakeupMama68@reddit
I quit for good when I got pregnant and never went back. Now I can’t even be around them.. it’s so weird. They repulse me now.
DanimusMcSassypants@reddit
It’s a satisfying experience. It has a beginning, middle, and end. It’s a tiny respite from the grind of the day; a moment to pause and ponder and reflect. Cigarettes also contain one of the most addictive psychoactive chemicals in the world, so the entire ritual gets subconsciously ingrained into your brain.
john-bkk@reddit
A family friend confided in me that she couldn't stop smoking, four years ago. It seemed like nothing; she wasn't a pack a day smoker, or anything like that, I thought. A few years later she died of something that was probably unrelated, digestive system problems.
But I always wondered, could there have been any link? Probably not. Even though this case that keeps bringing it to mind seems unrelated it reminds me that people who smoke risk death from it. I smoked for a few years; I get it how it all plays out.
Alarmed-Ebb-9609@reddit
I like it 🤷🏻♀️
Next_Engineer_8230@reddit
I wish I could explain why!
I just do!
jordyw83@reddit
Ah, in my mind there are two reasons:
The first reason is pretty obvious in my opinion. It's because smoking is cool, seriously! When you see John McClane with bare feet, covered in cuts, bleeding and smoking a cigarette in the Nakatomi Tower do you think, 'My god , that guy is so incredibly uncool'? No, you don't! You think, damn John is a bad ass. Anyone who doesn't admit that is lying.
The second reason is because we need to stop people vaping as soon as possible. It is way worse than smoking, maybe close to on par with sucking on a vehicle exhaust system. In comparison to those bloody vapes, which contain WS-23, WS-3, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acrolein, diethylene glycol (antifreeze), nickel, tin, and lead, smoking is like a breath of fresh air. Those are really f*cked up chemicals and when vaping you breathe in way more than when compared to a cigarette.
RoamingGnome74@reddit
Went to my local smoke shop today. Was told that the government banned the sale of vapes effective April 1. They will only be able to sell the ones made by the tobacco companies. No fruity flavors. This is in Virginia.
jordyw83@reddit
Ah, good news, mate!🤙🏻✌🏻 I'm in Victoria, Australia
RoamingGnome74@reddit
Yep. So many young people will be losing their minds. Lol
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lizziekap@reddit
Because people are trying to be skinny again.
mikemflash@reddit
Obesity is rapidly overtaking smoking as a leading cause of death, especially in people over 40. Why don't fat people get shamed the same as smokers?
ruairinewman@reddit
What’s wrong with a stick of gum though.
FLGuitar@reddit
You must be fun at parties.
mikemflash@reddit
Seriously. People need to mind their own business.
hilariouscommenter@reddit
Nothing like a good sun dart…
Corgibutz77@reddit
I'm thinking of starting smoking again so I die before these kids get into power. lmfao
uckluckluckl@reddit
Srsly. I will have to work until I die. Don’t want to do that with 90plus 🥺
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BadHairDay-1@reddit
I only smoke thc.
Gold_Comparison1745@reddit
Do you have dreams when you sleep. I stopped thc for a month now and it seems all these backed up vivid dreams just came flooding in.
fastyellowtuesday@reddit
THC shortens the REM cycle, so people dream less. Some people who have frequent nightmares do it on purpose.
Gold_Comparison1745@reddit
Shouldn’t longer REM cycles benefit the mind and body? If I’m constantly having nightmares which seems to be the norm for this past month, it definitely does not help me get a good nights rest.
fastyellowtuesday@reddit
Usually, yes. But some people get excessive nightmares, and that makes their sleep not really restful. For those people it's worth it to stop the nightmares, even if overall sleep quality goes down a bit.
Bungle024@reddit
When I smoked I went for years without dreams. If I was having them I didn’t know it. I would wake up completely blank. Now without smoke or drink I have the most vivid dreams I’ve ever had.
Gold_Comparison1745@reddit
Are they good dreams or the ones that have you waking up thinking wtf.
Bungle024@reddit
A bit of both. Only rarely have bad dreams, but when I do I woke up shook.
BadHairDay-1@reddit
Yes, I do. The thc usually helps with keeping nightmares at bay. I always dream, even if I don't always remember details. Are you on a t break, or quitting for good?
Gold_Comparison1745@reddit
Well I’m trying to clear my head and get out of a funk of being unproductive however long that takes. I’m not gunna lie, if an edible happens to be around I’ll probably take it but it seems all I have been having is nightmares and feels like I’m not getting good sleep.
BadHairDay-1@reddit
I'm probably going to go back to microdosing with tinctures and having a little piece of gummy at night. It helps with the symptoms of my cptsd. I only recently got my first bong, so I have been all about it. I am afraid of the negative effects of combustion on my body. I am very sorry about your nightmares and what you have experienced. I hope you begin to have amazing sleep.
froction@reddit
I only smoke TLC, but I don't go chasing waterfalls.
BadHairDay-1@reddit
Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to.
Pink_Poodle_NoodIe@reddit
If you saw the girl I had known in her thirties. Smoking and tanning. She used to be rebellious. She looked like a sad girl. She was so wrinkled. I felt bad for her. She looked worse than some 90 year olds.
Ruenin@reddit
Any woman I've ever seen in my entire life that I thought was attractive immediately loses all attractiveness the second I see a cigarette or vape in her mouth.
blackstarr1996@reddit
A vape? Are you also turned off by coffee drinkers?
Ruenin@reddit
Why? Somebody else drinking coffee effects me in no way whatsoever. You think smoke that doesn't smell like cigarettes is somehow better for my health? I don't get the choice to not smell that crap either. Either way, it's an infringement on MY right to clean air. Go ahead and make some kind of false equivalence argument. All smokers do.
blackstarr1996@reddit
Ok bro. I can see this is really important to you. Be sure to stay away from cars and gas stations.
Ruenin@reddit
Personal habit vs societal necessity. It's a shame you don't understand the difference, bro.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
Smoking allows thousands to take another breath. Without it, many of us might snap, bro.
Ruenin@reddit
And yet, you could use a patch or gum or quit. None of your excuses will change the fact that smoking is a selfish, disgusting habit that is forced upon everyone who doesn't smoke by those who refuse to quit or keep THEIR habit behind closed doors.
lostandaggrieved617@reddit
What a load of bullshit propaganda. Yes, smoking definitely ages you but ridiculous over-selling negates any good advice you have. No, that 30 year old did fucking NOT "LoOk wORsE tHaN SOmE 9o YEaR-oLDs!"🙄🙄
Pink_Poodle_NoodIe@reddit
Fuck you. I live in Florida and I had a great great grandmother that lived to 108
lostandaggrieved617@reddit
Fuck you right back, who the fuck brought up your grandmother?
Pink_Poodle_NoodIe@reddit
Means I knew older women.
Pink_Poodle_NoodIe@reddit
Because fuck you troll I knew the woman from Third Grade and Tanning, Smoking and drinking can cause your cell starts to fall apart. If you don't believe me tough shit.
Pink_Poodle_NoodIe@reddit
Have you ever seen Something About Mary? The old lady in the movie, worse than that that. Also we lived in the age of Hawaiian Tropic #2
OCCAMINVESTIGATOR@reddit
Smoking has always been cool... it's just not too good for you apparently.
Educational-Key4431@reddit
Damn. I seriously want a Marlboro menthol light 100! I mean, I definitely much prefer NOT having my dad’s phlegmmy smokers cough, and California doesn’t sell menthols, and 100’s took me 13 hours to smoke 1…but it was fun. Ahhh to be young and dumb.
holidaycheese87@reddit
I’ve had 2 friends die from lung cancer, one was taken off a ventilator this morning. 52 years old.
thereverenddirty@reddit
The few friends I have that still smoke have all had strokes. They won’t admit smoking caused it though.
Majestic_Race_5026@reddit
Because it’s bad ass. And not enough people know the joys of ripping darts
witchsneeze@reddit
My boyfriend found this on some subreddit or other and he showed me while barely being able to hold himself together because in his words “all of these animals look so fucking cool”
He hates smoking, like really hates it. But he loves these goofy bastards. The paradox is that ads that try to make smoking look cool fail miserably and then ads like this that try to show you how stupid it is…. fail miserably. No one, ever, will ever be as cool as that duck.
jaded1121@reddit
Idk. That border collie looks like he can help me change a tire real quick on his break. I appreciate that.
witchsneeze@reddit
Exactly. And I’m pretty sure I bought coke from that deer once
Educational-Key4431@reddit
🤣🤣🤣
TimotheeOaks@reddit
Also that camel looks really familiar
ruairinewman@reddit
Rough collie. Possibly Sheltie.
Casanova2229@reddit
Trying? It already is
Spiritual_Category54@reddit
I bought a pack of Marlboro lights last Friday. Last time I smoked was the summer of 1988. I lit one up Saturday night after having a couple of glasses of wine. And I have to say it was fantastic… at first. I coughed and choked a little bit. But I got that buzz. I finished the cigarette. And I’m glad I did it. My hands smelled my hair, smelled the rest of the night. I’m not going to toss the pack out. But I don’t think I’m going to smoke again.
STFUisright@reddit
Well that’s quite literally playing with fire. I’d kill for a smoke but I can never let myself do that. Until the apocalypse.
Spiritual_Category54@reddit
Brother… have you read the news? Buy a pack and just have it.
STFUisright@reddit
Lol sister but i take your point!
sauerkraut916@reddit
In California a pack of cigarettes is about $13.50. A pack a day = $400 a month. That is crazy amount of money for a finger-toy you suck on … and every inhale floods your body with toxic substances.
But I am still a smoker. Yup. I am that stupid.
HalfaEnchilada@reddit
I spend $200 a week on vapes. I can't go back to smoking cigarettes again so I'm thisclose to quitting nicotine altogether. What's actually going to make me quit is the guilt of throwing away the hunk of plastics, with graphics and the battery and everything else into the landfill every 3-4 days. They make these things so jazzed up it's like I'm just tossing a phone or a video game into the bin and I feel like an asshole. There's no place to recycle them and I've saved them up until I ran out of space. Im down to my last two so wish me luck.
goodforthescience@reddit
How much are vapes where you live? Because the big ones I see are like $30/each, so are you going through 6 vapes a week? No judgement just morbidly curious!
HalfaEnchilada@reddit
I pay $50 for a 125k vape Flavour beast usually. I buy 4, and open them all and just rotate through them until they are done. Takes about 6-8 days to fire through the lot and I am back buying more. I know that its cheaper to build a rig and use juice but I like the convenience and every time I buy them, its always the last time 😉
goodforthescience@reddit
Hahaha. Yes, took me many “last times” to finally get to that Last Time. Good luck, dude. You can do it!
HalfaEnchilada@reddit
Thanks, I've put myself on a vape diet. No vaping between the hours of midnight and 7am. Its been helpful for my lungs lol thanks for the encouragement, bud.
S1nnah2@reddit
20 Marlboro lights will cost you £18.35 ($24) on the UK.
elliepelly1@reddit
I smoked for forty years, 16 to 56. Quit almost two years ago and my god, I miss it. Don’t miss the cost, the smell, the cough, the out of breath but I still miss it.
1043b@reddit
I've been quit for a long, long, time. Mostly it doesn't appeal...but every once in awhile man....
Both_Chicken_666@reddit
A pack of 20 cigarettes is about $40 here in Australia, with most of that being government tax. But there's a lot of black market cigs around now and the government is losing billions of dollars in revenue. I roll my own and I can either pay $40 for just 10 grams of legal tobacco or pay $60 for 100 grams of illegal tobacco.
aigheadish@reddit
Basics, if you can get them! Half the price and still a sibling to Marlboro.
Fluid-Comedian@reddit
It's around $40 for a pack of 20s here.
PapaTua@reddit
That's wild. I moved out of OC in 2012 and my smokes at CVS were like $3.50
TaylrMade74@reddit
I feel ya. It sucks. Pun intended.
yvettestar2000@reddit
It's cool for only the beholder. Stop using that poster board as an excuse to blame other people. It's so stupid. This government system is the dumbest idiots who has run this country to the ground. It's all those Karen's who are nobodies and are lonely people who has nothing going on in their lives pointing aand judging others as if their shit don't stink like the rest of us, who play that blame game, just like the leader and his Administration we have right now. It pisses me off.
Next_Engineer_8230@reddit
What the hell does any of that have to do with a damn smoking ad?
Jesus Christ.
Have a cigarette.
yvettestar2000@reddit
Maybe I just don't care about your point. 😘🤔🧐
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yvettestar2000@reddit
Cool 😎 don't mind if I do, and don't use Jesus's name in vain 😆😆
Next_Engineer_8230@reddit
1 Peter 2:13-17
Romans 13:1-7
MagickMaggie@reddit
Psalm 146:3: "Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help."
Acts 5:29: "We must obey God rather than men."
And in re: to poisoning your body with cigarettes: 1 Corinthians 6:19-20: "Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies."
Next_Engineer_8230@reddit
You clearly missed the entire point of my comment back to the other person.
That's okay though, I don't have high expectations from Reddit.
Do you watch TV? Do you listen to music other than Christian music? Do you eat until you're stuffed? Have you ever told a lie? Ever had sex outside of wedlock?
MagickMaggie@reddit
You clearly missed the entire point of my first 2 Bible verses back to you.
That's okay, though. I don't have high expectations of certain types of people on reddit.
I see your 2 verses about blindly obeying politicians because God ordains it and raise you 2 Bible verses that say to follow God, not men.
There are more Bible verses that warn to beware of false prophets.
Fudloe@reddit
Fuckin-A!
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superfudge73@reddit
New smoker rates (teens) are the lowest they have ever been in recorded history. However nicotine use has gone up in the last 10 years due to vapes and zyns.
Hotsaucejimmy@reddit
Because being obese is far worse.
Cigarettes are health by comparison to the damage these people did to the food system. It would’ve been better off if they only made cigarettes. Instead, the flood gates were opened wide and we see the results all around us.
Cancer rates haven’t improved.
Jenshark86@reddit
That’s ridiculous. Overweight people who eat a diet rich with fish, chicken, vegetables and milk are very healthy. I know because I just had a blood test and it was perfect.
Hotsaucejimmy@reddit
That’s awesome! Sounds like you’re eat Whole Foods. Most obese people don’t have a “healthy” diet. The cigarette companies didn’t infiltrate the natural food market.
Work on your weight anyway. Don’t wait for your blood panel to change before making changes. Good luck out there. Cheers!
Jenshark86@reddit
Yep I do, walk an hour a day.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
Overweight is in no way healthy.
Jenshark86@reddit
Talk to your Dr
Candid-Culture3956@reddit
Plus smoking is cool
Jenshark86@reddit
Cigarette companies are leeches and need to make money. My husband just had a heart attack last month from his addiction to smoking. Please don’t smoke!
froction@reddit
Heart attacks are still cooler than vaping.
Jenshark86@reddit
Keep smoking what the government can make money 💰 from you.
CNote_89@reddit
It’s always been cool. And we be even cooler the less people that do it. I miss smoking. I think once I get old enough I’m going to start again. That way it won’t matter anymore.
Busy-Negotiation1078@reddit
What lol? It's never been cool, at least for those of us who remember what it was like when people could smoke everywhere. Nothing more disgusting than sitting in a cloud of smoke in a restaurant, movie theater, or office cubicle
CNote_89@reddit
Well if you smoked you wouldn’t have minded all that…
backsassing@reddit
I’m thinking of starting again if I make it to 85
CNote_89@reddit
I’m thinking like 70.
Turbulent-Leg3678@reddit
I treat myself to a pack once per quarter. A cool fall night, a glass of red wine and a fresh Parliament on my back patio. Three per day for a week. Unless I’m in Europe and everyone smokes.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
Parliament aren't even real cigarettes. 😆 Have a Camel or Marlboro red.
Turbulent-Leg3678@reddit
If I want that strong of a smoke, I’ll splurge and buy a pack of Dunhill’s.
Nope9991@reddit
I plan on doing the same and drinking too. Haven't decided what age yet exactly.
FonzoLatrundo@reddit
Man I miss having a reason to keep a Zippo lighter at the ready. I was known for my WWII brass Zippo amongst my friend group in the 90’s. If I even saw someone put a smoke to their lips I had it out of my pocket opened and lit in one motion. The ring of the brass as it opened was magnificent. Smoking was absolutely cool and I wasn’t about to use a Bic to get it done.
Careless_Bar_5920@reddit
Back when I quit 20 years ago, I promised myself I could start again at 90. Then again, smokes weren't over $10/ pack then, either! I'm gonna have to be a rich old lady if I want to start that habit again.
Green_Chandelier@reddit
I’m going to Europe in the fall. I wonder if I can smoke there.
Magali_Lunel@reddit
I miss cigarettes so much
Jenshark86@reddit
Yep everyone misses lung cancer and coronary attacks
Magali_Lunel@reddit
I honestly don’t care what you think. But have a great day anyway.
Jenshark86@reddit
Go ahead enjoy living in your world
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
We don't miss you pooping on our smoking party dude. 🤷♂️
drumbo10@reddit
I’ve smoked since 14, 56 now. Only difference now is I am looked down on for doing so. I don’t quite understand why, never was looked down on before. Ohhh, I know, now it’s bad because they said it was bad and discusting. Why do people judge others so poorly. I have a wife and a 17 year old son, I’ve been working paying taxes since I was 10. Yes really. I will most likley die working because I’m very good at it. And it supports my family well. Never broke the law, been convicted and have done nothing but hold the door open for the next person coming through. So I ask, why am I now being judged for smoking? Is it bad for me yes, will it eventually be the death of me maybe so, but that’s my choice now isn’t it? I can still love, cherish, desire, and live the life that was given to me and be a positive impact in my community. But all that’s forgot because I smoke cigarettes.
Jenshark86@reddit
Tobacco causes heart attacks. You haven’t had one yet but it’s coming.
drumbo10@reddit
There are many things that cause heart attacks. To even say that specifically about smoking clearly identifies the bigotry.
Jenshark86@reddit
Really? Talk to a cardiologist unless of course you are scared 😱
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
Only for some people, then again so do burgers and fries, and smoking weed.
Less_Tacos@reddit
Probably because you smell disgusting, that is probably why "they said it is bad and disgusting"
drumbo10@reddit
Actually no. Most people whom I work with or known for a while hav3 no idea I smoke until they actually see me with a cigarette. I don’t bath in the smoke like some people do. But I know what you mean because I’ll walk by somebody and be like oh he was just outside for a smoke because you can smell it. It may also help I smoke ultra lights.
froction@reddit
Why the hell did you pay taxes when you were 10?
drumbo10@reddit
My social security statement identifies a whole $376.00 starting in 1980. My father put me on the payroll and had me work on saturdays either cleaning up the shop or helping the guys out on the job(my father owned an hvac company)
HudsonValleyNY@reddit
I’m fine with it, as long as your personal stupidity doesn’t pass your costs on to me in the form of Medicare, Medicaid, subsidized housing etc.
mcmcc@reddit
I'm afraid I have some bad news...
RoomFixer4@reddit
You're an Xer affected by the judgements of other random people ?
Thats not the way we roll.
Your happiness and chill-ability probably adds more to your life than the opposites take away from others.
I smoked for 30+. then switched to vaping for 10+. It was a positive change that I felt. You do you, but I dont give a flying f what other people base their opinions about me on.
ProfessionalHumor787@reddit
Yep this hatred of cigarettes is weird. There are better things to rebel against
TreetopLuva@reddit
Because in comparison to vaping it’s like super cool. sucking on a robot cock / usb charged IPod with clouding vanilla cupcake sent is very very dorky
Mojozilla@reddit
Sure. Fuckung disgusting ashtray smell is DEFINITELY LESS DORKY THAN VANILLA
JonnyCanuck71@reddit
Because the effects of smoking probably aren’t as bad as the stress of what’s going on in your life that make you want to smoke? At least cigarettes have a filter…
mrrudy2shoes@reddit
These type of tattoos make me cringe
All these people just look the same
Commercial-Novel-786@reddit
I was going to say something about the $2.50 tats. I don't get it either.
mrrudy2shoes@reddit
I like the simple cheaper tattoo look, I just hate this style of one tiny tattoo in the same places spread out, such as dua lipas
It’s so unoriginal it pains me
cropguru357@reddit
She looks like a detention hall desk.
Commercial-Novel-786@reddit
I was thinking toilet stall wall, but I like yours better.
melty75@reddit
Therein lies the sole "pro" of smoking. "Looking cool." There are 178 bazillion cons. Source: I smoked for 20 years.
Haven't had a drag of a cigarette in at least ten years. It was the hardest thing for me to ever quit. One night while doing some partying, I smoked two large packs, save for one smoke which I would always save for the morning. The next morning I looked at my pack and gagged. I could never smoke again after that night, not even a drag. It makes me extremely sick. So many attempts to quit and failed, and it was an unintentional quit that eventually stuck. I managed to avoid smoking cigarettes all through my teens, even though my entire family and everyone around me seemed to smoke. Then one weekend at my dormitory in school, I got bored because my friends went home for the weekend, so I bought a pack.
I still like the smell of one initially being lit up, but that's from childhood. Can't stand when I'm sharing a golf cart with someone and they're smoking. The most ridiculous part to me now is the cost. It's like 20 bucks for a small pack now.
pghhilton@reddit
What is a "large pack" as far as I know in the states at least, all packs have 20 smokes.
LordRaven74@reddit
Brands like Marlboro used to sell 25 packs.
pghhilton@reddit
Never saw that. Interesting, thanks for clarifying. When you bought them did you ask for a large pack or say supersize me... lol
LordRaven74@reddit
I'd ask for a pack of Marlboro Red 25s.
PrestigiousAd2251@reddit
Yeah in Europe they sell XL 25 packs (haven't noticed in US but are standard in most other places)
Hovertical@reddit
I was wondering this same thing. I mean I grew up in the 80s and 90s so I was around my fair share of smokers and I became a "casual" smoker myself for about 15 years but I have never seen nor heard of a 25count pack. Not doubting that they exist but I've never seen or heard of this.
Yearoftheowl@reddit
I also quit ten years ago, after smoking since about 1993. And for the same reason, they just started making me sick. But for me it was just unexplained. Just suddenly one day they made me nauseous, and after a week of that I realized it wasn't stopping, so I was done. I'd tried to quit a million times before that. Making me sick was the way to go.
elizajaneredux@reddit
Except it doesn’t even look cool. It always makes the person seem disgusting and stupid, at least to me.
abousono@reddit
I had been smoking since 1991, but I quit last November. So it’s been like 6(?) months, since I smoked.
madpolecat@reddit
Because everything else has been taken from us.
Money-Will-7391@reddit
Don't worry they won't be able to take away the cancer and emphysema.
AndreT_NY@reddit
I smoke because I prefer the vegan method of nicotine ingestion. /s
MURD3RWAVE@reddit
Same reason a weed store is everywhere. People need to cope with modern life. Some drunk, some party, some work out and some smoke cigs. I don't care for the smell of weed. In fact I hate it. Smoke em if you got them though. I can manage and not tell a person what to do.
bythebed@reddit
‘Cause it’s awesome. I’m furious about quitting a year ago every day. Thank god I’m spiteful bc I only did it out of spite.
AK_Sole@reddit
You see, kids, smoking not only rots your lungs, but those years and years of oxygen deprivation rots your brain, too!
So cool…
bythebed@reddit
Not cool. I didn’t even start until I was 20. I watched the people around me use it to deal with stress and it felt natural, I don’t believe I said it was cool.
You go find any addict who doesn’t miss it in some way. I really did use spite to quit and it really does piss me off that I can’t. WTF? And whatever to you. You sound like a bitter judgmental ex smoker.
AK_Sole@reddit
You made it sound like you started again after quitting a year ago…
Could have been more clear in your message.
The original post asked if we’re trying to make smoking cool again.
Independent_Pie5933@reddit
I quit smoking 11 months ago. Just waiting or the end of tge workd so I can start again. For now, I live vicariously through pictures and old movies. Let the 2D people have their fun!
ChadlyWax@reddit
This August will be 2 years for me. But I'm about to buy a pack.
CianGal13@reddit
It’s been 17 years for me but I’m thinking about buying a pack of Djarms cuz if I’m going out I want that sweet taste of clove to the the last thing I enjoy
MakeupMama68@reddit
I went to Bali for about 2 months in 2005 and cloves were everywhere!! They were like a dollar a pack so I relived the 80’s while I was there 😆😆😆
CianGal13@reddit
Nice
phoucker@reddit
Haven’t thought about cloves in forever. I remember when I would smoke them I would hack up blood. That probably shed some years off my life.
CianGal13@reddit
Jeezus. That’s not good
Fair-Wishbone-1190@reddit
Djarms! I remember those. I used to buy packs of those back when I was drinking a long time ago. Clove cigarettes, I completely forgot about those. Now I'm gonna go find a pack and relive my youth! Thank you! I'm actually excited to do this! 😁
CianGal13@reddit
Best part about them was that you could smoke 1/2 of one, flick the cherry out, blow out the smoke and save it for later
Fair-Wishbone-1190@reddit
For sure! I remember I wouldn't be able to smoke an entire one in one sitting because they get a little overpowering. But that pack would last forever I love it. I'm going to buy some this afternoon! Thank you for bringing that memory back!
ChadlyWax@reddit
Lol we probably shouldn't but damn every time I see someone smoking lately I want one drag.
Independent_Pie5933@reddit
It'll make the end of the world that much cooler!
CianGal13@reddit
Typing that out I could taste that and now I want one
oface1@reddit
Cash, money…….
Head_Effect3728@reddit
I'll never understand someone under 40 smoking today. Unlike the mid 20th century, there's unanimous evidence now that it will kill you. We've all seen it firsthand.
blisterment@reddit
Why? Money
Deregulation (80s) leads to “figure it out for yourself” culture.
Then, manufacturing an imaginary “elite” who deal in “political correctness” (roughly 90s)
Maybe one day, you will owe some private company so much that you can sell your children to work in the tobacco fields. Project 2045?
Plantron1@reddit
I miss it. I wish there was a way to make it healthy but there is not so I can’t go back.
timpeaks72@reddit
It’s embarrassing when most characters on tv light up a smoke. I don’t believe for a minute they’d actually be smoking.
Elfthis@reddit
No one is doing this
valsalva_manoeuvre@reddit
Smoking is definitely making a reappearance in media, especially in streaming movies and shows, and in particular those taking place in the 80s or earlier. Ripley and Stranger Things come to mind.
Elfthis@reddit
Because they are set in a time period where smoking was prevelant you think that means it's making a comeback? That's like watching a movie about the wild West and declaring that Hollywood is forcing everyone to accept horses as the best way to travel.
valsalva_manoeuvre@reddit
In media, yes it is. I didn't say it's making a comeback in society at large and neither did OP. Funny analogy, though, gave me a chuckle.
Texas_Crazy_Curls@reddit
I read that people are switching back to cigarettes to help quit vaping. What a weird cycle.
RyanCypress@reddit
Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds and others are probably putting good money to create that perception or encourage that behavior.
Texas_Crazy_Curls@reddit
There’s also been a big push on Hollywood to make smoking “cool” again by using it on magazine covers. See one of the kardashians recent covers. It’s just gross all the way around.
yvettestar2000@reddit
Yes, and these people are millionaires that can afford cigarettes, because people like us made them millions by watching their stupid show. That's just facts, and just like all these darn companies. We all made them millionaires, billionaires and trillions.
Forktee@reddit (OP)
Someone shared this with me (https://thelooker.thedailybeast.com/hollywoods-nicotine-habit-is-back/)
mynewusername10@reddit
They're going to be so dissapointed.. and broke. I was a 25 yr smoker that switched to vaping in 2009. Within days I could breathe better and the cough and phlegm dissapeared.
SimpleVegetable5715@reddit
Unintentional consequences of the anti-vaping ads. Maybe people see cigarettes as a more “natural” option, even though we know they spray tons of unnatural stuff on that tobacco.
1043b@reddit
My mom thought this, moved on to the organic naural spirit brand, no less easy to quit
damion789@reddit
Sometimes I ponder on taking up smoking, drinking, drugs, eating lots of bacon....
Ya know, speed the process up a bit.
BadHairDay-1@reddit
I mean.. Everything in moderation, right?
_fidel_castro_@reddit
Just waiting for the right moment
Iittletart@reddit
I quit for health reasons but miss it everyday.
BadHairDay-1@reddit
It has been at least 10 years since I quit, and I sometimes still miss it. A few days ago, I found a flyer in my junk mail with cigarette coupons. I held that thing and daydreamed for a few minutes, before throwing it away. I only smoked for a handful of years and but I mainly quit because I couldn't afford the habit at the time. I think about those anxiety tube necklaces sometimes. I wonder if they help.
ConfederacyOfDunces_@reddit
Same. I also quit and I won’t smoke ever again, but I fucking loved it.
Komaisnotsalty@reddit
Same. I miss them terribly and when I get stressed out, I have to just about cement my feet to the floor so I don't go get a pack.
FlashyProject1318@reddit
I used to smoke these. Their advertising tagline was "Too Bad You're Gonna Die"
I mean, that's cool AF!
Rake0684@reddit
I haven’t smoked in 14 years but I’d light one of those RIGHT NOW
BloodyWellGood@reddit
I literally quit smoking today. PRAY FOR ME WAAAHHGGGGGHHHHHH 🙏💫💓
BadHairDay-1@reddit
You got this! 🌞
itscuriousyah@reddit
For people who want to stop smoking, I always plug this book: Allen Carr's The Easy Way To Stop Smoking. And for people who don't want to stop, that's fine too. It's a choice.
highnumber@reddit
I started smoking when I was 18 and quit 25 years later. You can do this. It was a few days of wrestling with the addiction and a few weeks wrestling with the habit. I haven't missed it since and I love not worrying about how I'm going to get away for a smoke or how I need to stop to get smokes. It is wonderful having that monkey off my back.
NaDarach@reddit
Pro tip: Don't fret about weight gain from quit-related snacking. You can lose it later. Do what you gotta do to get over the hump.
jeffbas@reddit
You can do it. Hang in there.
LiquidSoCrates@reddit
An old timer once told me if you’re looking for friends, start smoking.
BlueAndMoreBlue@reddit
It’s the truth, even more so these days since there are fewer of us. It’s a nasty habit but it does bring me joy. Also got me introduced to some upper management types.
I cannot recommend it though, there are healthier ways to make friends
BadHairDay-1@reddit
As grim as things are, I think it's good to have something that brings you joy. I'm an awful enabler, though.
ConfederacyOfDunces_@reddit
It’s so fucking true
put_simply@reddit
Money.
Companies do things to make money, it is always the answer. Somewhere in their business model algorithm this makes advertising sense. I suggest unsubscribing from bullshit email content.
BitOne2707@reddit
As a former smoker who is glad I quit...smoking is and always had been cooler than fuck.
It also smells terrible is expensive and inconvenient. I guess there are tradeoffs.
FortunateInsanity@reddit
Smoking is as cool as Hallmark holidays. They are both products of highly effective marketing campaigns aimed at large target demographics.
Fudloe@reddit
Yeah, if you're a mindless follower. I smoked because it was cool. The ads were lame. Smoking rules and living so long that I had to quit sucks.
And screw Valentines day.
FortunateInsanity@reddit
This is all “eye of the beholder” stuff, but never in my life has smoking been cool. I smoked on occasion in high school and college when someone offered it. People who smoked often smelled horrible and looked aged. My theory is based on several studies conducted over the years on the subject.
No one is 100% immune to influence from the multifaceted marketing machinery that surrounds us. Have you seen the movie “Thank You for Smoking”? Outside of being a great movie, it is also goes into some detail about this specific topic.
Fudloe@reddit
Nope. It's cool.
FortunateInsanity@reddit
The matrix has you.
Fudloe@reddit
It has us all. Resistance is futile.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
No marketing made me smoke or any GenXer. We smoked to be badass/cool.
FortunateInsanity@reddit
This is a misunderstanding of how marketing works. How do you think the idea of smoking became badass/cool in the first place? What made you think it was badass/cool?
Longjumping_Ad_4431@reddit
My friend the Pelican always said "A cigarette is a girl's best accessory'
Far-Wallaby-5033@reddit
Smoke them if you got them
ruairinewman@reddit
Used to smoke years ago, for a few years. I don’t miss the cough, the susceptibility to respiratory infections, or the taste in my mouth in the mornings.
One thing I can’t understand is people saying how hard it was to give up. I smoked some of the strongest - admittedly filtered - brands available here, and gave them up overnight when the government added a hefty tax increase.
AdPrestigious2387@reddit
Always has been
Apollyon610@reddit
Projecting much?
bigdaddybryusa2@reddit
Heard the GenZ'ers are picking it up after watching the Jfk Jr. Jacqueline Bessette show. Apparently, there was heavy smoking throughout. The 90s fashion is making a comeback with GenZ as well
holidaycheese87@reddit
My kids say tramp stamps are also back!
mrkstr@reddit
Thank God. Talk about cool! Lol.
holidaycheese87@reddit
Mine’s all faded, I’ll have to get it touched up now. 😂😂
adub1967@reddit
"We??"
atomic_chippie@reddit
I miss smoking and Id start again if I could, if for no other reason than to irritate the boomer-lites in here.
Some of you need your Gen X card revoked.
ElWizardofOz@reddit
We're not.
Ok-Hair7205@reddit
I don’t know, this woman looks tragically stupid. Not cool
Silver_Breakfast7096@reddit
Are we?
If you want to, smoke. If you don’t want to, don’t.
Easy as that.
Wardman66@reddit
I always wonder why in every movie recently that there is one character lights up for no particular reason. Is the tobacco industry that level of subsidy
DenverKim@reddit
I know this sounds extremely negative, but I truly do think, at least subconsciously, that when you tell most young people these days that smoking will give them cancer… All they actually think to themselves is, “who cares?“
“…It’s not like I can afford to get old anyways. I’m gonna be working until I die with no way to own a home or retire with dignity. Might as well enjoy what I can while I can.
It’s not an unreasonable mindset if we’re being honest. Especially when they’re very air we breathe and food we eat is already toxic.
WillinWolf@reddit
Still smoking at 58...and this is pretty much the reason. btw, i'm going in for my annual lung scan at the VA in a few hours, so I'll see mhow the plan is progressing!
A_r0sebyanothername@reddit
That doesn't really change the point that we shouldn't be encouraging it or making it look cool.
They will regret that mindset when they're diagnosed with terminal lung cancer before their own kids are out of their teens.
DenverKim@reddit
Most of the people I’m referring to are never going to have kids. There is a HUGE percentage of the population that are not having children now.
And I agree that it shouldn’t be made to look cool but I also don’t think it should be something that is demonized and hidden away from society the way some people think because I think that actually makes it look “cooler“.
I don’t think we are going to start seeing tobacco advertisements again because I think that’s probably still illegal. But having people smoke cigarettes in movies isn’t necessarily a conspiracy to make smoking cool again… I think it’s usually just a device used towards character development and what not.
One great example I saw recently would be the ready or not movies… I rewatched the first one the other night and then went and saw part two the next day. Both films end with the female protagonist victoriously smoking a cigarette after her traumatic ordeal. A few times in the movie when very intense things were happening she would just kind of interrupt and casually ask if anyone had a cigarette. Like she is sitting there about to die and she just asks for a cigarette. It was comedic relief and it was character development. It’s signified her sort of “fuck it” attitude and her resignation to whatever might happen.
I don’t think that the people who wrote that movie were intentionally trying to make smoking look cool to kids. I think it was just part of the plot and part of her character and it made sense.
I also think it’s just one more example of cultural roller coasters… Everyone’s parents and grandparents smoked and it was disgusting so it became cool to not smoke… Now a ton of people don’t smoke, so it will become cool to smoke again. It’s just a natural ebb and flow. It happens with culture, fashion, politics, and damn near everything else.
AkurraFlame@reddit
Yeah but most CoD due to smoking are very slow and painful and our healthcare in the US sucks ass
DenverKim@reddit
Yeah, but that’s the same scenario in nearly all natural causes of death… You get old, you suffer in pain and you die.
It’s going to happen regardless of whether or not you smoke. Just might be a little sooner if you smoke than it would be otherwise.
zestfullybe@reddit
I think you’re right because I’ve caught myself thinking that way. Saying things like “what’s the point anyway because…” when you look around and everything is on fire. A lot of people look around and just don’t have hope for a better tomorrow, or at least not the way they used to.
It’s not good, and we do recognize that, but it’s still human nature to just say “why not?”
DenverKim@reddit
Yeah, like who wants to live into their 70s these days anyways? What’s the point?
Sensitive_Put_6842@reddit
It's cause vapes are becoming known to be more harmful and if you want something close to a metered nicotine fix via tobacco, it's natural American spirits, they have a listed nictone content online.
WaltonGogginsTeeth@reddit
Absolutely ridiculous and without merit to claim American spirits are somehow more healthy for you than vaping.
Sensitive_Put_6842@reddit
I should've said in my opinion because I figured if they have a listed amount of nicotine in theory it would be like vaping would it not? Idk again nothing containing nicotine and tobacco will ever be safe and I shouldn't have said that at all.
autofill-name@reddit
Absolute bullshit.
pghhilton@reddit
Lol, vaping isn't as dangerous as smoking, big tobacco is at it again. The whole pop corn lung thing was funded by big tobacco. The attempt to ban flavors - big tobacco funded. The initial push to ban it 10 years ago - big tobacco. The push to tax it more heavily - big tobacco. This is the same industry that lied for years and marketed 9/10 doctors prefer camel while they knew it was dangerous. Added harmful chemicals to make it more addicting. You think that hostile marketing went away? They claw for every dime, and would kill for a dollar more, literally.
Sensitive_Put_6842@reddit
Son of a bitch, it really is. Sorry about that everyone, I should've done more research. : https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8075288/
DrMindbendersMonocle@reddit
It has always been cool
A_r0sebyanothername@reddit
Women are repulsed by you with your yellow teeth, hagard face and ashtray breath.
Trick-Statistician10@reddit
And yellow fingers.
krneki534@reddit
as long as he is not fat, he is sexy enough
Archie_Flowers@reddit
I’ve never smoked cigarettes but I remember a time when it was cool AF. It was portrayed in movies as being cool then it wasn’t. Also, vaping is gay AF
Napoleonsays-@reddit
Correct on the vaping
51NewWest@reddit
It's a public display of excessive wealth (at least in Australia), so it's cool. Kind of what cocaine used to imply... 😉
eyeballburger@reddit
I hate to say it, but it is cool. Danger is cool and fire is cool and breathing smoke is cool. But dying is definitely uncool, so don’t do it.
darkmaninperth@reddit
No it isn't.
eyeballburger@reddit
You can deny it until you’re blue in the face but it is. I don’t smoke, cigarettes make me sick af, but they are cool.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
Yes it is
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
Why is dying uncool? I mean all the cool people do it. 😂🤣
eyeballburger@reddit
True
BoiledDenimForRoxie@reddit
Cannibalism is super badass
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
I'll try it when I'm 80.👍 I'm sure some little shit will walk on my lawn. 😂
CheckIntelligent7828@reddit
Just try a little nibble, you'll like it, I swear...
/s, just in case
Electronic_Rope4178@reddit
I quit smoking at $6 a pack, smoked 2 1/2 packs a day. I couldn’t even imagine $50 a day to smoke, I’d be broke.
Euphoric_Invite3873@reddit
One word. TAXES. They are loosing revenue people! Get out and smoke.
Frankthabunny@reddit
People in Europe and the UK still smoke. They never stopped.
Nope9991@reddit
Do they still allow smoking in bars (pubs I guess) there?
krneki534@reddit
not in the inside part of the pub, yes in the outside part of the pub
Frankthabunny@reddit
No. They have to smoke outside.
trashtrucktoot@reddit
I just walked past a hipster venue in Phiily, some music show, where there was an intermission. All these kids were outside smoking. It was so odd to see so many people smoking tobacco ... smelled nasty AF.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
That wasn't the smoke, it was the hipsters. 😂
JesseJames3rd@reddit
That's cannabis
krneki534@reddit
why not both?
high_everyone@reddit
With a filter? That’s nasty.
Tricky-You4565@reddit
I don't know. But at $10 a pack, you can keep it. Smoking may be cool... for you. But for me, it's way too expensive.
Lostcause_500@reddit
Yeah…no
Spanky-Gomez@reddit
As a smoker, I’m proud and annoyed at the same time at how the younger generation looks at smoking. It terrible for you, a waste of money, highly addictive so good on you guys for not doing it. Now, you guys know it’s highly addictive, so some of the older folks might still smoke, can we stop giving them that look? Or at least not the stupid cough as you walk by? We are still people.
Critical_Concert_689@reddit
I'm insanely annoyed at how the younger generation looks at "smoking"
"I don't - smoke - ...I only do vaping/pot/bong hits which is healthy!"
Spanky-Gomez@reddit
You got a good point actually, I still feel cigarettes are the worst of them all though. I’m nearing 50 and the friends I’ve lost or have problems now, weed and vaping didn’t really contribute, cigarettes did though. Not saying you don’t have a valid point, this is my personal experience.
Sindorella@reddit
I definitely think personal experience colors it. I have a friend who lost her son a few years ago to influenza. Early 20s, healthy, strapping guy. Never had a major health problem before. Got the flu and it took him out in a few weeks. They did an autopsy because it was so rapid and shocking, and his lungs were ravaged because of his vaping. I think once vaping has several decades of use to research, the dangers will become more obvious, just like they did with smoking.
RedHarleyQuinn@reddit
No. It’s like farting epically loud and long in an elevator. It stinks and makes the air I breathe unhealthy. Smoke all you want in private or where it can’t hurt others but do it in public and prepare for the well earned cough. You are still people. Rude people.
It’s bad enough I spent my entire youth marinating in that shit in a station wagon with closed windows.
(Same goes for people who over perfume. Have respect for other people breathing.)
As far as looking cool? Trust me, my grandma definitely didn’t look cool that time she hacked up a piece of her lung and shit the bed during end stage lung cancer.
But y’all do y’all.
thirdturdburger@reddit
So gross
Critical_Concert_689@reddit
It hasn't even close to vanished. People just smoke pot instead of tobacco now.
mysteryteam@reddit
Seems like the lesser of the two evils
DenverKim@reddit
It absolutely is
abbagodz@reddit
And they vape...a lot.
hemmingnorthcutt@reddit
Because smoking is cool
Stangboi92@reddit
In what universe, other than 50’s through 80’s Hollywood
DrMindbendersMonocle@reddit
the one you are living in, right now
DieMensch-Maschine@reddit
Especially the smell. In clothes and hair. Next day. All the bouquet of a stale fart.
prof_cunninglinguist@reddit
It makes me laugh that people see the world today and don't smoke.
GrayMouser12@reddit
In this economy? With the gas prices rising? I feel the opposite. How can anybody afford to smoke with all this "AI will replace all your jobs," and everything else bad happening. I'm trying to jumpstart this canned green bean and tuna addiction, legit.
Bonafideago@reddit
I quit 7 years ago. But damn do I want one every single day.
LessaRamoth@reddit
It's OK. I quit, it will be 22 years ago December 18th (Stupid ass time to quit. Spouse was on my ass about smoking yet again, no one hates smokers like an ex-smoker, I swear. I guess I'm the exception. Anyway, we were on a road trip and I wanted to stop at the rest stop for a smoke since the ex-smoker wouldn't let me smoke in the vehicle. I said, "Just pull over and stay off my ass about it and I swear I'll quit 6 months from today". All I was thinking about was getting my smoke break in, not that it was June 18th and I was promising to quit right before Christmas and New Year's.) I still miss it all the time but the missing it every single day thing did eventually go away. I suspect, though, I'll miss it the rest of my life. I really enjoyed smoking. I just hope I quit soon enough for it to not kill me. Keep fighting the fight. You should be proud of yourself for quitting.
Wide-Form-7865@reddit
It’s killed a bunch of my family members and will probably kill me , but I guess I looked cool for while in my 20s
cooper3675@reddit
Please don’t I’m 51 and still can’t quit I have some many health issues from it
IronThin4604@reddit
You just havent smoked enough yet.
MakeupMama68@reddit
My cousin just quit after a 30 year habit. She was a pack a day smoker and has this app that tells her every day how much money she’s saved by quitting. I never thought she could do it because cigarettes were pretty much part of her whole personality. But she did!! She said the first month was brutal but after that it got easier.
Affectionate_Fig9398@reddit
Have you tried Zyn ?
anti-ayn@reddit
I mean it is cool. Unhealthy and destructive sure, but cool. Vaping is objectively uncool.
HeftyAd2780@reddit
Because they’re making heroin chic a thing again and smoking curbs hunger
designsbyintegra@reddit
I came here to say the exact thing.
Up next, Dexatrim and slim fast. I’ve already seen a resurgence of the old ‘nothing tastes as good as skinny feels’ phrasing.
DangerKitty555@reddit
Smoking was never not cool..or you know, an addiction 😑
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Many_Ad955@reddit
I also notice a big increase in smoking in ads, tv shows and movies. Pop stars like Sabrina Carpenter making smoking look cool and sexy in videos.
Least-Blackberry-848@reddit
Smoking actually was quite glamorous at one time
MakeupMama68@reddit
I thought I was so fucking cool when I smoked 🤦🏻♀️😆.
Double_Dimension9948@reddit
Until you get deep wrinkles at 50 but look like you’re 80
Oldbay_BarbedWire@reddit
"You've come a long way, Baby"
MakeupMama68@reddit
I used to smoke those lol! Then switched to Capris
HistoricalTowel1127@reddit
What do you mean again? It never stopped being cool. Just remember, you are never too old to start. Or too young. Unless you like being uncool.
TreefingerX@reddit
Because it's cool.
louthercle1@reddit
It’s because worldwide smoking is still common. It’s Down to 12-13% of adults smoking in the US but Europe still has smoking rates around 25-28% with some country higher like Greece at 30-35%. Many Americans get culture shock when visiting Europe to see smoking still allowed in places in banned in the US. It’s slowly changing and smoking rates are seeing some decline in younger people but it’s still way more common there than the US.
iftheygivinitaway@reddit
Smoking is waaaay down in Europe compared to the '80s. I find it more shocking to be in Paris bistros, Irish pubs, and Italian cafes, and see no one smoking. I remember as a kid being in Germany and people were smoking in the fucking elevators. Even in the U.S. (most) states at least had banned that before I was born.
louthercle1@reddit
Depends where you live, in the 90s you could still smoke in grocery stores, just not the checkout line. Same with hospitals even up North. It’s taken quite a turn but smoking was just as prevalent in the US in the 80s & 90s. Europe is catching up slowly depending the country. I see many posts in my travel subs of people so pissed that they’re at a cafe and didn’t like all the smoking.
No_Sand_9290@reddit
One of my wife’s sisters is a chain smoker. She used to be absolutely beautiful. At 65 she looks 105. Her teeth are yellow. Even her hair smells. She gave me a hug last time we saw each other and that hair was like blowing smoke in my face. She has another sister that is a smoker. She was hiding the fact that she smokes from her boyfriend. We about died laughing. My w Life told her if he kisses you, he knows. If he is standing next to you with his arm around you, he knows.
rotervogel1231@reddit
I think lower tobacco use rates are a big reason why people look younger than their age-mates in the past. Tobacco ages people rapidly.
No_Sand_9290@reddit
That is a very good point. I hadn’t thought about that as much of a change in older people’s appearance. Also you don’t see as many “granny hairstyles”. Plus back then, literally nobody exercised.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
I bet the rate of exercise isn't much different. More likely that more people are sedentary nowadays. The sun ages one as well, a do taking beds.
No_Sand_9290@reddit
I go to the gym mid morning. Place of full of elderly.
markhachman@reddit
My father will die from its complications within the next few years. I can only imagine his disappointment if I started.
IrishMikeK68@reddit
We never made smoking cool. Remember we're Gen X and if we want to smoke we'll smoke. Our business, not anyone else's. Suck it up buttercup. Now get to work.
OddHornet13@reddit
It seems like a growing trend because the world is so fucked up, so people are just at the point where they say fuck it. The only real "deterrent" is the cost because who knows if WWW3 kicks off tomorrow and we might as well enjoy something from our past before we are nuked off of this planet.
Syncopated_arpeggio@reddit
The world is only fucked up if you spend all your time online doom scrolling. Be more Gen X and less Millennial and get off your phone and do something fun. You’ll realize the world still turns and there are amazing things out there.
OddHornet13@reddit
Its not doom scrolling its just the facts of the current situation! It would be nice to wake up and not wonder what fresh hell this administration has done.
Syncopated_arpeggio@reddit
If that’s the first thing you do when you wake up… that’s just pathetic.
I just watched Saving Private Ryan with my teenagers, and I suggest you should as well. Get a little perspective as to how fucked up things can get and how far we really are from fucked up.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
Rent free.. for Christ's sake turn it off, and go fishing or something.
ech01@reddit
We lived under the constant threat of nuclear annihilation as children.
Syncopated_arpeggio@reddit
No shit. Suck it up.
LaximumEffort@reddit
George Will just wrote a column about this. What a horrible resurgence.
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infidel99@reddit
death cult?
Jeddiewan@reddit
Might as well smoke. What the hell is there to live for? It's too expensive to live.
Over_Sand7935@reddit
Yeah!! Plus this is the lamest Gen X forum I've ever come across.
I've outlived all these naysayers so far. I'm gonna enjoy those cigarettes, vodka and hash and Bacon 🥓
Who can afford real healthcare anyways.
The real Stats of lung cancer is mind boggling anyways. 60% of people who get lung cancer never smoked anything.....
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
Then they just blame us anyway.
anothercynic2112@reddit
It's ridiculously expensive to smoke too
Bright-Form730@reddit
I quit when they got to $4 a pack, can’t imagine affording it now.
heffel77@reddit
It’s 5$ a pack where I live now. I just bought a pack yesterday. It’s not that expensive everywhere, just only certain cities.
I will only smoke outside though, I don’t like my house smelling like smoke.
Bright-Form730@reddit
My sister still smokes and spends almost $10 a pack on Newports.
heffel77@reddit
It all depends on the state and the brand you smoke….
Najalak@reddit
That was one reason I quit. After calculating how much I spent a month on it, I decided I would rather have the money. That wasn't the only reason, but it helped.
dwightsrus@reddit
Cheaper overall of they die early
wolfkhil@reddit
Money, my dear child, money.
BigLoudWorld74@reddit
Compared to a lot of things being pushed on society today smoking seems safer. More young people are getting terrible cancers now than when everyone smoked. I've never smoked a day in my life, but I don't think it's as bad as say current day processed food or vaping.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
Or covid shots. 👍 I mean they're trying to figure out the spike in cancer among younger people worldwide, or so they said on ABC the other day. 🤷♂️
dragon64dragon64@reddit
It’s got nothing to do with the vaccine however.
BigLoudWorld74@reddit
I agree. That shot was a crime against humanity.
Turd-In-Your-Pocket@reddit
It’s always been cool
QueenVell@reddit
Because companies like Philip Morris are losing money due to years of anti-tobacco campaigns. It's why they pay for product placements in film and television. Hoping that if a viewer sees their favorite character sucking on a cancer stick, it will encourage the viewer to take up the habit. Jokes on them, however. Years of research has proven tobacco smoking is directly linked to cancer and cancer related deaths. Vaping was meant to be a "healthier" alternative to tobacco smoking, but research has proven that it's just as deadly.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
Hold on researchers though as cancer rates are up, not down, while smoking has declined considerably one the last 20 years. Tobacco companies own most of the major vape products, so money isn't being lost.
MadDAWGZ71@reddit
At least someone has it figured out.
Fit-Culture-2215@reddit
I was just saying this. The last 3 movies I watched, the main characters smoked all the way through them.
IntelligentNovel1967@reddit
TV also; Mayor of Kingstown has nearly every main character smoking. I thought it had been banned as it’s a form of advertising.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
They're just done bowing down to you people.
NotDeadYet57@reddit
There are times when the actor requires their characters to smoke, because they can't go 30 minutes without a cig. Of course, they are all very weight conscious, so they often smoke to control their appetite. It's ubiquitous among musicians as well. They get addicted as teenagers and just won't give it up. I know of one who continues to smoke even though he's already had lung cancer.
As a bookkeeper, I just find it a phenomenal waste of money. I consider tobacco corporations no different than guys selling meth on the street. You can argue that low to moderate alcohol consumption has some health benefits. There is NO healthy amount of tobacco. NONE
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
Sure there is.
Rob71322@reddit
Funny, I was just discussing this with my wife. When we’re out for a walk these days, we hardly ever see cigarette butts in the street anymore. We see an occasional one but not like the 80s and 90s. We hardly see people, particularly the younger o es, smoking either. It happens from time to time but it’s not like the old days. Hell, my high school had a spot just adjacent to campus where students (and teachers) would go light up. That sure as hell doesn’t happen now either.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
If your Gen X, and lived anywhere other than communist California, teachers likely smoked in the teacher's lounge inside the school.
lostandaggrieved617@reddit
Lol, we had a smoking section INSIDE of Richardson High School in N Dallas!!
walrus120@reddit
Everyone moved to vaping or pouches nicotine use probably little declined when you take all that into account
BlisterBox@reddit
I went to two different high schools (one in Kansas, one in Alabama) back in the '70s, and both had a smoking area for students to use before and after school, between classes and during lunch. You had to be at least 16 and needed a signed parental consent form.
Epicassion@reddit
Waikiki was full of cig butts when I was there 30 years ago. Water looked great but then looking down seeing cigs under your feet dampened the experience.
2peacegrrrl2@reddit
Newports were so cool in high school. They tasted terrible, but that didn’t stop me. Glad I never loved smoking tobacco very much. My friends’ houses taught me how smelly cigarettes are. I didn’t like that it infused everything with that smell.
DieMensch-Maschine@reddit
I grew up on the other side of the tracks. In the 80s, people smoked crack or Newports.
Inspect1234@reddit
Tobacco lobby
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
BS
Inspect1234@reddit
It’s a dying industry, I would not put it past them.
Funny-Top-1759@reddit
Smoking and anorexia are back.
Flashy_Report_4759@reddit
What's next heroin and AIDS?
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
Fentynyl and monkey pox.... heroin never left.
petitespantoufles@reddit
So is acid wash, God help us all.
FiroozSadeghian@reddit
In this economy, you can't have food and smokes at the same time.
crone_Andre3000@reddit
Gen Z is apparently very pro lung cancer
Ruenin@reddit
Well a lot of them think the world is flat and the moon landing never happened either.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
Well.... No landing anyway.
Sudden-Promotion-388@reddit
It was never not cool, its just kill you.
TheGirlwThePinkHair@reddit
So smelling like ass is cool? I don’t see it
Sudden-Promotion-388@reddit
Well its all opinion isnt it, but smoking is cool and badass, that will never change. Obviously its terrible for you.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
Imagine all the assassins, badass cowboys, and cops vaping... smoking definitely cool
spintool1995@reddit
Maybe in whatever subculture you're in. No one I've ever known considered it cool. We viewed smokers as losers and idiots. The few people in my circle that did smoke snuck off to do it alone.
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Sudden-Promotion-388@reddit
Yeah I'm European haha
agonypants@reddit
Yeah, nothing cooler than paying a large multinational conglomerate thousands of dollars to take years off your life. So cool...
FJB556@reddit
Why do you concern yourself with what other adults are doing legally?
Ruenin@reddit
Hey, when you stand next to someone outside smoking, do you not smell it? Does it not create a cloud that others have to death with? How about the butts on the ground everywhere? I concern myself because smokers make THEIR habit MY problem.
blackstarr1996@reddit
When I walk down the sidewalk I am forced to deal with car exhaust. I don’t act like everyone should give up their driving habit though.
Ruenin@reddit
Driving is a need, not a habit. It's part of living in a society; the need to get to destinations too far to walk. It's not even close to the same thing. But you know that already.
blackstarr1996@reddit
It seems like that would be worthy of more attention then.
Ruenin@reddit
None of what you just said is relevant
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
Just as relevant as your dribble.
Lanky_Asparagus_8534@reddit
Cuz it’s reprehensible for an ad to include it, nimrod. No kids obviously.
FJB556@reddit
Ha! Of course, your opinion makes me a nimrod. Have a great day.
Lanky_Asparagus_8534@reddit
No you shit logic about the dangers of cigarettes make you a nimrod!
Individual-Trick3310@reddit
It is cool and I'm not going to pretend it isn't.
I stopped 25 years ago and still miss it. AND I still thin my lips at performative hatred of it.
JoeInMD@reddit
I quit in 2012. Pack of Marlboro Lights a day for 20 or so years before that. I don't typically miss it. It stinks. I'd probably cough to death if I had one drag. But remember that scene in Ghost about having just one drag? Yup, that's me!
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
One pack of lights a day... you weren't a smoker, you were a poser. 😁
JoeInMD@reddit
🤣🤣
There were a few years in there I was smoking reds!
Individual-Trick3310@reddit
I quit in 2000 and if I get something terminal, my wife understands I get to smoke again.
dolphlaudanum@reddit
What a dork
Sea-Membership-9643@reddit
Smoking has always been cool and will always be cool.
ratherbedriving@reddit
I’ll drink to that
wstone5594@reddit
Cigfluencers
Grimlocknz@reddit
This is actually a thing right? I keep seeing young people on music videos and movies smoking and I'm sure It is partly paid for by tobacco companies. Also songs, alot of songs mention cigarettes and I find it out of place I'm sure it's promotional.
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EpponneeRay@reddit
I remember when this was a free country and one could smoke a cigarette and not have to hear a bunch of bullcrap about it.
Ruenin@reddit
Funny how "free country" to smokers means "free to force everyone else to deal with their habit". No rights but yours, eh buddy?
Syncopated_arpeggio@reddit
Nothing was better than smoking on airplanes! Who doesn’t miss that?!?
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
And busses.
Da_full_monty@reddit
Lol free country...just dont say anything I dont want to hear...
heelslover_1@reddit
This is literally an advertisement who the fuck really cares this much about an ad? I dont smoke and literally no one can in the US pretty much anywhere in public. Anytime I see a smoker they’re safely tucked in their vehicle or in their home. It really doesn’t affect society as a whole anymore.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
I happily sit in the park, or walk down the sidewalk puffing away in total bliss. I'll think about quitting when stretch pants boost than size 12 are illegal.
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BetterGoogleit17@reddit
"We" are not bringing it back. Big tobacco Corp and lobbyists are trying to bring it back.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
They agent though, they're selling you the vape
aogamerdude@reddit
Sounds about right, it's beyond generational trying to bring anything back that kills people.
Winter_Ratio_4831@reddit
We are?
PRC_Spy@reddit
I've always hated smoking.
My maternal grandparents died way too young (multiple strokes and heart attacks) because of their stupid chain smoking and I despise the tobacco companies for hiding that risk from them for so long.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
Only an idiot would think inhaling smoke was healthy. I smoke 2 packs a day most days, but I'll try to get away from campfire smoke, grill smoke etc. Now I Ajay don't think every smoker will get cancer, and in fact know an 85 year old that smokes heavily and has beat cancer 3 times. 😁 Smoking has dropped steadily for decades, yet cancer and heat attacks haven't.... yeah that's what I'm saying .😉
Jason_TheMagnificent@reddit
Yes, make lung cancer cool again? Smh lost both my mother and uncle to lung cancer, they both had quit over a decade before getting the big C, smokers infuriate me
requiemguy@reddit
This whole thread is full of goofy lames who are mad they're going to die slowly and painfully from their addiction and they want to take others with them.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
We'd rather smell like a cigarette than need a tent to cover our asses .
SunshynePower@reddit
I heard enough stories of the increased chances of lung cancer in non smokers if their parents smoked.
F that. If a doctor hears anything, I don't care about the Co pay, I agree to the x ray. Light me up!! All the adults smoked around me at some point. I'm not playing that game with my health.
Apprehensive-Bag-900@reddit
My dad never smoked a day in his life and died from lung cancer. Cancer can get fucked
userlivewire@reddit
Honestly the candy colored gamified vape devices are so much worse. At least cigarettes were always accepted as an adult thing. Now they're marketing these things to kids.
What_if_I_fly@reddit
I was around cigar, pipe and cigarette smoke frequently as a kid.
A woman behind us in the theater blew huge plumes of vape mist that stunk, but I didn't see the mist until after I was uncontrollably choking and coughing.
What the F is in that vape that could do that to someone previously exposed to smoke growing up?
userlivewire@reddit
Growing tobacco was a respectable occupation, even if the cigarette company heads were not. There’s absolutely nothing respectable about these unregulated chemicals, being mixed up in the vapes.
Aggravating-Alarm-16@reddit
There is now a warning on movies ⚠️ for smoking
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
But not for gay stuff...
sfdsquid@reddit
Buck Mason
Had to look it up.
$48 for a TANK TOP?
I can make 4 or 5 cartons of cigarettes with my electric machine from an $18 bag of pipe tobacco. Tubes are like $3 for 250.
Unfortunately the "cigarettes are too expensive" thing doesn't work on me.
Slywit74@reddit
Same, i have the manual T2 but same concept.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
I tried rolling my own years ago. My issue was I kept jacking them up, and had smoked 6 to rolling 2.😁
time2sow@reddit
That's a helladont
BubbaValentine@reddit
I’ve noticed people have quit wearing bike helmets. I don’t know if it’s related. 😂
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
Those are stupid anyway.
iamGordanShumway@reddit
Never stopped
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
44 years and counting. 😁
Fudloe@reddit
Hells yeah! The baby Jeezis hate quitter! 🤘🏻
Remarkable_Insect866@reddit
Cigarettes don't taste the same! I smoke Marlboro Reds, and they taste different in California from the ones I used to purchase in Texas.
Fudloe@reddit
If you smoke 72 computer chasis in California, it causes cancer. It says so on the label.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
Because they douse it with libtard juice in Cali. 😆
PhotonWranglers@reddit
Because it’s like our childhood again where nobody has much hope for the longevity of the world anymore so, f$&k it, pass me a square.
HippoIllustrious2389@reddit
Smoking is cool and I’m sick of pretending it isn’t
Fudloe@reddit
Fuck yeah!
reallifeswanson@reddit
Definitely cooler than vaping. What a bunch of sissies!
ninemountaintops@reddit
I don't have many regrets in life but smoking for a few decades is definitely one of them.
Fudloe@reddit
I regret quitting.
oakteak9z@reddit
It won't work everybody knows smoking is extremely bad for your health and the smell of soke isf%cking disgusting.
Berkwaz@reddit
It does work or companies wouldn’t waste money on doing it.
Fudloe@reddit
Obviously not my demographic.
Krakenzmama@reddit
Gahd I spent so much money and time on smoking and vaping. It was hell on me and my old man to quit in 2024. When I have a moment of weakness I think of the fight that made me decide to sleep on the couch for 3 days. I don't even remember what it was about. Nicotine never gave me anything good
Pellmelody@reddit
Nearly every nurse I work with smokes.
Fudloe@reddit
Me too. And one cardiologist.
SweetBasil_@reddit
Dude I just started smoking again. Guess it’s nostalgia
Fudloe@reddit
Right on!
Berkwaz@reddit
Tobacco companies spend a lot of money to promote smoking because all their customers are dying.
sweet_ned_kromosome@reddit
good grief they were delicious though
FireflyEvie@reddit
Still are😉
everlasting_torment@reddit
Ew
RealOzSultan@reddit
Philip Morris thanks you
Thaddbrittain@reddit
I don’t think anyone should start smoking and everyone should really quit smoking cigarettes; but man, I really miss them sometimes.
LessaRamoth@reddit
I hear you. Unfortunately I loved smoking. I loved it 3 packs a day before I quit. Started at 14 didn't quit til I was 41 after 2 of my Grandparents died of lung cancer. That was 2004. I STILL miss it. Not proud of it, but I do.
SFHChi@reddit
Same.
froction@reddit
Yeah it stinks and is expensive and eventually kills you, but all of that is worth it when the alternative is something as truly lame as vaping.
I cannot for the life of me understand how vaping ever became a thing people did. It is, in true 1980s-usage of the word, gay as hell.
timsfsn@reddit
I vape my weed because I don’t want my house to smell like it did in college.
2peacegrrrl2@reddit
I vape with a volcano because I like to run.
high_everyone@reddit
Oh because it’s healthier by far.
And that stigma is all in your head. As someone who vapes cannabis, not reeking of weed in public and stealth smoking are clear benefits. I can rip a fat dab in 30 seconds, clean my chamber and have my device put away while you’re still trying to catch the wind the right way for your lighter outside.
It’s not like I’m hanging out with a giant ass box mod for 5 minutes trying to look cool. I’m medicating and then getting on with my day.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
It's absolutely not any healthier. Smoke/ fluid neither is ideal for the airbags in our chest. I remember when the main seeking point for vaping was being able to do it where you could not smoke. Luckily they realized that was stupid because we'd rather smell cigars that tutti fruity piss vapes.
froction@reddit
Nobody is talking about weed and nobody who says "rip a fat dab" will ever be cool.
haller47@reddit
Thank you.
scornedandhangry@reddit
Skinny is back in fashion, so everyone is popping Ozempics and smoking cigs again.
thisTexanguy@reddit
"Popping Ozempics"? How does one pop an injectable?
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
Aren't you up on the new shit?? It's a pill now also. They just allowed a new one this week, can't remember what it's called, because I'm not a fatass, I smoke. 😆
scornedandhangry@reddit
That's what the cool kids call it these days. Jeez, dad
/s
YogurtSpecialist3101@reddit
Big Tobacco wants to make tobacco cool again.
Coup-de-Glass@reddit
And it may be enlisting bots (?) to help sway public opinion among the non-thinking public not yet addicted to nicotine.
Back in our day they properly reeled us in with cutesy wootsy Joe Camel merch.
2peacegrrrl2@reddit
I think Kylie Jenner is smoking now. That’s definitely a promo.
YogurtSmart9718@reddit
Big tobacco has been investing heavily in vapes. And their congressional lobbyist have been working to regulate all the corner vape shoots to put as much of the competition under as possible. I don’t personally vape myself, it just that big tobaccos lobbyist are some of the more out in the open to find out their agenda.
No_Button_1750@reddit
It’s funny you should say that OP. We moved to the US from a country that does not have legalised or decriminalised marijuana so we really notice the antisocial smell of it in cities and states we visit. I have said on numerous occasions to my husband I can’t believe I welcome cigarette smoke now because of being subjected to inconsiderate and nonexistent courtesy laws in public places for smoking of marijuana and revolting smelling vapes.
browncoatfever@reddit
I see what your saying, but to me cigarette smoke is a vile smell. I'd gladly choose to be in a park full of people smoking weed or blowing fruity scented vapor any day compared to the other.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
They should smoke a cigarette flavored vape, or just eat goddamn fruit. Fruit vape is for punks.
Newt_the_Pain@reddit
Smoking good- vaccines bad. 👍
bigtonearcade@reddit
Because it is
moistmasterkaloose@reddit
I mean there’s a lot less misinformation about cigarettes these days. The vapes and the ecigs idk though but nobody looks cool with those.
Chrissy086@reddit
My Blu e-cigs looked pretty cool back in the day 😂
oregongirl1111@reddit
Big Tobacco CEO's got together in 1954 to create the "Tobacco Industry Research Committee (TIRC), specifically to have research on the effects of smoking suppressed and to fund their own biased research. In response to public health advocates and rising rates of smoking-related diseases, they started marketing filtered cigs (there were no filters on them prior to the 1950's) and marketed them as "low-tar" and "safer", despite there being little difference between filtered and non-filtered. The tobacco industry also used print media to market cigarettes; and many of those paper publications depended on that ad revenue, which often prevented them from printing valid scientific findings on smoking and related health issues.
Andrewbsupafly303@reddit
Beats a douche flute...
DrEyeBender@reddit
We aren't
Vegetaman916@reddit
Because it was cool. Deadly, sure, but cool. The two aren't mutually exclusive.
whats1more7@reddit
It was never cool. It was gross and smelly, not to mention addictive and deadly. You just succumbed to marketing.
Vegetaman916@reddit
It was gross and smelly. Some people say that about sex. That has nothing to do with it being cool or not. Cool is an image thing.
whats1more7@reddit
Nobody has to spend billions of dollars marketing sex to make it look good though.
Vegetaman916@reddit
Didn't have to for smoking either. The first people I remember seeing as a kid smoking was a whole group of my stepdad's war buddies. Sitting around with guns, booze, and smoking cigarettes... very cool.
whats1more7@reddit
Absolutely nothing about that image is cool. Sorry.
Vegetaman916@reddit
Maybe not to you, and that's okay. But there are different opinions and worldviews and emotional responses in the world, and a real cool thing is that they are all valid. You don't get to decide what "cool" is for everyone, and neither do I. What happens is, enough people go one direction or the other, the weight of numbers decides the question.
Bell bottoms and corduroy pants were cool. And then they weren't. And then they were again!
And that's pretty cool!
You know whats not cool? Like, universally uncool? Shitting on other people's worldviews because it doesn't match your own.
ZedArkadia@reddit
What, you wanna live forever?
shoobydoobydoo69@reddit
Smoking is cool but not cigarettes, they're nasty. I don't smoke though since it, you know, kills you.
ExhaustedHungryMe@reddit
Smoking is deadly and gross. It smells terrible, and people who smoke stink of it. It stains all the crap in your home, including your walls. And those of us who like breathing don’t want to breathe that disgusting, toxic smoke.
Please, people, don’t start smoking! And quit if you do it now.
Signed, never-smoker Xer who has now lived longer than my mother, who died of lung cancer in her 50s. Father also died of lung cancer, but made it to his 70s.
cymonium@reddit
I miss smoking. 🫠
jasiland@reddit
She's 32. 🚬
cymonium@reddit
facts
OkDiscussion607@reddit
Who the hell knows?
FortunateInsanity@reddit
Does this really look cool to you?
East-Credit-3360@reddit
Cuz it is 🚬
Desertwrek@reddit
Smoking will die with our generation. Vaping is the unfortunate future. No smell, no fire, no stains, much more efficient nicotine transfer, it is all the rage and a cigarettr just can't compete.
baconrefugee@reddit
Switching to vaping is how I was able to get off nicotine. I'm grateful for them
mynewusername10@reddit
I went from smoking to vaping too. Physically felt better in the first week. Up until recently I never had any intention of stopping vaping but I hate that I can't go anywhere without worrying about how im going to vape. It's easy to sneak but someday I'm going to get stuck somewhere without it and lose my mind.
baconrefugee@reddit
It's not as hard as I'd expected, quitting the vapes. I used l-theanine supplements to help get through the moody rough patches. Good luck, you've got this 🍀
6Wotnow9@reddit
I honestly didn’t know we were doing that. I’m a low volume smoker, about 4-5 tops a day but I do it in private. I’m aware of the stigma
thisTexanguy@reddit
Just quit. It makes you smell so nasty. I say this as a former smoker.
6Wotnow9@reddit
I’m a welder and farmer . I assure you know one smells cigarette smoke on me
Less_Tacos@reddit
You know, we are old enough to start getting a bit retro, and we need something cool and from our youth to help us forget watching our parents die of lung cancer.
viewering@reddit
thought it was an image from our childhoods lol
Youdontsay517@reddit
I quit smoking 3 years ago cold turkey. I cannot stand the smell of cigarette smoke now. I’m so happy I haven’t had the urge to go back. It’s such a horrible and addictive habit. Also expensive
Jenshark86@reddit
And causes heart attacks due to artery blockages caused by tobacco.
Youdontsay517@reddit
Thank you kindly for adding that.
judgeejudger@reddit
No idea. I have literally TWO friends from way back who still smoke. Lung cancer is such a shitty way to go. Not glamorous at all.
babayagaparenting@reddit
My mom died of lung cancer. It was ugly. It spread to her spine and paralyzed her. She never got treatment until she was paralyzed.
fastyellowtuesday@reddit
My mom's breast cancer spread to her cerebrospinal fluid (after chemo and a mastectomy!). Nothing they could do; it was time for me to pick a hospice. She smoked for decades though, and the cancer managed to bypass her lungs -- in front and behind the lungs, but her actual lungs were somehow fine!
babayagaparenting@reddit
That’s awful!
fastyellowtuesday@reddit
Agreed. I was in my early 20s, too, and the only one who could make decisions and do paperwork and all. It was rough.
I'm so sorry you had to watch your mom go through that, and without getting care.
1971stTimeLucky@reddit
Well you’re clean now… tough to quit, you did good
According_Cherry_837@reddit
Who is? Yall old fucks still ripping cancer sticks? Lol
haller47@reddit
Because cigarettes are awesome.
mangolamplight@reddit
I don't know, wasn't vaping the cool thing a year ago now I hardly see anyone doing it. Smoking just the lastest social media driven trend that will die out in a few months to be taken over by pogo sticks or something
froction@reddit
Smoking has been cool for like 100 years.
AlmiranteCrujido@reddit
Smoking stopped being a public thing around here (Bay Area) in the latter half of the 1990s. Took a while longer for the stigma other places.
mangolamplight@reddit
No, I disagree. Not for awhile now. Most smokers a social pariahs and have been for awhile now, but I guess it depends on where you live
cancerface@reddit
We? And what the fuck is a Buck Mason?
Nope9991@reddit
I miss smoking, being able to smoke everywhere and everyone else smoking too.
TheGeekOffTheStreet@reddit
I miss smoking, quit cold turkey when I turned 25, when I was smoking a pack or more a day.
I’ve told myself when I’m 80 of if I still want to smoke I’ll pick it up again
God_Bless_A_Merkin@reddit
I miss it, too. But I’m going to downvote you for the health of… really, everyone except for me and you.
IneffectiveMilkshake@reddit
WE aren't doing anything. The greedy, scum executives at these tobacco companies are. They'd rather us all die of lung cancer than face the truth that their industry is dying.
BeckyKleitz@reddit
Who fuckin' cares? The world is burning, so excuse me if I burn a few cigs and joints and pipes and vapes.
Geez.
SoulStripHer@reddit
I care when I have to breathe your second hand smoke.
BeckyKleitz@reddit
So don't come to my backyard and you won't have to worry about it.
(I have no neighbors)
SoulStripHer@reddit
You ONLY smoke in your backyard, huh? That's a rarity.
Besides second hand smoke, these addictive unhealthy products target people with mental health issues the most.
BeckyKleitz@reddit
Oh my fucking gawd.
Shut the fuck up already.
SoulStripHer@reddit
That right there!
Dippity_Dont@reddit
Then stay out of his house!
efflexor@reddit
I recently watched my mom die of lung cancer- it’s gruesome and painful.
PandaofPeace@reddit
I watched my mom die of lung cancer too she never smoked neither did anyone in our family around her. But everyone treated her like she did something wrong stop perpetrating the myth that most people with lung cancer smoked.
efflexor@reddit
My mom had small cell, which was directly related to her lifetime of smoking 🤷🏻♀️
BeckyKleitz@reddit
Just about every member of my family has died of some form of cancer. I know what cancer is and what it does.
Thank you for reminding me of watching my own mother die right in front of my face from a massive heart attack caused by the burning of her insides from the radiation treatments she was receiving for lung cancer. Appreciate that.
Any_Friendship9364@reddit
Cigs are for dummies. The poor and uneducated
Tehstir@reddit
I started when I was 13, I have quit several times.
I keep an airtight tin with tobacco leaves I shredded by hand. I might have a few in a day, I might go a few weeks without having one. So much better than anything in a pack.
Smoking is cool, Smoking all the time and being addicted to it is not as cool or fun.
dixiech1ck@reddit
How coincidental that this came up in my feed while I was calling our facilities team asking them if they could clean up all the cig butts someone decided to throw out their car window last night into our landscaping. Scum bags
Alternative_Sort_404@reddit
The world is their ashtray, dirty mofos… (former facilities guy here - don’t even get me started)
dixiech1ck@reddit
Disgusting pigs.
TheRealJamesWax@reddit
Because it’s awesome…
I mean, sure. I quit a couple of years ago but every day I think, “damn.. smoking was a fucking blast.”
phunkygroovin@reddit
Even as a GenXer, I never thought smoking was cool. Being embarrased by my chain smoking mom constantly hacking at every school event or meeting I had was enough to make me hate smoking. She is 66 and finally went to the doctor after not going to one for 30 years and she is finding out the repercussions of her smoking. She is in really poor health and this is not a journey I'm looking forward to. She quit smoking 3 years ago but she only got worse, not better after quitting.
I watched my MIL die an awful death from COPD. She had suffered for 10 years with it before she died at age 70. It was really awful. It breaks my heart my mother is facing the same fate.
BreakPalaceBrokedown@reddit
The sad truth of drug use is that the problems don’t truly start until you’re not using them…
Reader47b@reddit
I've also noticed an increase in smoking on TV shows and movies and was curious and looked into it. Apparently, it's about doubled in the past ten years (the amount of smoking characters/scenes, etc.) Given that smoking cigarettes is now down to under 10% - what's the motive for TV/advertisers/moviemakers to do this? Some of it is period pieces trying to look authentic - but that's not all (or even the bulk of it). What is going on with the increasing portrayal? Is it just a feeling among the makers that smoking looks cool?
itscuriousyah@reddit
It's a a beat, a pause, a punctuation for writers. It signals drama. Imo it's kind of lazy, but they're the ones watching their story brought to life on a screen.
Status_Friend9594@reddit
All of them
InvestigatorJaded261@reddit
Who’s “we”? Smoking is irremediably lame.
Kyauphie@reddit
Because nicotine is still addictive and the vapes have become even more problematic for the public than they were the lesser of two evils for former smokers.
dinkeydonuts@reddit
Smoking was always cool.
I just miss the days when it was good for you, like they show in the movies.
MIKEPR1333@reddit
Duh!
It was never good for you.
fastyellowtuesday@reddit
That was the joke.
Status_Friend9594@reddit
I can’t control shit. The reality is that smoking is bad. But, seriously? What I would not give to go back to 1989 where not a fucking thing really mattered and I could do almost anything without consequences. The fucking Gaul right now…
HudsonValleyNY@reddit
Asterix?
Hey_Laaady@reddit
Who is this French person of which you speak?
Biggest-of-Als@reddit
Cause vapping is stupid
AssistanceInformal94@reddit
Because it is
theloniousfunkd@reddit
Doesn’t help when you post a cool ass picture like that
Sidehussle@reddit
The picture smells bad.
_baegopah_XD@reddit
Well, for starters if they knew how it affected their flawless skin in 10, 20, or 30 years, they might not want to participate. If they were told that their health insurance may charge more for disgusting habit they might reconsider. Or that the big, disgusting wet coughs they’ll inevitably get will lead to their COPD slow death
Maybe no one will want to smoke if they knew how disgusting they smell, their hair, their breath, clothing. How it just comes out of your body and no matter how much you bathe you still stink.
whiporee123@reddit
Because smoking is cool.
it's unhealthy and a bad idea, but it's inherently cool. It's why our parents did it and it's why our older siblings did it and it's why we did it until we didn't . It gives a buzz while being calming, it gives you something to do with your hands, it's requires a bit of concentration and it's controlling fire in your hands. It's all the bad things, too, but it's still cool to look at from a distance, and to be doing yourself.
The downside is it affects moments beyond the coolness. But a lot of things do.
itscuriousyah@reddit
Maaaaybe if you're looking at a staged and lit photo of James Dean or something.
Cranks_No_Start@reddit
Ngl I never thought that. I guess because my dad smoked, if that wasn’t a deterrent nothing was.
MidwestAbe@reddit
It's also inherently cooler than vaping.
If my kid came home smoking cigarettes I'd be much happier than if they vaped.
Saw someone today smoking and I wished I could do it again with the terrible smell and cost associated with it.
notyourentertainment@reddit
What else have you got to live for?
CanaryPutrid1334@reddit
Booze and weed, duh.
notyourentertainment@reddit
That’s what we’re smoking.
Zipper-is-awesome@reddit
Even though it’s only legal with a med card where I live (and it’s extremely easy to get one), I encounter people that reek of weed far more often than tobacco cigarettes. I think it’s because in most places, the smokers are relegated to outside areas (even in apartment buildings), but since they have to hide it, pot smokers do it in an enclosed area like a garage, and it sticks in the clothes. (I now understand why cheap weed is called “skunk” lol) My next door neighbor smokes cigarettes and does it on his back deck so his house doesn’t reek. I don’t have a problem with pot, in high school, kids practically bathed in patchouli oil, I like the earthy smell of it.
Zipper-is-awesome@reddit
Downvoted by someone who thinks they don’t stink. lol you do.
Jenshark86@reddit
I always smell it walking my dog oozing from people’s garages
Electrical_Hold_3585@reddit
I visited a Walmart last year and you could smell traces of Marijuana throughout the store.
FormerLaugh3780@reddit
Because it was.
MyNipplesMakeCheese@reddit
Smokers are just as gross as the girls from 2 girls 1 cup.
TheIzzyRock@reddit
It wasn’t.
SmearingFeces@reddit
LMK when smoking Crack is cool again please.
cmart7719@reddit
And fuck incense while we're at it
BuDu1013@reddit
Where is smoking cool? Not around here. Dude I used to smoke like a turc! Now I smell that crap and I wanna puke.
Ambitious-Bar375@reddit
Truly, it smells like shit, your hair your clothes, everything you own, the breath coming out from deeep in your lungs smells like death, i quit at 30, picked it back up last year, desperately trying to quit again. It literally took a half a lack before i was knee fell in that addiction again. It's almost been 2 weeks free of it so far, i can still feel it peeking over my shoulder.
BuDu1013@reddit
I smoked a cigarette about 5 years ago while having some beers with a friend of mine and it was just awful threw it out after the third drag. I guess I'm not a good relapser
Ambitious-Bar375@reddit
Good.
Particular_Act_5396@reddit
Raised in a cloud of smoke. Damaged my lungs. Hated smoking. Became a smoker at 35 of course. Hate smoking even more now. Have quit for many years now. If I catch a whiff in the wild it smells so nasty
1971stTimeLucky@reddit
I have to ask. What made you start at 35, that seems crazy
Particular_Act_5396@reddit
Ugh trying to be cool and smoke cigars led to full on cigarette smoker
No_Contest_4830@reddit
My Mom passed away two days ago from stage 4 small cell lung cancer that had spread to her liver and spine. She stopped smoking more than 30 years ago.
bigeats1@reddit
Small cell doesn’t really care about your smoking habits. Hits anyone.
Subject-Stuff-2829@reddit
Are we?
The-Manque@reddit
Sabrina Carpenter is smoking (inexpertly) in her new music video. Young people are looking at the future we’ve set up for them, and are quite understandably saying “fuggit”.
balcon@reddit
I really haven't noticed. But now what I've seen this post, I will see smoking everywhere. Thanks, Baader-Meinhof.
Cool-Coffee-8949@reddit
It will never ever be cool. Ugh.
FoggyFallNights@reddit
Seriously. Watching that JFK Jr/Carolyn show on Hulu and episode 1 reminding me how cool I used to feel being young in the 90s and smoking. We do not need to go there ever again.
Zipper-is-awesome@reddit
That show might be why, actually. I don’t have TikTok but apparently, it cranks out different aesthetics for young women to mold themselves into before the next one comes. Like the “clean girl” aesthetic has become passé and now everyone wants to be Carolyn Bessette. They are flocking to this old drug store in NYC to get those hard plastic tortoiseshell headbands that painfully dig into your head after 5 minutes. That is where Carolyn got hers. They are trying to dress like her, buy handbags she had… Carolyn had a unique style that was all hers. Turning it into a widespread aesthetic is pretty ironic.
JoeInMD@reddit
Hilarious how your / between Jr and Carolyn links to the "r" / Carolyn subreddit!
FoggyFallNights@reddit
Learn something new every day! Didn’t see that coming.
bnelson7694@reddit
I was such a heavy smoker by the time I was in my 30’s some mornings I would see stars I’d cough so hard. I can’t imagine starting this shit all over again.
OliJalapeno@reddit
It's a national death plot
Gold_Comparison1745@reddit
WE aren’t doing anything, it’s big tobacco.
Bryanh100@reddit
Never stopped.
CNote_89@reddit
That first drag, the dopamine hit, the constriction on your blood vessels, the headrush. It’s magical.
HoosierLarry@reddit
I thought our generation was going to be the last that smoked (I never started). I’m always amazed and disappointed to see younger generations doing it.
Complex_Ingenuity_26@reddit
When did it stop being cool?
TheIzzyRock@reddit
It never was, you’ve just convinced yourself it was. Similar to truck nuts, they’re not cool, but someone thinks they are.
andytherobot666@reddit
Shit i ain’t gatta try
Beautiful-Event-1213@reddit
Driving home on the highway last night, I saw someone throw a cigarette out their window. Why is this an acceptable form of littering?! It makes me furious. And I'm lucky to live in an area where drought and wildfire aren't constant problems yet, but I'd be terrified and enraged if I lived in an area where it was.
Zipper-is-awesome@reddit
I see people doing that even though where we live has been a red flag warning for weeks. Today it rained, so maybe we are done with the red flag for now, people will still try to set the land on fire when it’s back.
sandsonik@reddit
Auto manufacturers deserve some of the blame. I quit smoking in 2011 and the car was one of the last places a person could smoke. Couldn't smoke at work, in a bar, in a restaurant, in malls.... In the solitude of your car, you were golden. It was a refuge. So of course, they removed ashtrays from them. What did they think would happen?
Out_of_Darkness_mc@reddit
But a car ashtray? They make them! I couldn’t STAND stinky car ashtrays! And I smoked! But, I took pains not to smell like it! No one knew until I got caught by my teenage daughter, hanging with two other secret smoker moms!😂
PagingDrTobaggan@reddit
Cigarette butts and floss picks. Hate em both.
BuddyLongshots@reddit
Because the assholes in office are trying to roll back major protections and progress in health and public safety so corporations can make a buck.
jamez009@reddit
It looks cool when attractive people or detectives do it.
LoserJohnBarron@reddit
Distract us from the Epstein Files….
TracyVegas@reddit
I thought you were discussing tattoos from the title and the pic.
Salsashark_21@reddit
I still think it looks cool and I miss it sometime. It’s just not worth the smell, expense, and erosion of your health while it eventually kills you in a terrible way.
Dippity_Dont@reddit
I mean we're old people anyway. We could all start smoking right now and it probably wouldn't have time to kill us because we'd all die of something else first.
Salsashark_21@reddit
I couldn’t go back because of the smell, I’m too far gone. Plus, at our age, I need every advantage I can get when working on my cardio
Glum-Pop-5119@reddit
We can’t afford for people to live long enough to need Medicare or SSecurity-this seems like a good way to get people to essentially kill themselves slowly before they reach retirement
Zipper-is-awesome@reddit
Could always contaminate the drinking water like in Iowa. Between the ag runoff and radon, we are all doomed. Casts a much wider net than cigarettes and almost free!
AntC_808@reddit
This is the answer I came here to see.
ApatheistHeretic@reddit
Smoking takes too long, I suggest meth for a stronger effect.
Karate-Schnitzel@reddit
Lung and heart disease 🦠 is cool again?
judgeejudger@reddit
Seriously! Between the smoking and stupid carnivore diet, it’s a race to the grave
dirtygreysocks@reddit
We've got everything back from the 90-2000's. Anorexia is in again, smoking and drugs are next.
tincan-veteran@reddit
A funny thing: nicotine is a great drug for the treatment of ADHD... However the side effects are complete and utter over the topness. .. I loved smoking so much, and then I quit.. and then 15 years later was diagnosed and treated for ADHD, and the ADHD drugs are a big help... But not as big a hell is that nicotine was... I don't encourage or advise anyone to smoke, but I can totally understand the attraction for folks who aren't quite neurotypical and find nicotine to be a salvation.,.. I would totally advocate for mandatory screening for many autism / ADHD issues, if only to find out who was more susceptible to nicotine and related stimulants, and to get them into treatment that shunted them away from the more harmful self medicating substances...
sfdsquid@reddit
Can confirm. I smoke. A lot. It's the dopamine.
Oh well. I'm pretty sure it's not cool though.
tincan-veteran@reddit
It must be, I spent 10 years after I quit smoking feeling a little down, with bad thoughts ... And then I got on the fucking ADHD meds.. and I feel less down but I still have some of that thoughts.. and I keep thinking this would all be better if I just smoked cigarettes 😆
OranginaOOO@reddit
Hanging outside smoking in a group I thought were all depressed. I've since quit and don't miss it. My brother who only smoked about 10 years got lung cancer last summer. I have heart disease from smoking. Not a good self med. I prefer Lexapro.
tincan-veteran@reddit
Yeah, I'm with you 10,000%... I think I tried to imply that before I knew of my condition, nicotine seem to be a complete salvation, even at the expense of those terrible terrible side effects it's 40 years later I know better now, but at the time was the only thing I knew that made me feel like my head was screwed on straight.,
OranginaOOO@reddit
I hear you. Saw an old woman hiding behind a column smoking. Sad.
Zealousideal-Rip-574@reddit
The world is falling apart, focus on something that matters.
-Heinous_Anus-@reddit
It does make you look cool and it feels really good until you wake up the next day.
Luci_Cascadia@reddit
We aren't. Nobody is
penguindik@reddit
Smoking has always been cool. Except for the smell on your clothes/fingers, the ashtray breath, and its detriment to your health. Other than that, man is it cool to take a drag and let that sweet sweet stimulant give you that dopamine hit. Fuck, I don’t even smoke but I want one now. The lady in the pic looks super cool too, maybe she’d talk to me if I smoked.
aprillquinn@reddit
I can guarantee she will not only talk to you. She may touch your dingdong.. smoking IS that cool? 🚬🚬🚬
SBognerAnderson@reddit
This.
NarrowConstruction72@reddit
So now, even more than normal can not afford health insurance...smokers rate is an additional $200 a month
interior_lulu@reddit
That’s not including the $10+ spent on each pack…(I remember paying $1.25/pack in the 90s in VA). Glad I quit 15+ years ago.
hawkm69@reddit
I remember being able to get Marlboro for that price in Va. I pay 3 a pack for now and it's still a bit much. I've tried quitting for a long time, but have been unsuccessful.
RangerExpensive6519@reddit
Where do you pay 3 a pack?
hawkm69@reddit
I'm in Missouri and they aren't Marlboro. I've been smoking the cheap ones for so long that I can't stand Marlboro.
hawkm69@reddit
I'm in Missouri and they aren't Marlboro. I've been smoking the cheap ones for so long that I can't stand Marlboro.
MEAT_FEAST@reddit
In Aus a 25 pack can go for over $60…
skitty166@reddit
Smoking was way cooler when they were $10 a CARTON at the Px. GPCs
Slywit74@reddit
Screw it, I'll smoke til I die. Then i wanna be cremated and have someone smoke my ashes, or at least spread them in a tobacco field...
tibbs90@reddit
I just want to be cremated and have my ashes spread around the Wasatch Front Mountains by Salt Lake City.
Beartrkkr@reddit
Dr Turlington’s coolness chart.
GhostFour@reddit
I've never been a fan of smoking (although I spent thousands on dip for 25 years before quitting). I've always been able to smell smokers but lately I've noticed the old umm OLDER folks in public that smell like stale cigarettes. That gray, wrinkled pallor and stale smoke like they sit in their recliner and smoke 24/7 until they have to leave the house for supplies. Show young kids those people and they'd quit fucking around with that poison.
tibbs90@reddit
I’m 54. I tried chewing tobacco when I was in grade school. But, I smoked cigarettes more as I got to my high school age. Even Swisher Sweets. I did quit smoking through the late 90’s And early 2000’s. My step-dad’s father also smoked Dutch Master Cigars. I’ve smoked on and off over the years. Nowadays, I vape. My mother also smokes which she was an influence on me. Now, she still smokes but not that much. It may be gross. But, you only live once. Sometimes it’s exciting to take a risk. Hell, I went skydiving a few times in the early 90’s. It was awesome! I also had a girlfriend who had family who smoked so much that their walls were brown. So, have fun while you’re young, take some risks. But, do take care of yourselves, and plan for the long term.
unclejoe1917@reddit
I don't know. Something about that lady just looks really cool, carefree and sophisticated. I can't quite put my finger on it.
goldenbug@reddit
Probably having the word “Bag" tattooed on your arm. You know she’s a bag girl.
Trahst_no1@reddit
Taxes.
Haunting_Name6188@reddit
Because the world sucks. Is my guess
NemoHere@reddit
Yes, the world sucks in many ways, but also, many people need vices to get through life. Also, vaping is god awful for you lungs and not the miracle exit ramp for smokers wanting to quit completely. It's all poison people just have to have it seems.
Alive_Astronomer3950@reddit
Smoking has never been cool IMO, and vaping is even worse.
tamtip@reddit
True, my oncologist predicts that in the next 5-10 years there will be an epidemic of young people with damaged lungs. Lung cancer has been studied for 50+ years and they have learned how to treat it. The damage from raping is so new, they just dont know how to treat it. He thinks the damage will be irreparable.
Due_Palpitation2197@reddit
Yeah that raping damage is brutal… /s
tamtip@reddit
Fixed it! Thanks
Sithstress_@reddit
A television personality I watch who is 33 years old was hospitalized for over a week after he got vape poisoning which led to some sort of coronary artery spasm that led to a heart attack. In absolutely phenomenal shape otherwise.
zephyr_sd@reddit
Because the product has huge profit margins, and Phillip Morris, Reynolds and other manufacturers wanna increase profits
jeexbit@reddit
they should invest in marijuana then
zephyr_sd@reddit
Y? under fed rules, can't deduct expenses, so all revenue is taxable, prices have tumbled, and no profits. Just look at tilray, trulieve and other public mj stox, no profits
jeexbit@reddit
because it will be legal federally in the near future and they will make more profit there then with tobacco
zephyr_sd@reddit
Repubs will NEVER vote to legalize. They fight legalization and med use in every state.
jeexbit@reddit
you're not wrong
TrenchDive@reddit
We aren't. The cigarette conglomerates are.
Merkenfighter@reddit
More people dying of lung cancer might lower house prices.
Different-Bill7499@reddit
I mean do we really need to be living to 89 years old?
Merkenfighter@reddit
I have way too many gigs to go to yet.
Merkenfighter@reddit
If I’m healthy; why not?
drinkslinger1974@reddit
I occasionally miss it. Smoked for about 30 years. I went into Wawa the other day and glanced at the cigarettes behind the counter. They’ve always been cheaper here in Virginia because of the close proximity to Phillip Morris, but those fuckers are up to $11 a pack now!! When I started (8th grade) they were $1.59 including tax. Granted I’m addicted to zyns now, but those are $2 a can here in va. Plus I don’t have to find a spot to smoke, I don’t have the smell lingering on me all day, and don’t have to pile butts in my pocket. I’m good.
Apprehensive-Bag-900@reddit
I started smoking at 12 and quit in my late 20s. I'm almost 50 now and I miss smoking at least once a month. I'm glad I don't smoke anymore, but I see people smoking and I miss it.
drinkslinger1974@reddit
Kind of the same, but I think for me, I just miss being in my 20’s with no responsibilities and plenty of 💵for smokes haha
Apprehensive-Bag-900@reddit
I certainly had less responsibility (and bills) but I don't really remember never having responsibilities. I was expected to be an adult from like 1st grade on. And I was always scraping change together to buy smokes.
drinkslinger1974@reddit
I didn’t have a mortgage, kids and wife to think of when I was smoking. These days, if I was still addicted to cigarettes, I’d have to choose between a full tank of gas or a carton of cigarettes.
Apprehensive-Bag-900@reddit
I'm divorced, no mortgage (I rent), and thankfully no kids. All the kids vape these days which somehow seems more dangerous? But they all assure me it's totally safe.
CanaryPutrid1334@reddit
I quit 19 years ago. I see people smoking and just feel bad for them.
guvbums@reddit
try $40 in Australia - $2 each
whatsupgrizzlyadams@reddit
Is loose tobacco any cheaper?
Can you grow tobacco in Australia?
pickpickss@reddit
I quit in 2007, still miss it. If I'm ever diagnosed with something terminal though, I'm definitely lighting up again.
CrankyDoo@reddit
Switched to snus 10 years ago. I’ve always said if I ever reach 90 or get diagnosed with a terminal illness, you’ll have an easy time looking for me because all you’ll need to do is look for the billowing clouds of smoke. Snus is good, but nothing will ever replace smoking.
JosephBlowsephThe3rd@reddit
I've never been a smoker, but the aesthetic of smoking is cool. The vibe of lighting a cigarette with a Zippo... that iconic sound of the Zippo lid... pure cool. Can't say ive noticed anybody really bringing smoking back though. I notice far more tokers (im in NC where cannabis variants are "legal" but about to be completely stripped back to illegal again).
OSDom22@reddit
In NC is going to reverse it? WTH? It’s been downgraded to schedule 3?
Asraia@reddit
Same in Oklahoma
flipzyshitzy@reddit
Great point! Also drinking alcohol.
theShpydar@reddit
It's just a photo, my dude. What about this is trying to make smoking cool?
Im an ex-smoker (quit after 30 years), but i much prefer this to the 90s-early 2000s nonsense where they pretended that no one is a smoker ever and ever character who smokes is either evil or morally bankrupt. It was so stupid.
IamUnamused@reddit
what about it is trying to make smoking cool? Are you seeing the same photo I am? It's a hot, cool looking chick, smoking. WTF do you think that is doing?
theShpydar@reddit
I think it's kind of weird to look at this photo and have your takeaway be "gee, smoking sure does look cool". It's just a photo of a woman smoking a cigarette. If it was a picture of her drinking from a wine glass, or a soda bottle, would your takeaway be that it is glamorizing those things?
It sems like some people always seem to be looking for an "agenda" with everything.
PuzzleheadedOwl1191@reddit
Not the primary agenda, but the brand is trying to make an aspirational image. Again, marketing 101. So to ignore the effect of having her look “cool” by smoking (or, as you stated, holding a glass of wine) is just foolish.
IamUnamused@reddit
yes, it would have the same effect with any other product. I'm not saying the purpose of this photo is to glamorize smoking, but it does have that effect
PuzzleheadedOwl1191@reddit
People did indeed smoke less (in the U.S. anyway) during the period you mentioned because of how it was rightfully vilified. So “stupid” or not, the data shows it worked. Now that it’s being glamorized again, people will smoke more. It’s marketing 101, man. And it’s not good.
theShpydar@reddit
There is no indication that Hollywood villifying smoking had any effect on smoking statistics. Correlation is not causation. Decreases were led by greater public health campaigns combined with the trend of states increasing taxation.
Are we really going to the "blame TV and movies for people's behavior" well? I honestly can't beleive im seeing this sentiment being expressed in a GenX sub.
PuzzleheadedOwl1191@reddit
Entertainment glamorizing smoking is indeed one of the factors. Why else would tobacco brands pay for product placement as part of their marketing budget? To think otherwise is just folly.
IamUnamused@reddit
the smoking in TV and movies absolutely was part of the problem. It wasn't the only issue but it certainly contributed.
reversedgaze@reddit
yes, this is just a photo, but you'll find it more and more in your socials as it is coming up as we are looking to bring our world back to a place where certain businesses holds more market chair and certain behaviors come back around on the guitar and certain visions of women become very much like the 80s and the mid 90s
Dukdukdiya@reddit
Gross
FastEngineer5635@reddit
Went to see Pearl Jam last year in Ft. Worth TX. I'd say both times I went to pee I was the only one washing hands after. Went to see Eric Church in FEB, same venue. Stood in line to wash hands. Ha!
penguindik@reddit
Why are you trash talking Pearl Jam in a post about cigarette smoking? Don’t you ever do that again. If you need to find ways to put down PJ or their unhygienic fans you just bite your tongue and stay on topic! I won’t stand for this.
GABigBear@reddit
Never was. Never will be.
Beautiful_mistakes@reddit
I have seen so many young people smoking recently. It’s been a trip.
due_opinion_2573@reddit
Really? Where? I'm not doubting you but I was at my daughter's campus and there were no smokers I could see. Europe was another story.
Beautiful_mistakes@reddit
I’ve been seeing it all over my college campus. Especially within the last 4-6 months
due_opinion_2573@reddit
Terrific! I'm kidding of course. I kinda thought this was ending. What next? IPA's?.
frednekk@reddit
Smoking is totally cool. Unfortunately it will also kill you.
Calm_Tonight_9277@reddit
Smoking has always looked cool, ngl (kinda joking), but as a physician (anesthesiologist), man, does it suck ass physiologically. Just never do it if you haven’t started.
Dpgillam08@reddit
If the world is half as shitty and fucked up as social media claims, why are we surprised that everyone is smoking and drinking more?
Calm_Tonight_9277@reddit
I’m def not surprised, and I don’t judge anyone (including my patients). I very much get it.
Komaisnotsalty@reddit
I've never failed to baffle me how badly smoking is attacked but booze is considered socially NEEDED, let alone attractive, acceptable, affordable, and pretty much a requirement for everything and everyone, and it contributes to death more than smoking via indirect deaths.
No one picks up a cigarette, takes a drag, then murders someone in a rage where the cigarette is to blame. A cigarette doesn't impair to the point where you crash in to someone and kill them.
Not saying cigs aren't harmful - they 100% absolutely are and are as bad as drinking.
It's the tolerance and acceptance of alcohol absolutely everywhere when smoking is considered the villain when they both are to blame.
eggs_erroneous@reddit
I always assumed it was because alcohol helps people get laid. It is a social lubricant.
VikingTeddy@reddit
It's more about convenience. Humans have always used some sort of drugs. Alcohol just became really easy and profitable to manufacture with the rise of agriculture and trade.
It's handy compared to many other drugs which require you to live in the right area, then forage or grow, and prepare it. Alcohol can be made anywhere by anyone, and then you just trade for it.
PanicDry@reddit
Also it turns at least 50% of them into obnoxious wankers.
One_Toe1452@reddit
I don't know, I was close to a murderous rage when I'd try and quit smoking. (Exaggerating...a little.) One of the reasons it took me like 325 tries, I was insufferable. Your point is well taken. Alcohol is still undeservedly cool for some reason, though less popular with Gen Z.
Salsashark_21@reddit
Well, they DID try to take booze away.
Ckn-bns-jns@reddit
Who’s “we?”
I have never paid attention to advertising or celebrity stuff, this post seems more like a GenZ rant.
PlentyMacaroon8903@reddit
I've noticed this too. A number of model shoots and other photos with people with cigarettes. So weird.
EmericanCunt@reddit
It never stopped being cool and I’m still a smoker, but I only smoke when I’m feeling cool. Which is when I’m drinking.
PagingDrTobaggan@reddit
This is sneaky funny. Only because I lived it.
youngkpepper@reddit
Misanthropy was a huge part of the reason I smoked was so no one would bother me. What actually happened was that other smokers thought it OK to bother me.
I've quit, because I got tired of every cold turning into a weeks-long case of bronchitis, but I do miss it. Still a bit misanthropic, though.
metooneither@reddit
If cigs were cheap I would start smoking again I enjoy it
Naterz2008@reddit
I miss it too, but at $16 per pack where I live, I don't see a lot of people smoking. I don't think we need to be worried about it making a comeback. Who could afford it these days?
Gdayluv@reddit
Have a look at cigarette prices in Australia. A pack of 20 cigarettes is between $40 and $60 AUD.
Naterz2008@reddit
I don't doubt it for a second. I guess it's good for society, although there is a cynical argument that is against a larger portion of people living to old age. The balance is the cost of health related issues due to smoking, versus taking care of more people in their old age.
Gdayluv@reddit
The problem with the financial prohibition of cigarettes is that it caused the black market tobacco business to thrive. So we have the government playing whack a mole with them, while the people who run the black market trade have a habit of firebombing the competition.
Naterz2008@reddit
That's interesting. I don't think that's as much of a problem in the US. I smoked for 20 years and never heard about buying black market smokes. The closest thing was people that would sell singles on the street. I've seen that a few times.
metooneither@reddit
When I was in college, my roommate was from New York. When his father saw the price of cigarettes in Virginia, this was the early 80s, he rented a U-Haul and filled it with cigarette cartons
I don’t know how much he made but I can tell you that he would come to Virginia once a month and fill up a u haul and go back and sell them them this
Gdayluv@reddit
We had (and still have in some places) entire store fronts selling imported cigarettes, tobacco, and vapes (vapes are illegal to sell here, unless you go to a pharmacy and get the quit smoking ones (flavours tobacco and mint only)). So you could get a pack for around $10 AUD just by walking in the store.
The government, after a few years of this going on and the shops getting firebombed, decided to crack down on them this year. So now they're either selling out of vans in carparks or doing delivery.
Naterz2008@reddit
Wow, that's wild. Do you guys have access to nicotine pouches? A lot of people i know have gone to those, but they are also getting more expensive now through taxes, which makes me think it's not just about helping people quit smoking.
Gdayluv@reddit
You can only get them on the black market. I've never seen them for sale in a regular store here.
Our government keeps talking about how shutting down these black market stores is for our health. However it's important to note that the government is losing between 3.3 billion and 11.8 billion in tax revenue to the black market.
metooneither@reddit
They are 12 bucks where I live. I remember paying 96 cents in the mid 80s and thinking I was paying too much
My wife still smokes
Naterz2008@reddit
Those were the days. I used to spend ten bucks on a Saturday in the mid 90's. A pack of Dave's and the rest went in the tank of my S-10. I'd drive around the mountain roads all day happy as a person could be.
potsofjam@reddit
I used to smoke Camel Non-filters, even in East Texas they are $17 a pack. I can’t imagine what they are in an expensive state. I buy three or four packs a year cause sometimes nothing sounds better than a few drinks and a couple smokes. If they still made them I’d pay double for a pack of Players Navy Cut.
Substantial-Type-131@reddit
I quit a long long time ago, but if a genie gave me three wishes, you bet your ass one of them would be to make cigarettes healthy.
metooneither@reddit
Yep, I’d be right there with you
TreaclePerfect4328@reddit
How come people all over the world smoke more than US population yet lung cancer is barely a thing? I think smoking is probably ok. Its our food drinks water etc that give us cancer. Just a thought.
Junior_Ad_3301@reddit
Yup. If they were not absolutely horrible for your health, I'd be puffin away. Plus that fucking stank of after. Oh also make them non-addictive lol.
fkeith318@reddit
🥰
Darth-Scorpio@reddit
Smoking isn’t cool. You’re just addicted. It smells like asshole as well. If you smoke, you stink horribly all the time and people do notice, even if they don’t say anything. You probably don’t notice.
Source: smoked for 20 years
PagingDrTobaggan@reddit
I mean, I smoked for 20 years, too. Nothing you said is wrong, but smoking had a certain ‘cool’ vibe to it when I started. I’m glad it got less and less cool as time passed.
FelineOphelia@reddit
It smells like fart on your clothes--- not even cigarette smoke. Just FART
Narrow-Accident-1136@reddit
I’ll admit that when I’m on the road feeling incredibly anxious and stressed I will occasionally reach for a cigarette. I’m hardly drinking or smoking weed anymore, I need something. When I was in Ireland and Australia for work it was hard to escape it. They still smoke Iike chimneys there. I’m going to make a better effort to keep away from them when I hit the road for work next week
Ms_not_Mrs0771@reddit
Yeah but they have national health care. Americans can’t afford to have vices!
WimpyZombie@reddit
That's interesting that countries with government sponsored health care are discouraged more from smoking. You would think that their governments would want to decrease the incidence of smoking related illness.
Ms_not_Mrs0771@reddit
I think they try by having grosser pics of diseased lungs and rotted tongues on their smokes as some sort of deterrent but they really do seem to buy into individual choice and just suck up the difference in cost as part of having free thinking and acting people as citizens.
1043b@reddit
There really is something to this I think....
NoBet8483@reddit
Other than emphysema and cancer, smoking is cool.
GenXWaster@reddit
Because tobacco is natural and has been smoked for hundreds of years. Vaping is just artificially produced chemicals, man. That shit ain't good for ya! /s
Kbern4444@reddit
It’s always been cool, but it’s just unhealthy
smoke2957@reddit
I quit about 10 years ago now but still miss having the physical habit often. If I make it to 70 I'm lighting up again I am cool losing those years if it's shortening my life. I know it's garbage of me but it's true, I'll probably not be able to afford it though.
Cyrano_Knows@reddit
I used to work as a CNA in a nursing home.
One lady was the slowest person you've ever met. You could literally stand behind her and wonder if she had stopped working. In no exaggeration, it would take her 5 minutes to cover about 10 feet.
But walking meant she wasnt losing it.
Until it was time for her rationed cigarettes. Then it was stompstompstomp with her walker and us young CNAs had to walk fast to keep up with this 80+ year old woman. :D
Additional-Lion6969@reddit
The tax revenue apparently paid for the whole NHS at one point, and if you can kiĺ off a big chunk of tge population before they reach state pension age that's another win for the treasury
JoeInMD@reddit
Found the Brit!
throwawayinakilt@reddit
People think the world is ending so why not?
CoverCommercial3576@reddit
It’s gross and deadly. Sounds cool.
everyday95269@reddit
I think what you are seeing is addicts using smoking as a coping substitute for their addiction. Ever run into the sweet school mom and find out years later she was a closet raging alcoholic or drug user…
ZafiroAnejo@reddit
Although I've never been, I've heard AA meetings are full of chain-smokers and coffee addicts
PondoSinatra9Beltan6@reddit
Again? It's always has been. There's nothing cooler than enjoying a Camel filterless and a pint of vodka on your morning drive to work.
Individual-Trick3310@reddit
I prefer edibles on the way to work. No one knows anything and by the time they kick in, I'm at my desk watching Youtube.
No_Requirement_4840@reddit
over-correction from the last 30 years?
Tiny-Balance-3533@reddit
Smoking is cool! Greed is good (as long as you're already rich af)! and we're at war again! Next on the agenda: women back in the kitchen and kids in the factories! We want ALL progress reversed!
(/s)
Distended_Scrotum@reddit
Because I own stock in PM and MO. Smoke up, Johnny!
amanda2399923@reddit
My grandpa worked at on of those. He was in Louisville. He had cartons everywhere
Minimum_Rub_7316@reddit
Sounds like it was a banner year at the Bender household!
ungrabbedusername@reddit
Underrated comment right there
chud3@reddit
Yep. People will do what they want.
anyoutlookuser@reddit
I’m 2-1/2 years smoke free. I want a cigarette nearly everyday, at least once. Been close a couple times but held out. It’s tough but I don’t miss it. Being able to breathe and spending money on stuff that won’t kill me overrides the urge.
gringo1980@reddit
Did you quit using vaping? I quit smoking about 7 years ago and started vaping, then quit vaping about 4 years ago. I have 0 desire to smoke now, barring very rare times ( such as when I finish a Powerade weirdly)
anyoutlookuser@reddit
Cold turkey. Never tried vapes ( figured it was trading one bad habit for another). I did use a subliminal/hypnotic app at night while I slept. Don’t know if it helped but I quit cold turkey and haven’t slipped up once. I had patches and gum ready but never really felt like I needed them. Almost 40 years of a pack or so a day.
imtheheppest@reddit
Are you me? Am I you? Because this is my story too! Also 2 1/2 years smoke free. But because of the horrors of the world and my personal life, I always am tempted to buy a pack again when I go get stuff at the gas station. I don’t notice a difference in my breathing, but but the quality of the air I can take in is the kicker. Plus not hacking up a lung when I cough and the money I save. And the smell too. No more smelling like the interior of an ashtray lol. I also don’t want to have to get back into taking Chantix again if I quit a second time. It was such a learning curve on when the best time to take it was to avoid the weird dream and stuff.
Congratulations on being 2 1/2 years free of the damned things 👏🏼
anyoutlookuser@reddit
Thanks! And you too!
pcolafooddude@reddit
It gets better. I quit in ‘99. I still get an urge once in a great while, usually after a meal or when I’m having coffee. Although, I enjoy having normal blood pressure more.
RangerExpensive6519@reddit
That smoke looks delicious. Makes me want one but I don’t want to quit again. That shit sucked.
Eric-305@reddit
Because it’s cool but also RIP
erictk4213@reddit
It’s now a weight loss drug.
Snoo_69209@reddit
My grandfather died a horrible death due to cigs. My late boomer bf can’t seem to stop, and I wish to God he would. Not much I can do, tho. I hate the damn things.
Shipcaster@reddit
If I started smoking again, my Millennial wife would kill me before the cigarettes did.
And yet, I want one.
Fan_of_Clio@reddit
No one outside tobacco companies are doing that.
Trolkarlen@reddit
People are living too long.
ItsFuckinBob@reddit
I smoke to alleviate the social security.
amanda2399923@reddit
I’m using this lol
salazka@reddit
You are not. Tobacco companies are.
They are missing their billions they want them back. And they pay good money for movies, series, music videos.
AnastasiaNo70@reddit
Smoking shouldn’t be glamorized, period.
EL_overthetransom@reddit
Problem is, pictures don't smell. We know how bad that shit stinks. The kids don't necessarily.
Electrical_Ice6302@reddit
About 10 years or so after quitting, cigarettes smell worse than I ever remember.
AnastasiusDicorus@reddit
SheriffBartholomew@reddit
Yikes
farmhousemad@reddit
Just let me smoke my Marlboro menthols in peace.
Huh-what-2025@reddit
smoking is the dumbest addiction of all. you get nothing out of it except relief from withdrawal. all that money, all those terrible health problems, for absolutely no benefit, no high.
it was easy to quit once i realized how much of a sucker i’d been for so long
rundabrun@reddit
I would say fent is dumber.
Huh-what-2025@reddit
well, the thing about fent is…. you at least get something out of it. something big. of course, terrible things come along with that.
rundabrun@reddit
it's all relative. i guess if you use fent safely, as perscribed by a doctor, then in that case, smoking is dumber.
requiemguy@reddit
Two things can be true.
rundabrun@reddit
two things can be true, but everything is not equal. 1 thing can be really dumb, like smoking, and something like fent could be dumber. It's subjective, though.
PuzzleheadedIron5543@reddit
Ew.
InfectiousDs@reddit
Spring issue.
JosephBlowsephThe3rd@reddit
Don't care about this Kylie person or her lighting up... cat steals the cover by mere existence.
Plus-Pomegranate8045@reddit
Recently saw that dude from Heated Rivalry sucking on a cig too. Some Gen Z are definitely glamorizing it, for whatever dumb reason.
thenerdbrarian@reddit
Hard to tell, but I'm not entirely sure that's tobacco.
axl3ros3@reddit
Seriously I'm seeing it all over the place
MJGB714@reddit
Because we're all headed to the same place so do what you want.
makomark26@reddit
That's the spirit!!!
Sensitive_Note1139@reddit
Due to lack of oversite, vaping is worse than smoking. Many people turn to cigarettes when trying to quit vaping. I realize it isn't the only reason smoking is coming back, but it is one of the reasons.
Another is because there have been less people smoking for several decades. That means less health issues caused by smoking. The US has a very short memory for things like smoking dangers, AIDS, hand washing.
motorik@reddit
As somebody that quit smoking by vaping back during the days when it was a niche / hobbyist thing, I hate how it's been enshittified. I vaped for several years after quitting smoking, I quit vaping when I noticed politicians introducing friction around it to appear to be doing something and decided to quit under my own power before flavor bans became outright bans. That never happened, but vaping increasingly became the convenience store market, which has been all about spiking nicotine to drive addition and attracting teens.
dr0o1@reddit
smoking cigs to quit vapes is a first for me lmaoooo
Downtown_Anteater_38@reddit
Smoking is awesome. I miss it so much.
Turbulent-Pension-31@reddit
This is the most Gen X comment ever, I love it.
Alternative-Alarm-15@reddit
Again? Was it ever not?
Alternative-Alarm-15@reddit
My god, they’ve also managed to kick their Gen X dark humor. Pass revoked.
RooIsHome@reddit
You get really "cool" when it kills you.
Red10GTI@reddit
Hahahaha holy shit your comment is my very first thought verbatim
TapRevolutionary5022@reddit
So much this😎
MyraAileen@reddit
Because lung cancer is part of making America great again or something.
GenX-ModTeam@reddit
{community rule 7}
Jolly_Werewolf_7356@reddit
Who's Buck Mason?
hyperdream@reddit
That sounds like the star character of a 1950s TV western. Or a present day porn star.
ConfederacyOfDunces_@reddit
Or a character in a Quentin Tarantino film
FiroozSadeghian@reddit
Because we're watching our parents lose everything they saved for retirement
ConfederacyOfDunces_@reddit
We are? I feel like that generation is smooth sailing. It’s the younger generation that can’t afford fuck all.
BassRoo@reddit
As the world burns around us are we not allowed to burn some for ourselves? We ain't making it out of this.
FiroozSadeghian@reddit
Smoke em if you got em
Limp_Insurance_2812@reddit
And nobody gets out alive. Smoke em if ya got em.
Designer_Design_6019@reddit
Fake but also we let our parents fight with our kids about politics while we shoulder the burden of both…
GenX-ModTeam@reddit
{community rule 7}
sfdsquid@reddit
What's fake? I just googled it because I didn't know what "Buck Mason" was, and the picture OP shared was the first one that popped up under the women's clothing section.
biggregw@reddit
My opinion is that some of us ex-smokers are basically teasing the vaping community by calling them out as the non-cool version of the destroying your body with nicotine.
Up in Canada it has a certain allure to have a single cigarette while heavy drinking. Depends on if you have a vape pen on you or those same people will buy a single pack.
I occasionally smoked mostly as a way to break the ice or something to do with my hands.
velvet42@reddit
I worked at a convenience store in the US for many years and had a semi-regular customer who would do that. He'd come in once every month or so, buy a pack of cigarettes, take 2 out and give me the rest of the pack (hubby and I were smokers at the time). I asked him about it after the first few times he did it and it was exactly like you say, he liked to have a couple cigarettes when he went out to the club drinking with his friends. He didn't want to bring the whole pack with him because "If I have them, I'll smoke them."
AndiagoSupremo@reddit
Father and his wife chain smoked and the house had a smoke layer in it. I had zero interest in following that path.
iknowyouneedahugRN@reddit
When we were house hunting, an acquaintance told us about their Mom's house being up for sale, so we were game to look at it with a realtor (not with the acquaintance).
She had moved out so there were no pictures on the walls. The walls were brown surrounding the areas of off-white where the frames were. The HVAC filter hadn't been replaced and it was so bad.
We did not purchase the house.
bsensikimori@reddit
It was ever not cool?
There's a correlation between stupid and cool, things are cool that are stupid but we do them regardless
Reckless things are cool
So yeah, smoking is cool, because it's both stupid and reckless
Plus-Pomegranate8045@reddit
God knows. I do not know why anyone would willingly do that to their body. I like to go to music festivals but being around so much smoke for a day fucks my lungs up and has me hacking for 1-2 weeks after. In my state people could smoke in bars and restaurants until about 20 years ago and it sucked so much.
humble_cyrus@reddit
Not cool bro. Not cool.
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whatsupgrizzlyadams@reddit
I miss smoking so much that I occasionally buy a pack. I smoke 3 or 4 then give them to someone flying a sign.
Happens about 5 times a year.
That first drag...oh yeah.
errorseven@reddit
Yup. Except if I take that one drag I'm instantly back to smoking 2 packs a day. Not gonna happen again.
MehX73@reddit
I still get cravings but when I actually cave in, they make me so sick. I think I'm finally officially fully quit!
depressed_momo@reddit
My Dad and his immediate family smoked like chimney’s in a snowstorm. They all died from lung cancer sadly. I smoked and quit back in January 2004. Sadly it is a legacy I really don’t want to go through or pass on. And yeah vapes are everything that people smoke. Even my own kids but they sadly know the dangers they have seen the results. My kids are millennials so they used to bring school papers home for their parents to quit smoking. Only for them to do it, Smdh. Free will
arioandy@reddit
Haven’t seen that here
MaenHoffiCoffi@reddit
Are we? I'm not.
Automatic_Opposite17@reddit
Because no one can afford to retire.
jgo3@reddit
It's cool with me if you smoke, and cool with me if you don't smoke. I'm glad I'm not a moralist, though.
Lord_Nurggle@reddit
Most of us switched to Zyns. I went from a pack a day to a can a day.
Apprehensive_Row_807@reddit
How is that?
Lord_Nurggle@reddit
I love nicotine and did not really want to quit. But obviously smoking is no bueno.
I still get my nicotine without any of the harmful chemicals. As far as I know nicotine itself is not harmful rather similar to caffeine.
Nice to get my fix without much guilt. Heavy use can make your mouth sensitive though.
UArkMom@reddit
Yep. Kylie Jenner is in a cloud of cigarette smoke on the cover of the new issue of Vanity Fair.
L_wanderlust@reddit
wtf?! That’s ridiculous
No1Czarnian@reddit
Because vaping is gey
CatWranglingVetRedo@reddit
It was never cool. I was the first in my family to not pick up the habit.
External_Side_7063@reddit
Because vape pens will kill you quicker you kids just don’t realize it yet
Larry_McDorchester@reddit
This. Smoking is terrible for you but at least people who smoke used to look cool like James Dean.
Vaping is far worse for one than smoking, and people who vape look like total and complete douche bags .
RecognitionThen1519@reddit
Prove it.
Larry_McDorchester@reddit
Prove what? That people who vape look like douche bags? The evidence is rather clear.
Sumchap@reddit
Yes I hear this said a lot but I haven't seen any solid evidence that suggests vaping is actually worse than smoking
spintool1995@reddit
Vaping marijuana is very bad for you because it's oil soluble, so you are inhaling little droplets of oil. Nicotine dissolves in water so you are inhaling little drops of water which are pretty harmless.
Sumchap@reddit
Sounds like a bit of an aside, the majority of people who vape, aren't vaping Marijuana, at least where I live. My comment was related to actual scientific evidence demonstrating that vaping is actually more harmful than smoking
spintool1995@reddit
My point is that there's scientific evidence that vaping marijuana is more harmful than smoking it and people try to generalize that to all vaping being more harmful than all smoking, when there isn't evidence of that for nicotine vaping. All evidence points to vaping nicotine being less harmful than smoking cigarettes.
Sumchap@reddit
Fair enough, point taken
CapybaraSensualist@reddit
This came out within the last week - Vaping Likely Causes Cancer, Major Study Finds.
Sumchap@reddit
Yes but the conclusion of the article is that people who vape might be more at risk of lung cancer than those who don't, but that's answering the question that nobody was asking. The suggestion by some is that vaping is actually worse than smoking, which seems unlikely but many repeat this idea.
External_Side_7063@reddit
Yeah, isn’t that the standard now people smoking are stupid idiots and people vaping are douche bags😆
Funny-Top-1759@reddit
Lmaoooooooo ok
16v_cordero@reddit
Who said we are. I stopped when I was 22 and never picked it up again. Heck just the smell now gives me headaches.
Haunting-Hippo-4244@reddit
We are????
KindheartednessOnly4@reddit
We aren’t. It’s just some of us never stopped smoking. We’ve been hiding.
MarcooseOnTheLoose@reddit
In a twisted way, I’m thankful my parents smoked. It disgusted us children to the bone. None of us smoke.
jtirello3@reddit
The next time smoking is cool will be the first time.
Lawdamerc@reddit
Who is we
x650r@reddit
It never stopped being cool
Smoking_In_The_90s@reddit
It stopped being cool?
Junior-View7216@reddit
Wrong. It was never cool.
whatsupgrizzlyadams@reddit
I beg to differ. The 70s women's movement was tied heavily with Virginia Slims. It was portrayed as empowerment.
Mascbro26@reddit
The Marlboro man would like a word.
Smoking_In_The_90s@reddit
Kramer would like a word.
aogamerdude@reddit
Right. It never will be cool.
FL_4LF@reddit
I don't miss smoking, often times I might catch a draft of the smell. Yes it's like smelling a good cooked steak, and I find myself gravitating towards it. But I know I better not light one, unless it's the end of the world.
drumscrubby@reddit
The tobacco lobby, as does alcohol producers, pay to have their products normalized in movies and television. Even if it’s not brand specific. Monkey see monkey do.
Sector-Away@reddit
Spoiler alert! People still smoke.
el-conquistador240@reddit
Many fewer than used to
Big_Poppa_Steve@reddit
Smoking never stopped being cool
abetterlogin@reddit
Beats vaping.
mrkstr@reddit
Stick with the devil you know?
abetterlogin@reddit
They’re both stupid but vapers seem to think it’s ok to do it indoors where smokers have been shamed so much many don’t feel comfortable smoking in their own homes.
No-Net-5880@reddit
I agree.
SunshynePower@reddit
COVID finally got my baby sister to quit smoking. Our stupid brother got her hooked on vaping.
Smoking was only "cool" in the movies. We can also blame the medical world who used to encourage smoking for various issues.
MNConcerto@reddit
We are? Since when?
Any_Company9587@reddit
That's what I was thinking too.
Renob78@reddit
The world is ending soon. Haven't ya heard? Smoke em if ya got em.
eperker@reddit
I'm with you on this. I run a brand and I would never allow an image of someone smoking on our website or marketing. It's not cool. It's not a good look for a brand. In fact, I don't think I would let a model smoke on set.
Forktee@reddit (OP)
Thank you!
Sea-Rip-9635@reddit
It should be weed, because it'd be a lot cooler if we did 😎
whatsupgrizzlyadams@reddit
Alright Alright Alright!
MKJRS@reddit
take my upvote
LoboUDL@reddit
I quit about 2 weeks ago. I'm very meh right now and I hope it boosts back up to yeah! 😉
Carlito2393@reddit
It's not cool and smelling like a dirty ashtray is even less cool.
Crafty-Owl8555@reddit
Signal_Run_68@reddit
Time for Kools menthol... 😆
Elchochis@reddit
Also we’re all on the verge of dying lol
RespondOpposite@reddit
Nobody thinks it’s cool that I know of, but it’s part of life because some of us still do it. Get over it.
requiemguy@reddit
It's a sign of an lesser and weaker mind.
No different than the losers that waste their lives boozing and gambling.
OreoSpeedwaggon@reddit
Um, we aren't. At least, no sensible or reasonable person is.
SnooChocolates2923@reddit
I ache for a cigarette after a good meal at a good restaurant.
Finish the meal, get the coffee, and have a smoke.
Same with a beer with the gang on a Saturday afternoon/evening. Or while camping by a fire.
I've tried a cigarette on occasion.
They're so gross.
My friends who still smoke smell bad.
Quick-Hovercraft-261@reddit
Because it is cool, nerd
requiemguy@reddit
You're goofy.
Bikerbass@reddit
The only nerds are the ones that smoke…..
Quick-Hovercraft-261@reddit
That sounds like something a nerd would say
Bikerbass@reddit
Right back at you there mate.
But also smoking is mostly seen a hobby for the uneducated morons 😉
mongoloid_snailchild@reddit
Because it’s always been cool
filmAF@reddit
this is the reason smoking is cool. old people hate it.
MaterialWillingness2@reddit
And young people are less likely to know a loved one who smoked heavily and died an awful death from it.
dezertryder@reddit
Smoking sucks and smokers smell like ass, never going back.
aogamerdude@reddit
Smells even worse for the ones that managed to suck a whole one in a couple minutes or less.
Mundtflapz@reddit
Because it IS cool.
Just lethal
PapaGolfWhiskey@reddit
I don’t think people are making smoking cool again
Rarely see advertisements. Not allowed to advertise on tv
Re-runs of Mad Men, maybe LOL
curlyAndUnruly@reddit
My mom was born in the 50s and despises tobacco.
It turns your teeth yellow, gives you cancer, you smell like a chimney, your skin looks a decade older and is expensive as hell. Even in the 80s my mom hated going to see her girlfriends and coming back smelling of smoke.
My dad never touched the thing, he said it was "unhealthy".
Never seen the appeal tbh.
requiemguy@reddit
Because your Mom was smart and she actually raised you.
CiaoMofos@reddit
Only dirty purple smoke. And those with low mentals. Not a good look to be huffing a cig trying to look cool, ashtray breath.
RecbetterpassNJ@reddit
The most ignorant comment in a while. Well done.
CiaoMofos@reddit
So what you’re saying is that you smoke. Good luck with that.
RecbetterpassNJ@reddit
Never said that. It’s also not a good look playing video games for hours drinking Monsters and eating Raising Canes on your sports car bed. I don’t want to smell your breath either. And all the preservatives and chemicals in your daily diet can be just as harmful as cigarettes. Don’t associate smoking with unintelligence. That’s just not true. “Low mental’s”? You don’t like the smell? Fine. Leave it at that.
DjBizwy@reddit
Cast those stones!!
idlefritz@reddit
It always looked cool it just maims and occasionally kills you while making you stink along the way. Looks badass though.
SVShooter@reddit
Came to say the same thing. Horrible habit and will kill you. But when did it ever stop looking cool?
Smoking_In_The_90s@reddit
Fuckin A
PanicDry@reddit
They are the few moments I have for myself in the day. I stand outside somewhere and smoke a cigarette. It calms me down and I look forward to it. I'm also incredibly annoyed when someone interrupts it.
TreaclePerfect4328@reddit
Hey can I bum a. ......FUCK OFF!!!! AGGGHHHHHH
pintofendlesssummer@reddit
Got called a mug today by some teenager because I wouldn't give him a cigarette. Fuck off boy this pack cost me £15..nick one off your dad like I had too back in the day.
TreaclePerfect4328@reddit
It never fucking fails man. I like the bums at gas station hey you got an extra smoke? Nope pack only has 20. Next time maybe 15$ us here. Fuck off i ain't sharing. This is my lunch!
saltydancemom@reddit
It’s currently being romanticized in Love Story on Hulu. Smoking is so gross.
general_madness@reddit
It is because the youth have gotten hooked on vaping at a young age (predatory marketing) and vaping became very uncool all of a sudden, so they switched to cigarettes, which feels retro and cool and also nihilistic in a way that resonates at this time.
East-Garden-4557@reddit
What happened in Australia is that everyone got pushed towards vaping as a way to stop smoking, which didn't work. But by then all the cheap vapes were easily available everywhere, so younger people had picked up the habit.
Then they banned over the counter sales of vapes in stores, and only chemists were supposed to sell the ones for quitting smoking. So the black market vapes got popular.
But they have kept taxing cigarettes higher and higher. So the black market cigarettes from overseas are now getting sold under the counter at convenience stores and international snack food stores much cheaper than vapes or legal cigarettes. So the young people have switched to smoking black market cigarettes.
whirlydad@reddit
Meanwhile, politicians crow about how well the "war on x" is going and how prohibition works!
Dangerous_Prize_4545@reddit
Taping isn't cool now? The kids still have them...
KimBrrr1975@reddit
Smoking is actually down massively over the last 40 years. In the 80s, up to 40% of people smoked. Now, it's less than 10% for the first time.
Forktee@reddit (OP)
Apparently not for long if the media and big tobacco have their way!
lacontrolfreak@reddit
I get that these statistics cover a 40 year trend, but I work with a lot of young Gen Z kids and smoking is cool to them. Many are picking it up.
Defiant_Network_3069@reddit
And that's where I'm seeing it more now. Gen Z are suddenly picking up the Smoking habit.
lacontrolfreak@reddit
They think vaping looks lame but smoking makes you look hot. We need to get ahead of this…..
maroongrad@reddit
I don't think vaping is counted in those numbers, and it damn well ought to be.
Sea-Bill78@reddit
I just realized in the movies. Watching Scarlett’s on Amazon and I am surprised to see so many smoking scenes. Must be a new trend.
woodsman775@reddit
Because humans are dumb and forget quickly.
Imyourhuckl3berry@reddit
I miss it every day, and still would prefer it to vaping
JoyfulNoise1964@reddit
I think because we are back to you can't be too skinny like the 70s
myrdraal2001@reddit
When I see it I make sure to call it out.
Gheist009@reddit
I smoked for over 30 years and quit in 2018. Whenever I see a smoker in the wild it just looks silly to me, not cool.
I really can't remember what the draw was anymore, and I was at 2 packs/day right before I decided I was done with it.
dacrazyredhead@reddit
same. also damn it STINKS
systemwarranty@reddit
Watching the smoke is meditative. It never does the same thing. And then the sugar. It's so good. All you have to do to realize how much sugar is in a cigarette is work in the factory. It's not just tobacco, but all the good chemicals that the tobacco is sprayed with. You watch the tobacco being processed is wild. And then they give you free cigarettes every month. Ooweee.
dacrazyredhead@reddit
oh good gravy. I smoked for way too long and managed to kick that habit once and for all in 2008.
CapitalPermission878@reddit
Because it’s not nicotine.
Canaduck1@reddit
Surprised this isn't higher.
First thought when I see someone smoking is it's pot, not cigarettes.
CapitalPermission878@reddit
Same, I always think THC not Tobacco.
PapaGummy@reddit
They’re paying big bucks to production companies and actors. It pisses me off. I started smoking at 12. It took numerous attempts and several years to finally quit in my 40s.
HowDidFoodGetInHere@reddit
Because now that theyre 10 buck a pack, people are quitting. Big tobacco trying to stir up some love and sell their sticks any way they can.
itgoesineasy@reddit
Whoever is smoking is made of money apparently. Last I looked in our area they were like $7.49 a pack for cheap ones. Name brands were over $8
Gdayluv@reddit
20 cigarettes for $40 - $60 (depending on the brand) in Australia. That's $28 - $41 USD.
Sea-Percentage-1992@reddit
£15 in the UK.Approx $20 for cheap pack of 20
scratchamundo@reddit
What?? That's cheap. $26.50 a pack where I live in central Canada.
Boxer03@reddit
$11+ for a pack of Marlboro here in Florida. I always look to see what the price now when I’m at the store, even though I stopped smoking cigarettes 11 years ago. I was paying $52 for a carton when I quit.
DHarp74@reddit
Hand rolled cigars.
rogun64@reddit
I'm wondering when we became so uncool? It seems like we nag about everything now.
Difficult-Future-450@reddit
Are we? I smoked in high school and college. When I found myself digging for change to purchase a pack I was done. That last pack lasted me a good month. New Year's Eve 1993 was the last cigarette I smoked that purchased. I bummed a cigarette at a bar a few years later and about died. Never again.
Bromodrosis@reddit
It was one thing when they were .75 a pack. But they're like $6 now. Crazy.
Difficult-Future-450@reddit
I thought they were more than that now. See? I have no idea.
SnooPickles55@reddit
$12 to $15 a pack in the Washington DC area.
Extra_Challenge2122@reddit
Marlboro Black 100s are about $8.57 a pack here in NM...I don't smoke anymore (Marlboro Black 100s was my brand), but I always price them when I happen to be at the gas station!! They're incredibly way too expensive these days!!
AveryCrow@reddit
Went to Asheville a few weeks ago and the husband and I were shocked by all the smokers. You could hardly walk down any block downtown without smelling it. They mostly seemed to be residents who were hanging outside of their jobs, didn't notice a lot of tourist-looking folks lighting up. It was weird to see because we hardly ever see anyone in Nashville, where we live, doing it.
Saw this headline recently too:
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/article/celebrities-like-kylie-jenner-and-hudson-williams-are-posing-with-cigarettes-will-it-make-smoking-cool-again-205917626.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAE3fCzw_EcFck5ejVpkVfxZyj0DAXps3HtZHfGCl9rBA7rYoPu4SvAT3GvDRZStlaYxaKq2mLcXiEzaJGBzGM5c_4VIsBIn9AT1R6ZW1zu-fEPZ0kS6aL8Xji84CswTLcIxOO5MErU3JYooqEMD3VGx1q8qKDAfPa-aV-QoIU-Oo
pocketdare@reddit
I think this whenever I see cigarettes on TV or in the movies ... still. I'm honestly surprised that they're still doing it - I thought we'd moved on but it's a habit Hollywood doesn't seem to be able to shake. Of course, Hollywood has never really been accused of being "in touch" with the majority of Americans.
FrozeItOff@reddit
They can't shake it because the tobacco companies pour money into them for that product placement. It's how the habit got so bad in the first place: Early 20th century American cinema.
pocketdare@reddit
Technically the Tobacco companies can't pay for product placement in TV or Film per a 1998 agreement. Technically...
DOW_mauao@reddit
Who is 'we'?
ParticularHuman03@reddit
Take a look at smoking trends…it’s insane how much rates have dropped compared to 20 or 30 years ago. Alcohol use and recreational drug use appear to be heading in the same direction
TreaclePerfect4328@reddit
Legal weed killed booze. Fentanyl killed everything else. Weed for the 🏆
freddbare@reddit
Who is what now? Just an old picture...
etown23@reddit
What? It never stopped being cool and bad ass
S0whaddayakn0w@reddit
Dude, where you've been the last 20+ years? It's SO uncool.
Suspicious_Sundae931@reddit
Went from everybody smoking to everybody having shit tons of tattoos.
S0whaddayakn0w@reddit
Not that that is necessarily better, depends on the tattoos l guess. At least tattoos won't have you dying a horrible death due to lunf cancer
Bromodrosis@reddit
I dunno. If I had 2 dozen boring, ugly flash tattoos randomly slapped all over me, I'd definitely consider smoking an upgrade.
Suspicious_Sundae931@reddit
Got my first tattoo in 1993, quit smoking in 2003.
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evasion-guard@reddit
SkiFast evading a ban is bad, m'kay.
myownlittleta@reddit
The drive for attention is the only motivation.
Da_full_monty@reddit
We flushed your sin sticks down to hell....Smokers are jokers! SMOKERS ARE JOKERS!
Gaudi215@reddit
because it is cool duh
efildaD@reddit
Quiets the hunger pains.
Ms-Anthrop@reddit
It doesn't look cool to me. Just looks like bad decisions
ELUSIVE_GODS@reddit
I've noticed it more and more in pics of people online... crazy to me
Clinical-Design@reddit
Agreed! I smoked for 22 stupid years. Knock that shit off you dim witted fools.
Mr-First-Middle-Last@reddit
Smoking is very cool. It's just that cool is very overrated
TXHaunt@reddit
“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool.” - Lester Bangs
desertblaster72@reddit
I never got into it. My parents were both smokers. Slobs would smoke in the car with us, in the house, we'd have to go to school with smoke in our clothes. It was never cool to me. Just a pathetic gross habit I had to live with.
BraveLittleFrog@reddit
I see a younger person picking a habit that’ll potentially cost her kids a lot of money when she gets old. Plus, she’ll miss out on all the good stuff. Pretty shitty when your kids’ grandma can’t go anywhere because she huffs and puffs too much. That’s what I see.
Master_Hospital_8631@reddit
Because life is utterly meaningless.
ech01@reddit
Here we go
FifteendollarShell@reddit
Because it's cool
green_dragonfly_art@reddit
Yellowed teeth, stinky clothes and lung cancer are the best!
OldVagrantGypsy@reddit
You, too, can sound like Marge Simpson's sisters!
Smallmyfunger@reddit
I thought it was practically gone until I visited a casino. I also noticed it while watching Korean & Japanese produced movies. Maybe it's a change your media sources? It's virtually banned in US based advertising. Also, I gotta ask - why are you viewing email ads? Or ads....at all.
lostandaggrieved617@reddit
What are you talking about "why are you viewing email ads or ads at all"? Excuse me while I throw up, that amount of self-righteous condemnation shoved down my throat all at once ALWAYS makes me ill and want to never encounter the source EVER again as long as I live.🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
jeexbit@reddit
settle down Beavis
Ruger338WSM@reddit
Google the tobacco lobby.
Walts_Ahole@reddit
Bought up a bunch of big food companies, there's no wonder food is addictive. "Betcha Can't eat just one"
StrangeTimes101@reddit
Truth & there’s so much more!
Zardoz__@reddit
If this guy isn't cool, I don't know what is.
ParticularHuman03@reddit
I love this pic. Think about the freedom of being this guy…not a care in the world.
jeexbit@reddit
humans gonna human
vws8mydog@reddit
It's not us, it's the Millenials! They have to ruin everything! XD
Sabres00@reddit
Ive noticed a few ads online with young people apparently smoking ciggies for the first time. It looks pretty cringy.
R31GTS@reddit
Got to get on the chuff. Peak society has passed we are in the demise of humanity now.
truepip66@reddit
grubs, thats what the people are who would even consider that sort of advertising in this day and age,They've obviously never lost anyone from a smoking related disease
newwriter365@reddit
Never have, never will.
Watching my beloved grandfather die of lung cancer when I was seven was all the anti-smoking propaganda I needed.
303FPSguy@reddit
I’d probably start again if it wasn’t so expensive. Like, why would I want to stick around here much longer? It’s getting pretty shitty.
Dippity_Dont@reddit
Exactly how I feel, my brother! I'm clinging to life just long enough to vote against this madness in the midterms.
damion789@reddit
Two wings of the same bird of prey. Nothing ever meaningfully changes in politics, that's the big con.
GenX-ModTeam@reddit
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Any_Meeting_4082@reddit
Its disgusting, smells like literal shit, always has been gross, & I NEVER found it "cool".🤮
Same goes for vaping, cigars, etc. 🤮
If you think smoking or inhaling shit makes you cool, you do you. I'll NEVER change MY mind.
Sad_Cover_5091@reddit
you sound super fun at parties
Sad_Cover_5091@reddit
HAHA you couldnt even respond without blocking like a crybaby. the jokes write themselves
GenX-ModTeam@reddit
r/GenX does not allow harassment
Any_Meeting_4082@reddit
I am actually!🎉 And bonus, I don't have smokers wrinkles or yellow teeth like you or all the diseases you'll probably get either!
Sensitive-Issue84@reddit
Who is we? I'm not. No one I know is. Why do you think tobacco companies are the general public?
Butterfly_Cat777@reddit
Probably because it seems Retro Cool to young people who love anything retro nowadays.
GingerBeast81@reddit
What do you mean nowadays lol
Butterfly_Cat777@reddit
lol Well I mean the current Gen Z generation seems to be far more into retro stuff more than, say, the Millennials ever really were. But I could be wrong. It wouldn't be the first time. :P
XyXyX-66@reddit
Are we?
Rule556@reddit
Because we miss it and can't have it anymore.
mrkstr@reddit
Man, it's always looked cool. No two ways about it. It's just the easiest way to ruin your health. I would never smoke. Never even did it in the 80s. But I can acknowledge that it looks cool.
Kids aren't smoking anyway. (They're vaping. This will one day be their own health crisis.)
GCU_GreyArea_001@reddit
It does not look cool. The way people contort their faces when smoking is repulsive.
mrkstr@reddit
I know what you're talking about, when they're pulling too hard? I'll grant you that one. But it still looks cool otherwise.
As an aside, it stinks in real life. I do not recommend it. But on screen? I still say it looks cool.
kimjodt@reddit
Microscopic metal shards in their lungs I have heard 😞
utilitycoder@reddit
I've got a so far benign lung nodule I monitor every year with a low dose lung CT. Screw smoking and vaping.
Dippity_Dont@reddit
Because the world is ending and we may as well start smoking again. Do you want to live forever? I sure don't. I also think we should cancel all taxes on cigarettes and booze so we can smoke and drink ourselves out of the depression caused by watching our country be destroyed.
cloud_watcher@reddit
Smoking does a lot of things to you before it kills you that you’d probably rather not experience.
Dippity_Dont@reddit
At this point in time, I really don't care. Do You?
cloud_watcher@reddit
After seeing my father slowly suffocate to death over several years, I absolutely do.
Dippity_Dont@reddit
I'm saying pretty clearly that if you never smoked a day in your life, (and since you are posting to the genx sub, I know you are an old man), and then suddenly decided to start smoking today, you wouldn't live long enough for it to give you cancer or heart disease because you are an old man. You don't have long enough to get smoking related illnesses because you are old. You would die of something else first. HTH! HAND!
cloud_watcher@reddit
Ah! I thought you were talking about the trend of young people starting to pick it up.
aran_maybe@reddit
Yeah but if the world ends you don’t have to worry about it
cloud_watcher@reddit
Nobody should have to tell a Gen-X kid that the time waiting for the world to end might be longer than you think.
1043b@reddit
Idk if I agree about the tax part, just the allocation should go to lung and booze related health care for those of us who need it.
Of course I also think most recreational drugs should be legalized with the same caveats so I'm a bit of an outlier in my parts...
bremblebeck@reddit
I think it might be just a little bit of everybody feeling like we’re all going to die anyway because of the ridiculous brink of insanity the world is constantly getting itself in - so there’s a growing number of folks who are just like, “What the hell…”-flick-
Beginning_Lunch_9113@reddit
I am guessing increased tariffs on American cigarettes have caused tobacco companies to target America more aggressively.
Smallmyfunger@reddit
That don't make no sense!
notyourbuddipal@reddit
Bc tobacco companys are nit making money like they once were.
Secret_Asparagus_783@reddit
Back in the 60s there were rumors that the big tobacco companies were buying up large plots of rural land so that when the time came, they would be ready to "diversify" into growing and selling pot. True?
baseballzombies@reddit
No one I know is doing such things. I quit just over 6 years ago and have zero desire to smoke cigarettes ever again.
Ok-Card-95@reddit
Vapes!! I'm in the UK but the vape boom over the last 10/15 years got a lot of kids hooked at very young ages, and now they are old enough to buy real cigarettes to get their hit.
Darthcusm@reddit
I was in London in 2020 and was still smoking at the time. I was shocked at how many people smoked in London. In the US it was a small percentage but London it felt like 1990s to me.
Appropriate_Push4066@reddit
They need a reason to use the cool zippo
SwiftySanders@reddit
Im not. I think its gross and wouldnt hire smokers and other drug addicts and alcoholics.
Sumchap@reddit
Including coffee and tea drinkers I suppose 🤭
Ruger338WSM@reddit
Interview enough and all of these become easy to spot/smell.
deadbear1975@reddit
With the way things are going, we’ll be able to light cigarettes on the burning embers of the remnants of society sooner than we’ll die from smoking them.
Unusual_Memory3133@reddit
Are we?
thejake1973@reddit
I enjoy a cigar or two during a week sometimes. Thankfully, smoking has never grabbed on to me as a habit. Carbs unfortunately fill that …. roll.
WimpyZombie@reddit
Yeah....my relationship with carbs almost makes me wonder if I would have been better off smoking (not really).
I never succumb to the peer pressure to smoke because I just couldn't stand the smell of it. Carbs on the other hand...
mynewusername10@reddit
A smoke is great right after a meal, so some people (me) would crave more food to smoke more. It was a bad cycle.
thejake1973@reddit
Cheaper and smell better. And you can cook your own up easily, but I’m not sure if that is a pro for my weight. lol
Jellybeans74@reddit
We aren’t.
stabbingrabbit@reddit
Got to get people dying earlier to stretch out that Social Security Fund.
djunderh2o@reddit
Practically vanished? I’m sorry, but what cave do you live in?
evidentlynaught@reddit
Smoking rates are lower than they have been in 100 years. Less than 1 in 10 in some places.
djunderh2o@reddit
Walk around a construction site during break. 9/10 and the 10th is chewing enough nicotine gum to sink a ship.
Apprehensive_Row_807@reddit
Where I am many still smoke.
Jolly_Werewolf_7356@reddit
California cave
crafty-panda523@reddit
It's not cool; it's disgusting 🤮🚭👎
StinkyCoach@reddit
Cause we couldn’t make you cool again. Seriously, we tried
WatersEdge50@reddit
Smoking is cool as fuck. I just wish we could figure out a way to not make it cause cancer.
BetMyLastKrispyKreme@reddit
My asthma begs to differ. I worked in a library, and a heavy smoker would bring in his DVDs absolutely reeking with the smell of it. I would have to hand them off to a coworker and leave the area, because it would set off an attack.
I’m so grateful smoking is no longer as prevalent.
fgurrfOrRob@reddit
That's no joke, as someone whose asthma manifested after 30 years of smoking i can concur with everything you said, even the smell of it will cause me to have an attack. On top of this I have "elements " of COPD (extremely mild right now) that really makes it BAD. The steroids, in spite of helping, also cause me bad side effects as well. Everything they say about cigarettes and asthma is true.
No-Confection3189@reddit
Brown teeth, yellow hands, breath like an ashtray and a wheezing cough are so hot! 🤮
PeterPunksNip@reddit
Well, when you don't have hope in the future anymore you cease to want to stick around for so long...
mrkstr@reddit
That's the real shame. That no one is telling these kids that life improves.
SevereIdea@reddit
Man, I’m so happy I quit about 15 years ago. I can’t believe I ever smoked cigarettes and smelled that bad. Now the smell makes me sick to my stomach. It’s terrible!!
MissDiketon@reddit
Me too! I cannot deal with tobacco smoke, god help me if it's that stale tabacco odor. Barf.
Spiritual-Road2784@reddit
I became a non-smoker in 1999. Not sure how I ever smoked, TBH, because now my breathing apparatus is so sensitive that just accidentally inhaling a whiff of some rando,a secondhand induced a coughing fit that is so violent that my ribs hurt afterward, and it takes copious fluids and time from which to recover. I should avoid specific parts of Europe, probably.
zyglack@reddit
Man. Looking at that pic. She looks like she smells bad. Once I quit I realized how bad smokers smelled.
Prudent_Charge_8101@reddit
Who is We?
BikingAimz@reddit
I mean, the federal government made a choice suing tobacco companies to recoup millions of or health care, yet not banning tobacco outright. Given the addictive properties of nicotine, and the fact that it’s still made and sold, it was a matter of time?
RunRunDMC212@reddit
Because these young people clearly haven’t seen someone they know and love live with and eventually die from lung cancer or COPD.
And they haven’t yet seen what it does to age you.
ubermonkey@reddit
I miss being that cool. I had to start riding a motorcycle to make up for it.
Ok_Product9333@reddit
We aren't. You may be, but I'm not. I quit about 20 years ago. I wouldn't suggest it to anybody.
mhicheal@reddit
I also quit 20 years ago, and I wouldn't suggest it to anybody either. But hell yeah, the self-destructive aspect is cool. Idiotic, but cool.
Beautiful_Grape67@reddit
We did the same with piercings and tattoos.
Nikadaemus@reddit
Lost tax revenue
Plus they just want us dead and not drawing pensions 😂
MementoMoriPendejo@reddit
I've been wondering the same thing -- It's everywhere. Again. FFS.
SakaWreath@reddit
Because vaping is for posers who just like sucking on cotton candy flavored clouds.
If you’re going to die of lung cancer, do it like a man, with yellow teeth, and the stench of rot and sadness, caked on everything you’ve ever been near.
heffel77@reddit
Better than sucking on cotton candy flavored mist that has more nicotine than tobacco and you generally draw deeper on vapes, so they aren’t any healthier and smell like a teen girl.
SakaWreath@reddit
Vape juice has no standardized regulations on what chemicals can be in it and regular testing is not required.
independent testing has found harmful substances like lead, nickel, chromium, and flavoring compounds that can cause lung damage.
JD_tubeguy@reddit
Smoking sucks I hate running across smokers and breathing foul smoke.
Global-Jury8810@reddit
These are pretty cool. They come in mint and cherry.
fgurrfOrRob@reddit
Im prescribed nicotine lozenges. Im trying to quit snus which is what I used to quit smoking. Down to 1 mg (splitting lozenges in half). Im almost ready to kick the nicotine altogether because it causes excessive mucous in my windpipe and I already have COPD which makes it worse.
Global-Jury8810@reddit
Been at 4 mg for over a year…quit the same time I received lifesaving surgery..it’s the lozenges making me cough?
have1dog@reddit
Smoking will always be cool. That being said second-hand smoke, smoking-related diseases, and stale cigarette stank will never be cool.
AccomplishedLine9351@reddit
And the trash. The cellophane strings, forever butts and ashy ashtrays.
have1dog@reddit
All of that too
MeowMeowCollyer@reddit
Now that heroine chic is back, we gotta convince a new generation of girls and young women to suppress their appetites by any means necessary.
Wild_Tea_2724@reddit
I miss my cigarette thinness but was left with lung tumors to remember the good times :(
mynewusername10@reddit
I've never understood how the loss of appetite with cigarettes worked. Smoking is best when drinking or after a meal. I always craved more food to have more cigarettes.
Wild_Tea_2724@reddit
I never felt hungry. I thought maybe I'll just do the patches or gum forever. Not the same for whatever reason
Mysterious_Quail_469@reddit
wtf is Buck Mason
LuckyPepper22@reddit
It’s a clothing brand that thinks very highly of themselves. For the uppity crowd.
Mysterious_Quail_469@reddit
Well there’s your problem right there.
Xryanlegobob@reddit
Clothing company
ItIsAContest@reddit
I’m grossed out by vaping, too, even though it doesn’t smell bad. It makes me think of babies with pacifiers. Cigarette execs fighting vapid is obvious though - let them get hooked on something “less dangerous,” then get it banned and they’ll switch to cigarettes even if they don’t want to because they’re so addicted to the nicotine that they were hitting so much more frequently on a vape than they would have done with traditional smoking.
putitontheunderhills@reddit
It's counter-culture now.
SandyEggo_73@reddit
Ignorance is Bliss!
sweetspetites@reddit
Just finished watching, Love Story where Carolyn Bessette Kennedy is constantly smoking as it was the 90’s. She was so gorg and yet all I could think was how bad she would have smelt.
Sanjuro7880@reddit
These guys don’t want to drink but want to smoke? They’re halfway to being European.
lrbikeworks@reddit
It’s not.
My mom smoked, sometimes in the car with the windows rolled up and, arguably as a result, I have asthma.
When I see someone smoking I immediately am put off. I won’t hire a smoker, date a smoker, or seek any kind of professional services from someone who smells like smoke.
The last generation who got a pass was the boomers…they didn’t know any better. Thanks to C Everett Koop, we all now know they kill you, in addition to being expensive, dirty, and foul. Anyone who took up the habit in the 80’s or later is either utterly stupid or has a self destructive streak, and I have no interest in indulging either.
Interesting-Depth611@reddit
Or they were like me and introduced to it at 14, before my brain was mature enough to understand the consequences. Not to mention I grew up with all the adults in my life also smoking.
Most people get hooked on nicotine while they are very young. It’s fine not to like cigarettes or the smell. (I quit 10 years ago.) but show a little empathy ffs.
jancer1@reddit
The pearl clutching is strong in this thread
STFUisright@reddit
They’re not cool like us 😎
JenninMiami@reddit
STFUisright@reddit
Oh god what this gif just did to me
Wrig3@reddit
As the parent of a 20-year-old who is struggling to quit smoking, I respectfully say that no pearls are being clutched here. Nicotine addiction resulting in lung cancer is a very real and pervasive societal problem. When you consider how tobacco corporations actively encourage this stuff to profit off of cancer and death, then OP's complaint is valid. Fuck cigarettes.
just321askin@reddit
Former smoker. Met my wife over a shared cigarette at a bar. No regrets, but we did both quit a long time ago.
I’ve been seeing gen-Zers smoking lately and it does kinda blow my mind. But, it kinda makes sense - apparently they’re really into old, archaic, analog stuff.
“Bruh, you know ‘vaping’ used to be inhaling smoke from a rolled up little stick of burned tobacco leaves? So cool!”
Ok_Inflation_6992@reddit
The stock holders appreciate it.
shake-dog-shake@reddit
It’s better than vaping as far as addiction goes. I would hate to see cig smoke everywhere again now though, I cringe when I smell it.
mynewusername10@reddit
How is it better than vaping?
cycling15@reddit
It is a shame to see young people smoking. There’s no question it’s very bad for your health not to mention the smell, cost, and degradation of your appearance over time.
Sunchef70@reddit
I never smoked cigarettes but I vape pot & recently quit bc of this disgusting phlegm that sits at the back of my throat. If I had a nicotine habit I would smoke cigarettes to avoid this problem.
mynewusername10@reddit
One of the things that immediately stopped when I switched from smoking (25 years) to vaping was smokers cough and gross phlegm. Oh and breathing. I can breath so much better.
valencia_merble@reddit
Is because hastening death seems appealing all of a sudden?
usernametrent@reddit
Nah, just weeding out the Gen Zers 😏
cool_side_of_pillow@reddit
Dakota Johnston’s character in The Materialists smokes too. It was random and weird. Reminded me of Reality Bites.
Did I go and smoke after watching that 90s movie? Yes.
IloveMe80@reddit
Gross!! I loved smoking when I did but after quitting it is so not cool and you stink. I do skincare and smokers skin is bad, especially if they smoke inside the house. The smell radiates out of the pores and clothes🤢
azpi3version01@reddit
I quit smoking about 7 years ago,and it was probably one of the best things I ever did.And I didn't set out to feel better when I did.And best of all,I feel better both physically and mentally because of that choice.And best of all, I find that I like myself better as a non smoker than I ever did when I was a smoker.At any point of that addiction too.
ConclusionFlat1843@reddit
When my youngest daughter was about 7 years old my wife said something like "It's good you never see pregnant women smoking anymore". My daughter replied "But where will all the cool kids come from?"
Of course she was joking, but she always had a wicked sense of humor.
PuzzleheadedFeed4547@reddit
Are we though? That is a meth face or a ozempic face. No one thinks that's cool
imspirationMoveMe@reddit
It’s so gross. Ex smoker here.
zagafi@reddit
I have never understood why anyone thinks it’s cool honestly. It’s objectively pretty gross.
earthtobobby@reddit
It’s because tobacco companies are losing out to vaping. Execs are trotting out Don Draper to get everyone smoking again.
vin4thewin@reddit
I remember in second grade I saw this poster in the bathroom and it was enough for me to say, “nope.”
Appropriate_Split_97@reddit
We all know the facts at this point. To each their own. Frankly it can't be much worse than all that vape shit.
Lampwick@reddit
Inhaling tobacco smoke is infinitely worse than vaping nicotine. Nicotine in typical use is no worse for you than caffeine. It's the shit in the burning leaf smoke that runs your lungs. PG/glycerine vape carrier + nicotine has been around for 20+ years and has shown zero negative effects. The negative stories we get fed are either myths, or from people doing specific stupid shit like making THC vapes with vitamin E acetate.
CHNLNK@reddit
Acting like vapes only contain nicotine 🤡
derpensheizer@reddit
And it’s less impactful on the environment than vaping. Those plastic carts are awful.
Royal_Ant1402@reddit
hope so
ofthedarkestmind@reddit
It is cool. Just bad for you too.
dstarpro@reddit
Because we've gone backwards in time, and started prioritizing youth and extreme thinness over actual health.
Charming_Mud_9209@reddit
Because I've logged a lot of non-smoking years, I'm getting older, I'm more stressed than ever, and if I want to have a damn smoke once in a while I'm going to have one.
excoriator@reddit
Maybe because most kids in younger generations didn't grow up around smokers like we did?
Xryanlegobob@reddit
What until you hear about cocaine
damion789@reddit
CIA has entered the chat.
Prize_Equivalent@reddit
Probably because smoking is cool. And if it wouldn't kill me faster I would still be smoking all the time.
Ok_Egg_2665@reddit
Lung cancer is never cool.
Ceasman@reddit
Sometimes it coal though
rokken70@reddit
That is a bad habit I’m proud I never picked up
Top-Caregiver-6266@reddit
To be honest, it is cool. It’s also deadly and smelly.
Quirky-Nerp4089@reddit
This. It absolutely is cool. Problem is, y'know, cancer, heart disease, and $12/pack.
derpensheizer@reddit
Yeah. But how long does society really have left? A lot of the newer generations struggle more and more with anxiety about their futures and stress is a byproduct. … Plus, cigarettes are less harmful to the environment than a plastic one-use cart.
TheGriff71@reddit
A friend, my age, picked it up when he was 20 because he was trying to emulate a cool friend. He's 55, like me, and still chain smokes. He started on cloves and went from there.
Venus_Cat_Roars@reddit
Nihilism
requiemguy@reddit
Smokers have always been lames,, they were always compensating.
4158264146@reddit
What are we compensating for?
TLKimball@reddit
Being lame.
requiemguy@reddit
Good job
rhionaeschna@reddit
I quit at 35 and will never smoke again. It's way too freaking difficult to stop. Where I live it's almost 20 bucks a pack which is insane.
Old-Arachnid77@reddit
Thin the herd?
InebriousBarman@reddit
I quit smoking in 2009.
IDunnoReallyIDont@reddit
My parents both smoked. I’m an orphan now and they died well before their time.
I’ll never smoke. Have never, will never.
damion789@reddit
Well, you did kind of smoke....second hand wise.
InternationalYard665@reddit
Same, never smoked. But I grew up in a house where my mother, father, and sister smoked. I worked with people that smoked. I hung out in sports bars before smoking was banned. Most of my childhood /teen/young adult years my clothes and hair smelled like smoke half the time.
I wouldn't be surprised if I had issues some day.
MikaJade856@reddit
Not discounting all the health risks but how the hell can anybody afford to smoke nowadays? When I was younger and dabbled with it a pack was little more than a dollar. Now they’re like $10-$12.
InventedTiME@reddit
Yep, when I first started (approx 1986/87), I was buying packs of cigarettes for about $1.25. I quit when I couldn't get a carton for under $40, I want to say in the very late 1990's.
Ok_Still_3571@reddit
Back when I smoked, I spent a weekend in NYC, where cigarettes were 17.00/pack. In my home state, they cost about 12.00/pack. Prices have gone up since then.
musical_nerd99@reddit
I thought $3.50 a pack was expensive when I quit in 2004. 🙄
Frank_Meat_Tongz@reddit
I just quit smoking last August because my ass needed two major surgeries that are pretty much caused by smoking and drinking (I quit drinking years ago though)
CHNLNK@reddit
I have about 12 cigars a year and buy a pack of cigarettes about once every 5 years. I just love pairing cigars with whiskey. And a cigarette on the back patio of a dive bar with some cheap beers is just sublime and nostalgic enough for me to do it once or twice a year.
heffel77@reddit
Cigarettes are more expensive than ever. You have to be 21!! now to buy them. I don’t think anyone is trying to make smoking cool again. The only time people see smokers are movies set in the past. Otherwise, smokers are vilified
CaptainZeroDark30@reddit
Smoking was never cool. When my dad was my age today, he looked 20 years older than I do. Smoking makes you look old and stink.
jrobski96@reddit
Kids these days don't understand and haven't seen it. Plus, since weed is legal, it's a natural progression. Pack a cig with weed and you get a rush and a high. Fashion is cyclical, the good and bad.
certifiedcolorexpert@reddit
It’s a dying industry.
General_Session_8467@reddit
Fantastic!
SimpleVegetable5715@reddit
They should go for cherry pipe tobacco out of a wooden pipe.
damion789@reddit
I did that from age 18-25. 10/10 would do again and recommend.
Lurky100@reddit
Dad? That you?
Kilgore47@reddit
for real, I've noticed it seems like a lot more people are smoking again (as opposed to vaping which sucks too), I hate cigarettes and the culture of smoking. So many celebs, actors and musicians are hardcore smokers these days. I grew up with a couple of guys who became rock stars, and they are unapologetic smokers who often have a cigarette hanging out of their mouth on stage, and it just makes me cringe, like, do you think smoking makes you cool? really? its such a rock & roll cliche and we pretty much all know people who have died of lung cancer and related issues- it should be obvious to just not do it
Tardislass@reddit
Never heard of this catalog. I will say that Gen Z is vaping more than Gen X. I see so many young women blowing vape smoke. I thought Gen X had canceled smoking but Millennials and Gen Z brought vaping. Circle of Life.
CHNLNK@reddit
I'd rather smell cigarettes than the nasty weird vape flavors. 🙃 Vaping is a huge issue with teens now.
North-Bit-7411@reddit
Quit smoking back in 1996 and never looked back. Truth be told I probably couldn’t smoke now if I wanted to. I took a hit off of a joint a few days ago and ended up coughing for 2 minutes from the burning in my throat from the smoke.
audirt@reddit
Man, I heard that Ozzy Osbourne said quitting smoking (cigarettes) was harder than quitting heroin. I've never done heroin but I believe him. I did quit smoking and that shit was damn near impossible.
Plus, it's been 22 years and I will still occasionally smell a cigarette and think, "that smells pretty good".
That's the shit that no one tells you when you start smoking.
1043b@reddit
I had to be on rx narcotics by IV for several months back in the 90s while waiting for surgery. The docs had me on an 8 week weaning scedule after the surgery. I was able to quit that in about 3 weeks, a piece of cake compared to smoking for sure. Plus the cravings never came back
North-Bit-7411@reddit
I think the smell sometimes smells really good as well. I do agree quitting was extremely difficult. I remember on day 3 it literally felt like someone was pushing a sharp knife into my stomach.
blackpony04@reddit
My brother in law had lung collapse in 1985 when he was only 25 years old that was attributed to heavy smoking (like 3 packs a day).
I was 15. I most definitely would not become a smoker.
He finally quit like 20 years later and has now been smoke free the past 20. My sister quit for a time at least a dozen times over 40 years and still smokes on occasion. My brother in law still judges her for it and I'm like, Hey dumbass, you didn't quit for 20 years after your lung nearly killed you, who are you to judge?!?
Significant-Cry-9204@reddit
Yup, I quit during COVID lockdown in 2020, but any time I smell second hand smoke it's very tempting, but I remember I hated that as a smoker.
audirt@reddit
It was probably ten years before I could drink beer without immediately craving a cigarette. Fortunately that has passed.
Dippity_Dont@reddit
I quit cold turkey back in 2011 and it wasn't all that hard. By a week the cravings were completely gone, I just missed the repetitive motion of smoking but didn't crave it. (I know former smokers will know what I mean.)
That's not to say that I wouldn't smoke if I could these days. The world is in hell. It's not even GOING to hell, this is already hell. I'd smoke if they'd bring the price back down. (at home, alone.)
Wooden-Discount7884@reddit
Not at 10 bucks a pack in this economy
Awe3@reddit
I got blasted for telling people to stop. Got lectured on addiction. Like i don’t know what that is. It’s a stupid habit to start. You have the choice between life or early death. Stop smoking!
tmf_x@reddit
I dont know if it is a mental thing, or an actual physical addiction, but I smoked for a decade and a half, then one day just quit. No withdraws symptoms or anything. I did miss the whole act of it, and I enjoyed hanging out on my patio chilling and having a smoke.
I did pick it up a decade later as an "after a couple bong hits thing with the wife," in the evenings and that went on for another 7 yearsish. Then we just decided to stop and we did.
I really dont think about it, really miss it, or care that much. I feel t he addiction is more weak willpower than anything.
jrtski@reddit
Smoking is a relaxing activity. There are a lot of overstressed folks around. They may be just trying to destress a bit.
TheGriff71@reddit
I agree. That has been the thing that I keep going back too. I just wonder, even super stressed, how do these people get started on it. We have all had serious stresses in life. For a good 4 months I was stressed from the time I woke up until I collapsed. It never even occured to me to take it up. I did drink, a bit more then normally. How do people pick it up now?
eightaceman@reddit
Capitalism is allowed free reign again so it seems and if people die then that's ok by capitalism.
TeaMugPatina@reddit
I imagine all the new smokers are tourists. If it's "too cold" out I bet they vape.
No sacrifice, no ritual, just easy "cool points".
CHNLNK@reddit
Nothing cool about vaping though
LividEconomics6579@reddit
I tell ya, I was recently in Italy on vacation, and young people there apparently never got the memo that smoking is deadly. A LOT OF YOUNG smokers in Italy. It was troubling.
blew_belle@reddit
Can confirm
pvthudson79@reddit
I've got news for ya. Its not just Italy. Europe in general has plenty of smokers. 2 cigarettes and a cup of coffee is a traditional Greek breakfast. Germans are also heavy smokers as well as the French. Go hit up southeast Asia too. Smokers all over the place.
LividEconomics6579@reddit
SMH.
liveitup63@reddit
Maybe they should have watched my brother lay there and die after 50 years of smoking
Slammajadingdong69@reddit
Jfc who’s paying $12-15 per pack? Once I couldn’t find cameo lights for less than $5/pack, I was done.
sunnyfordays22@reddit
Wow that is so pricey! I remember my marlboro lights being like $5 a pack!
1043b@reddit
Yeah, I remember the early 80s in Chicago and choosing between $.83 for a gallon of gas or $.85 for a pack of Marlboro Reds...
Fluid-Comedian@reddit
$40 in New Zealand.
Either_Importance222@reddit
Mine are now $22.50 per pack (I live in NY). I wish I could go back to the $15 days.
WimpyZombie@reddit
$22.50 A PACK???? Holy shit
I remember going to the corner grocery to buy a pack for my mom and they were 40 cents. (1974-75-ish)
Zapp_Rowsdower_@reddit
$6 was when I bailed.
aran_maybe@reddit
But is there beer on the Sun?
Frank_chevelle@reddit
Not for health reasons?
Slammajadingdong69@reddit
It coincided with me quitting an extremely stressful job that fueled my addiction. The universe told me it was time to quit…and yes I was aware smoking is bad but I was also 27 at the time.
SenorPea@reddit
Damn is that how much it costs these days? And some people do, like, a pack a day? That's a more expensive habit than weed!!!
Slammajadingdong69@reddit
Considering weed costs 1/3 of what it did 30 years ago, this is very true.
FewResearcher819@reddit
I guess the world needs more people with holes in their necks.
EvilDan69@reddit
Long cancer finally caught a bunch of people who used to, or still do smoke. maybe not everyone, but I still miss my grandmother and aunt, who were wonderful, sweet people, who used to smoke a LOT.
HarveyMushman72@reddit
It caught me. I am lucky to even be here.
EvilDan69@reddit
And I'm glad you're still with us.
HarveyMushman72@reddit
Thank you!
AutVincere72@reddit
My dad quit smoking. It was hard for him. He went cold Turkey and punched walls. 40 years after quitting smoking Lung Cancer got him. Diagnosis to death in 19 days, after being told 3-6 months to live. Never starting is the key.
WimpyZombie@reddit
Wow....how old was he? How old was he when he started?
AutVincere72@reddit
Started at 9 quit at 39. Started at 11 cents a pack.
Frank_chevelle@reddit
Smoking killed my paternal grandparents when I was around 13.
Both died of lung cancer.
They chained smoked Marlboro’s.
Big reason why I never smoked nor did my parents or anyone in our house. Never thought it was cool. Just people addicted to nicotine.
EvilDan69@reddit
Same. Had an uncle who died for other reasons, but he chainsmoked ALWAYS. His finger and thumb were always orange from the nicotine.
It seriously grossed me out growing up, even though he was a good person.
WimpyZombie@reddit
My grandfather and one of my great aunts never got lung cancer, but suffered from emphysema. Grandfather died at 64 but the aunt made it to 85. Amazing she lived as long as she lived still independent, up and walking and completely mentally acute until about a week before she died.
On the other hand.... my mother got lung cancer when she was about 63 and somehow lived til she was 71.
NotReallyJohnDoe@reddit
My parents smoked like crazy, like most parents in the 70s. My dad eventually quite around 60 but my mom could never quit. My dad lived 10 years longer.
TheodoreHollister@reddit
If she smokes, she pokes.
DateEnvironmental321@reddit
Very disappointing
Due_Log8536@reddit
Because we are stupid
ifcknlovemycat@reddit
We are human and need vices during this mortal plane. I was promised a future of enjoying a malboro red 100 while I eat my meal at my local Western sizzlin
Charming-Pack-5979@reddit
The world smells too good right now I guess
JayRexx@reddit
Yeah- this is just f***ing dumb. Quitting was one of the hardest things I’ve done.
Cardi-E-@reddit
You can get a fine whiskey drink at Buck Mason stores while shopping. The smoking correlates.
Material-Jacket3939@reddit
I miss smoking. Especially the smoke breaks with the cool folks at work. But my lungs are thankful and the people around me appreciate that I don’t smell like an ashtray. My car doesn’t have burn holes everywhere and my wallet is healthier.
naturalpolyester@reddit
Same on all accounts. But Lord knows I could sit here and smoke a whole pack this afternoon!!
akt30@reddit
I don't know about that for me. I had quit smoking for many years and then one day outside of a bar, I decided to bum one off of a friend just to see if I still liked it. After one or two drags, I was coughing and my head was spinning. I stomped out what was left and never really had the urge again.
naturalpolyester@reddit
That's good to know!!
X2946@reddit
I started smoking so I could get more frequent breaks at work. I was stuck working while everyone else got to take a break every 30 minutes
Cautious_Agent4781@reddit
Because it is, nerd...
_fidel_castro_@reddit
I plan to start smoking and drinking and doing heavy drugs if i lose autonomy, to speed up departure
Think-Rush8206@reddit
I knew a guy who quit smoking when his wife was diagnosed with cancer. She died several years later. The day she died he went back to smoking. He was telling me this while he was smoking a cigarette. He was scheduled to go for leukemia treatment the next morning. He lived a good life and didn't give a rip anymore.
1043b@reddit
I'm right here with you, it's been part of my turn 75 plan since I quit smaking and drinking to have kids and be healthy and a good example, then for grandkids.
I've been enjoying a small break on the drinking and cannabis between the 2 gens though, but it's about to end.
But another 18 years and the good example ends, plus I'm throwing in some Harley without a helmet if anyone'll take me then....
OhMaBaby@reddit
Once the first nuke is fired
loquedijoella@reddit
Not me. Started smoking at 10 and quit when I was 37. I’m 50 now and I can’t imagine going back to smoking cigs. Still love an occasional joint though.
Redbonius_Max@reddit
I think we hung out
DJ1987bryant@reddit
Do what you want, the world is on fire.
1043b@reddit
I so feel this today....
Periwinklie@reddit
I work for head and neck cancer surgeons and have seen what smokers, even ex-smokers, can develop once their late 50's/early 60's roll around. It may take awhile, but you're easily shaving many years off your life for the nasty habit. Cancer- stroke - heart attack- is it worth it? NO!
Dippity_Dont@reddit
BUT, if every single one of us old people in this sub were to start smoking today, we most likely would die of something else before tobacco would kill us. Because tobacco takes decades to kill you, but we all probably will die of something else rather than smoking if we took up the habit today.
Periwinklie@reddit
It all depends on the person's general health: smoking/alcohol/drug habits, do they exercise regularly, or are they obese? Genetic factors also matter- and if they've had, long term exposure to second hand smoke. It all makes a difference in how fast they go down. You also gotta look at what kind of quality of life people have once they start having issues from smoking- and who wants to go to doctors appointments or have (and pay for) procedures or take medications constantly? Who wants to have a big tumor removed to where doctors must take your skin and muscles or bone from another part of your body to fill in the part of your mouth or tongue or face they took out?
We will all die from something eventually though- I agree with that. The smart choice is to not take up smoking as a regular habit anytime in life if you want to live longer.
Upset-Syllabub3985@reddit
I guess we haven’t learned anything
sometimeswemeanit@reddit
Wring those hands bro
totallyjaded@reddit
I had never heard of Buck Mason before this post, and looking at their site, it looks like a modern-day Eddie Bauer for oldsters like us. Like someone went to Gap and aske "Can you take the logos off, make it all SO BROWN, and charge me more money for it?"
I don't see this as making smoking cool again, as much as acknowledging that the generation most apt to still be alive and smoking is still alive and smoking.
NefariousEJ@reddit
TractorFan247@reddit
Weed is more fun anyways.
ChromeYoda@reddit
Both my parents are smokers (mid 70’s for them currently). When I was 13 my Dad bet me $1000 to not smoke until I was 18. My Dad figured if I made it 18 I wouldn’t smoke my whole life. He handed me ten $100 bills on 18th my birthday and I’ve never even tried it the stuff.
MY 18 year old is about to receive them same this May. Best bet I’ve ever lost.
BetMyLastKrispyKreme@reddit
Be vigilant about bladder cancer. 3 of my 4 parents, all of whom smoked, ended up with it. My mom suffered the longest, because her inept primary care provider kept treating her for a UTI. As soon as the antibiotics ceased, the “infection” came back. It was cancer.
Warm-Comfortable501@reddit
Yah, I'm doing this with Social Media. 100 dollars for every year they stay off it.
Turbulent_Tale6497@reddit
Now do alcohol
Weird-Girl-675@reddit
I hate it. It’s part of the reason my lungs are garbage at 50 and I never smoked a day in my life. Can’t stop people from doing it, I just try to avoid them.
crackersncheeseman@reddit
So you blame cigarettes because of your poor lung health and turn a blind eye too all the other factors like the millions of car exhaust and coal power plants and all the other engines that release harmful pollutions. Lawn mowers, motorcycles, and countless other small engines. It's always the cigarettes.
Weird-Girl-675@reddit
I worked at a sports bar for 6 years when smoking was allowed in bars and my father smoked so I think I know the cause, but thanks for being a judgemental prick.
Dippity_Dont@reddit
BoppaBare@reddit
JFK Jr. mini series on HULU is your answer.
popswag@reddit
Why? Fucking stupidity.
FoundationCareful662@reddit
Never heard of Buck Mason so the ad must not be working
GnarlesB1982@reddit
Ya know. I liked smoking. I liked the smell of a freshly opened pack, lighting the cigarette, I liked flipping ashes and taking the first rip.
But, I like to breathe. I don't like smelling like a cigarette butt. I don't like yellow teeth and fingernails. I don't like hacking and coughing all morning. Lung cancer isn't cool
The cons severely outweigh the pros.
I quit 3 years ago. Occasionally if a buddy of mine is opening a fresh pack I'll ask to smell it.
And that does it for me.
SteakAffectionate833@reddit
I always said when I hit 75 I’m starting again. But I managed to kick it by focusing on how gross it was. So now I probably won’t.
1043b@reddit
Nah, as much as I still think it's gross indoors I'll be outsdide doing it with jack and coke doubles at 75 myself, if I have to live that long, that's my bday plan
RespectExtra227@reddit
I'm glad I'm not the only person who has noticed it seems to be making a return.
I started smoking at 15 and by 17 had developed a rare lung disease thanks to the habit. I'm in my 40s now and I don't remember what breathing was like before losing almost 50% of my lung capacity. I absolutely hate seeing smoking and vaping making a comeback.
It's not cool or sexy, you smell and taste like an ashtray.
Sasquatchernaut@reddit
Frankly, I would be totally fine with bringing back more cigarette ads as long as they cut down on the volume of gambling ads.
pemart22@reddit
What’s the difference? They both feed addicts, not sure why either are endorsed.
Ok-Ear9289@reddit
Gambling ads are infuriating
automator3000@reddit
Totally. And one could pretty easily show that gambling is at least as harmful as smoking.
phoenix762@reddit
It’s really sad if they (ad companies, movies, etc) are trying to make smoking cool again… I never smoked, save for a few times I tried to look cool when I was about 10 years old and practically coughed up a lung🤣 but I was around second hand smoke for years, (my foster father and first husband were chain smokers) so I am kinda surprised I didn’t have any negative effects save for a few nodules on my lung (so far). They aren’t cancer or anything.
I’m a retired respiratory therapist…and COPD /lung cancer is a terrible disease and terrible way to die. Trust.
Dippity_Dont@reddit
OH man I had to re-read your comment, because I thought your foster father was also your husband at first. OOPS!
phoenix762@reddit
🤣
Amplith@reddit
I know no one who is trying to make smoking cool again…,wait….
pemart22@reddit
Sucking on the tiny, white, nicotine filled dick was never cool. Addiction also not cool. I struggle to find anything cool about any of it.
EveryMemory41@reddit
Their culture isn’t great. And most of their “made in America” stuff is actually made in China. https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Employee-Review-Buck-Mason-E2061149-RVW76051186.htm
automator3000@reddit
Hey, smoking was never not cool. It’s just less common in public spaces.
ljculver64@reddit
As an older person I get so upset when I see younger people smoking... Or even vaping, because it's still nicotine, and they're still gonna get addicted to it. And man, is that an awful monkey to get off your back
AlderanAthletic_5BBY@reddit
I remember to forget to buy them everyday. 8 1/2 years …zero nicotine. People must choose for themselves. Helped the wife jonez one at show a couple weeks ago… she was feeling nostalgic. She can have one, I cannot.
Frank_chevelle@reddit
Congrats on quitting
AlderanAthletic_5BBY@reddit
Thanks… it has been a boon for my overall health!
HoochShippe@reddit
Grew up with both parents smoking constantly in and outside of the house. Since they pretty much banned it from shopping and bars and restaurants, it actually irritates me to smell it.
Criticism-Lazy@reddit
The same cigarette lawyers in the 70’s are a large part of the current plan to take over the country. My money is on them.
jendo7791@reddit
$$$$$$$$$$$$
Easy-Task3001@reddit
Money?
In_My_Peace_N_Truth@reddit
Money.
That's usually the answer.
In 1986, about 25% of Americans smoked. That was about 60 million people. The average pack price was $1.
Today, that number is less than 1 in 10. So less than 35 million.
Imagine the profit if 25% of 350 MILLION Americans smoked with the price per pack somewhere between $8 and $14.
_fidel_castro_@reddit
Lots of tax revenue
smartbunny@reddit
Are we?
lascriptori@reddit
There was a point in my 20s where I would wake up, roll over, grab the pack of cigarettes on the nightstand and light up. I shudder to remember it now. I really hope that quitting my pack a day habit at 27 was enough to get my various risks close to baseline.
_fidel_castro_@reddit
Yeah it was. 35 yo is the critical age to stop
Suspicious_Wonk2001@reddit
Think of how many of our parents/grandparents smoked in the house and vehicles. Remember going out to a restaurant with people smoking? We will all forever carry some increased risk for disease as a result.
TopspinLob@reddit
As some famous film director once said (Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, or someone similar) : The cigarette is the greatest film prop known to man
Pitiful_Hedgehog6343@reddit
I don't agree with your assertion based off one email advert.
punkdrummer22@reddit
Dont think smoking has ever left movies and TV
stratusmonkey@reddit
Not entirely. But since the mid-90's there's been a push in American media to push it to the margins of entertainment. That, when smoking even shows up at all, it signals the past, poverty, sickness, and unglamorous criminality.
texasdiver@reddit
It has been almost 20 years since my last puff, and sometimes I still want to look that cool. Fortunately the smell of cigarettes is no longer appealing to me, and on the rare occasion I smell one, I don’t want it.
slkwont@reddit
I could barely watch Mad Men because of the constant smoking. I was so happy when it started becoming outlawed in restaurants and clubs. I smell cigarettes now and want to yack. I have no idea how I survived my clubbing days and coming home absolutely reeking of smoke.
ExtraAd7611@reddit
Just got back from Europe. Lots of smokers. I thought they looked cool. That's just my opinion, man.
allmimsyburogrove@reddit
People are too busy trying to be cool with smart phones in their hands, there is no room for cigarettes
this_kitty68@reddit
I honestly can’t believe I ever smoked. It’s so vile. I find it annoying and distracting in movies. All I can think about is how toxic it is and how bad it smells. It adds nothing. There’s no reason for it, even in period movies. We know people used to smoke a lot. So what? Move on.
C43CE@reddit
I was a die-hard smoker from about 1993 until 2000. Thought I’d never quit. Now I see red if I’m in public and I smell that shit. It’s so disgusting.
cocococlash@reddit
I read that cigarette executives KNOW that if you're not smoking by age 19, there's a 90% chance you'll never smoke.
Their goal is to hook kids!!
Straight-Event-4348@reddit
I mean if you watch the news, we might be at the "smoke 'em if you got 'em" stage...
lIlIllIIlIIl@reddit
They need to get the numbers back up. So many of the former smokers have checks notes died.
PlaxicoCN@reddit
I'm not. I'm just glad vaping wasn't around when I was a kid. Sometimes I get a whiff of the smoke and it's like a cloud of candy.
rogerm3xico@reddit
Because vaping is so lame
HighSeasArchivist@reddit
No teens to 20s kids I know would ever consider smoking cigarettes. I teach them how to smoke cigars and drink Scotch, as I should, but they're not going to be smoking $20 cigars all day everyday.
eapaul80@reddit
Because smoking is cool!!! I haven’t smoked in years. I’d love a Camel Light rn
sunnyfordays22@reddit
I live near a college campus and was doing a run there - saw 2 different groups of gen z smoking cigs and saw an empty pack of camels littered on the ground - have not seen that in years!
Ok-Cup6020@reddit
If I start again, I won’t need to save for retirement, which let’s face it, isn’t going to happen
HotLlama_8001@reddit
Who's trying to make it cool?
It is a disgusting, addictive habit.
Candid_Disk1925@reddit
I think this is the byproduct of the Juul kids. The nicotine companies catch every generation.
damion789@reddit
Billionaires need more of our money while depopulating the earth.
Ectoplasmm@reddit
Who's we? I don't see anyone trying to make smoking look cool.
Tndnr82@reddit
I quit a year ago on the 20th. About a month before my 50th birthday. I don't know anyone trying to bring it back. I'll drink again, it's been 19 years, before I light a cig.
Diocletion-Jones@reddit
I think it's too late to bring smoking back to the main stream. We've enjoyed smoke free public places for a while now and just the fact that it smells really bad will be enough to put the brakes on it coming back I reckon.
Starkravingbrie@reddit
I thought this and then I moved to a very rural area and so so so many people smoke here. It’s like living in the twilight zone. My stepdad died from lung cancer so it will never be cool again to me. Sucking on poison is stupid but the companies don’t care about people. When your product kills your consumers you have to keep trying to keep up the illusion of cool for the bottom line.
disabledinaz@reddit
And yet they’re all going to be shocked when the cancer diagnosis happens going “HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN TO ME?”
Always_choose_love@reddit
I always say if I make it to 80 I’m gonna start again. Miss it all the time!
Eazy12345678@reddit
90% of people in the world are dumb. they are just marketing towards their audience.
HereInTheCut@reddit
I lost my dad to lung cancer 11 years ago. Smoking was never cool to me.
Minute-Frame-8060@reddit
Nobody's doing that. We're already fighting wrinkles at our age, no need to be making that more difficult.
beermaker@reddit
Grossest smell in the world & smoking was responsible for both my parents dying early. Glad I quit before 40.
Bru_Swindler@reddit
Taking in long puffs and holding it is associated with calming feelings. Funny that the chemicals in smoke do the opposite
RickBlaineCasablanca@reddit
Ah yes, it was so cool kissing a smoker with smokers breath.
shankthedog@reddit
Cuz we’re gonna die soon and who cares. People always have and always will smoke.
Traditional_Fan_2655@reddit
No, thank you. I didn't like it then and wouldn't now.
Newweedbud@reddit
66 years old and I smoked off & on (more on I’m being honest) since I was 13! Starting smoking again when our house burned down last January. SUNDAY is my quit date. STOP MAKING SMOKING COOL-it’s not. I once had a boyfriend tell me that kissing me after I smoked was like licking an ashtray!!!! Keep that in mind friends-and we stink too!
dawaxtadpole@reddit
Smoking ain’t cool, but people smoke.
seigezunt@reddit
Because the people in charge want to see lots more people dying again
stargarnet79@reddit
Nah I think it’s cuz they’ve found new ways to treat lung cancer
Fragrantmustelid@reddit
It never stopped being cool.
bryancald@reddit
It’s not. It’s disgusting.
RhythmicStrategy@reddit
Who do you mean by “we”? Smoking has never been cool. It’s a disgusting and expensive addiction that dramatically increases your risk for cancer and heart disease. It also makes your breath, house, car, clothes and hair smell like shit. Plus its rude to have to smell or walk through clouds of smoke from people puffing away in public.
What_do_now_24@reddit
I quit smoking 20 years ago and not a day goes by that I don’t miss it. Smoking was never not cool. What isn’t cool is dying from it, and the business practices of tobacco companies and the lobbyists
Top_Grapefruit8814@reddit
Because nobody can come up with an original thought anymore so they have to copy is and how cool we were in the 80s and early 90s. It was peak times
OutOfTheBunker@reddit
They added some Etch-A-Sketch tattoos, though.
PHPCandidate1@reddit
Cause it is!
7stroke@reddit
Glad I’m not the only one noticing it
scmoops@reddit
Because smoking is the BEST
xTiredSoulx@reddit
I never stopped.
TermusMcFlermus@reddit
I was gonna say it was never not cool.
Frank_chevelle@reddit
Do people today really think it’s cool?
Or just smokers?
TermusMcFlermus@reddit
Watch a spaghetti western and tell me when somebody rolls a cig and lights it up it isn't badass for whatever reason. Or somebody's holding a cigar in the corner of their mouth while they aim a shooter.
James Dean? The Marlboro Man?
I don't make the rules, I just exist by them.
WinterMedical@reddit
It’s alway been cool, just deadly, like motorcycles.
TermusMcFlermus@reddit
This one gets it.
Koolmidx@reddit
🚬 look hun 🚬 smoking doesn't make you cool 🚬
Drewcifer70@reddit
No one likes a quitter
Rough-Patience-2435@reddit
Once a quitter, always a quitter.
MrPrimalNumber@reddit
I don’t know. I quit quitting…
kidde1@reddit
Yep, no one likes a spitter.
OliveBadger1037@reddit
Everything that is old becomes new again. It's a fad.
Spirited_Mistake6791@reddit
Gross
ZebulonRon@reddit
I smoked for over ten years, it isn’t cool at all.
daniegirl21@reddit
It seems like social smoking is increasing, but really never went away.
I have read books written in the 80’s and smoking was a big part of the storylines. So gross, I hope the newer generations end up stopping as they get older. It seems they are transitioning from vaping, which is worse than smoking.
itslonelyinthevoid@reddit
Smoking has always been cool.
baudmiksen@reddit
Especially menthol
Astronaut6735@reddit
I'll always think smoking looks cool, but it's also smelly, expensive, addictive, and unhealthy.
Human_Type001@reddit
It's way cooler than vaping that's for sure.
Frank_chevelle@reddit
Neither is cool.
tybeej@reddit
At least you get to play with fire!
CptBronzeBalls@reddit
Unless you actually have to smell the person.
blackpony04@reddit
Right? I'll take a person who vapes any time over a smoker. And that goes double if they're using Marijuana (actually 100 times, I hate the smell of pot more than practically anything).
najing_ftw@reddit
Vaping looks like you are sucking off a robot
AbsolutesDealer@reddit
Nihilism is back, baby!
Hot_Assistant_6067@reddit
It never went away
AbsolutesDealer@reddit
True. I should say it’s back in vogue again.
mess1ah1@reddit
Who?! Who is trying to make smoking cool again?!
Say that in the voice of the Latino gay guy from Seinfeld…
Dippity_Dont@reddit
Couldn't find a gif of that guy, so I just answered the question with this one. Kramer is trying to make it cool! Hahaha!
InsertRadnamehere@reddit
I think it would be better said by the South Asian guy who calls Jerry a very bad man.
DriedUpSquid@reddit
Tobacco company profits.
Popadicklikatictac@reddit
Money. It’s always money.
Humble_Diner32@reddit
Because vaping is a pathetic alternative to pulling heat. 🤷🏻♂️
zardozLateFee@reddit
It's what you do when you can't eat.
DivaJanelle@reddit
Smoking rates have dropped under 10% and big tobacco is mad?
Late-External3249@reddit
States are making less money from tobacco taxes. Time to boost the smoking rate.
ParticularBed6338@reddit
Do you know how hard it is to find a Marlboro Light outside the bar when I have a craving?… it is rare. Everyone is smoking menthol or vaping. I’m literally out there waving around a dollar for a single cigarette.
Sufficient_Stop8381@reddit
Smoking is cool. I just wish it didn’t kill us.
NorthRaine67@reddit
Because it’s all we have! Lol no, but really, who is making it cool? I only really see it in historical representation.
No idea who Buck Mason even is.
LordChauncyDeschamps@reddit
I had to look it up. It appears to be overpriced clothing for aging hipsters.
Matrinka@reddit
Because we made big business and corporations more important than people. Why regulate when lobbiests can buy off politicians with easy bribes?
Brading105@reddit
This is the real answer
Immediate-Appeal7553@reddit
Because we’re trying encourage death to come before the nuclear holocaust 😉 I don’t smoke I just think it’s nostalgia
sherrib99@reddit
Ew gross 🤢 I thought that was a dieing industry
Groovychick1978@reddit
Cigarettes are still a dying industry. They just shifted delivery systems. Instead of cigarettes, they do the pouches and vapes.
sherrib99@reddit
I’ve been tempted to try one of those pouches just to see. I’m afraid I will get violently ill, or like it… neither is preferred
Groovychick1978@reddit
I smoked for 35ish years, moved to vapes in 2021 and haven't had a cigarette since. I know better. But I may vape forever. In the nursing home, charging my vape.
If you don't do nicotine, just don't. It's a devilish little fucker to get rid of.
snuffy_smith_@reddit
Ohhh it’s a dying industry alright…it’s just not going out of business anytime soon!
sherrib99@reddit
lol!
AccountNumber478@reddit
"Don't smoke." - Yul Brynner
BarbellLawyer@reddit
Humphrey Bogart supports this message.
KalistoCA@reddit
Smoking is the retro vape
Legitimate_Ad_9240@reddit
Ex smoker who will never go back but gawd damn I miss it! Especially with coffee and every time someone in a show or movie lights up I want a puff. I find myself reflexively taking a long slow deep breath looking for that hit of nicotine in the air. I wish I had never started smoking and found some other less harmful way to be rebellious and "cool" as a teenager... Big Tobacco will never stop trying to make it cool and last time I checked kids want to be cool.
ivanadie@reddit
I miss it too! Smoked for decades, had half a lung removed bc of cancer…still…I loved every single cigarette. That’s how strong that addiction was. I’d also go to jail for beating my grandchildren if I ever caught them trying it!
Lumpy_Ad_1581@reddit
I don't.think anyone is trying to make it look cool again.
Dusty_Sleeves@reddit
I'm seeing it a lot more on TV and in movies.
Comfortable_Ad_4417@reddit
Does it really matter?
xenos365@reddit
I feel like smoking a joint is cooler than smoking a cigarette these days!
LordChauncyDeschamps@reddit
Smoking a joint was always cooler. You got any weed?
LastOneSergeant@reddit
I've noticed it too. It's being forced into a lot of movies and tv shows. Sometimes as a lazy filming technique to show stress.
Movies and shows should have a rating similar to the Bechdel test to show how soon into a show they smoke or make a reference to it.
Maybe "Marlboro Minutes Score"
The Oscar movie Anora was a two hour smoking commercial.
Big tobacco deserved the Oscar. "Hey Lary, I'll bet I can get Hollywood to do a two hour smoking commercial with a topless hot girl".
No way.....
snuffy_smith_@reddit
Camel cameo score
Lucky strike scene index
LastOneSergeant@reddit
Those are great
snuffy_smith_@reddit
I was going to keep going but I thought I’d leave some for the other folks
Groovychick1978@reddit
I really hate when they do this because actors cannot adequately pretend to smoke a cigarette. They hold it awkwardly, move it to their mouth awkwardly, do not inhale, and a multitude of other small nuances. It doesn't look real at all and breaks my immersion almost every time.
Ineffable7980x@reddit
Smoking is cool. It's always been cool. But it's also harmful to health.
Seesas@reddit
Right? The cool, rebel vibe is there, as is the cancer and heart disease. They're not mutually exclusive. Do I want a cigarette once in a while? Hell yes I do. Do I smoke one? Nope, and not for the last 15 years
bibdrums@reddit
Some people thought it was cool which was always weird to me.
OK_SmellYaLater@reddit
Smoking is the lamest shit ever.
BR1M570N3@reddit
People love cancer and smelling bad, I guess.
Miata_GT@reddit
Haven't you heard? We're going back to that sweet 1950's mentality.
snuffy_smith_@reddit
Pressuring Cuba
Bombing Iran
What decade are we in rn?!?
ProgressPractical848@reddit
$$$$$$
WorldsWorstTroll@reddit
We aren't. Phillip-Morris is.
Kalorama_Master@reddit
My friend in college: “smoking makes you look cool. I don’t care what people say, it’s true. It’s says ‘idgf’”
Provolone10@reddit
Gen Z have started smoking. It always looked cool but felt awful lol
Rahawk02@reddit
I smoked when it was 1-2 bucks a pack and quit when it was 10. I'd probably start right back up again if they went back to a buck I kind of miss it.
Ok-Worldliness2161@reddit
I skimmed and misread this as “smoked 1-2 packs a day and quit when I was 10.”
Rahawk02@reddit
I only smoked 2 packs a week and most of that was while drinking on Friday night. Usually one after lunch, dinner and on my way to and from work. When I quit I spent that 20 bucks a week on records and now ten years later I have more records than I know what to do with.
unclefes@reddit
I quit in 1999 but I still have my battered old Zippo. Every once in a while, I pull it out, fill it with fluid, clank back the lid and spin the wheel, just for the feel and the smell.
SuchDogeHodler@reddit
Every time I see a cigarette, all my brain thinks is "Gross"
These-Analysis-6115@reddit
I still miss it. Take me back to the 80s with an ice cold Coors Lite in one hand and a cigarette in the other without a care in the world! This world has gotten entirely too expensive and scary.
Curious_Field7953@reddit
That's DEFINITELY not the kind of smoking we're trying to make cool.
MeLlamoMariaLuisa@reddit
I think the only people trying to make it cool are the tobacco companies
eggs_erroneous@reddit
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they had something to do with this. This kind of thing is right up their alley.
kentuckywildcats1986@reddit
Vaping is smoking. Gen Alpha hipsters will be the ones going back to actual cigarettes.
Jetro-2023@reddit
To relive our best 80’s years
WarExciting@reddit
I smoked for 15 years. Quit cold turkey one day. Can’t stand the look (looks trashy to me), the smell, the price or the inevitable health problems I’ll have.
Weak-Golf-9079@reddit
I’ve never been a smoker, but it looks like something I’d really like to do. Too bad about the horrible addiction, death, smell, etc.
Sad_Cover_5091@reddit
it never stopped being cool
draven33l@reddit
I knew this would happen. When you make something taboo and expensive, it's going to be seen as cool and a status symbol. I'm seeing tons more smoking from influencers and celebs on places like social media. It's going to be an elite thing to do.
rdnnyc@reddit
Humans have smoked since before B.C. times. They will always smoke. You don't have to like it but it's hardly "coming back" - it never went away. History predates the American experience.
FrozeItOff@reddit
They may have smoked something else, like opioids or cannabis, but tobacco is in fact an American original.
NoWalrus9462@reddit
Agree. However, nicotine spiked tobacco born from viciously profit maximizing corporations is a relatively new thing on the time scale you reference.
theheadofkhartoum627@reddit
I'm not sure who 'we' is but .......population control?????
Globeblotter85@reddit
Who is trying to make it cool?
W0nderingMe@reddit
Not Gen X.
I think this is a plant for the company.
BigDaddyBull_1989@reddit
We’re speeding toward the precipice: who gives a 💩?
plnnyOfallOFit@reddit
As an ex shame smoker...can give this habit a less than no
W0nderingMe@reddit
Who is "we"?
This company isn't founded by or for Gen X.
In fact, I don't that you are Gen X, and instead are trying to do guerrilla marketing for this company.
TurquoiseKnight@reddit
Because cancer is an economic driver
Bec-o-Bec@reddit
For anyone questioning this, if you follow any kind of youth oriented media, influencers, or celebs - smoking is def bring featured as “cool” like it was in the 50s.
It’s not big tobacco. They’re going for the zyn crowd now.
This is young people being rebellious or something. It’s all over the place on social media and seeping into ads now.
Truly mind boggling.
You want to smoke, great. But when you know you’re influencing other young people it’s not cool.
cantstoepwontstoep@reddit
Can’t afford health insurance anymore…might as well speed up the unlifing cycle
leesainmi@reddit
Lots of celebs smoke. Jennifer Lawrence, Anya Taylor-Joy, Dakota Johnson. Gweyneth Paltrow, Sophie Turner, Dua Lipa, Jenna Ortega, Timothee, Connor Storrie, Kristen Stewart, Paul Mescal, Florence Pugh etc
Absolutely stupid
Skid-Vicious@reddit
Edgy
oldfogey12345@reddit
Being a smoke show like that will always be in fashion.
I wish she would lose the cig though.
RedditSkippy@reddit
I read a statistic that smoking rates have finally dropped below 10 percent as of recently. Only about nine percent of Americans smoke.
But are we trying to make smoking cool again? I didn’t think so. I certainly hope not.
FrozeItOff@reddit
Well, cost is going to be a big factor. At almost $13 a pack in my state (we make them pay a high tax because they end up using the medical system a lot more as they age) it's a habit for the foolish or the rich. Probably both at once.
SilverAsparagus2985@reddit
The healthcare industry doesn’t profit unless people have terrible coping mechanisms to feed the system. It’s always about the $$.
SoulStripHer@reddit
I'm tired of seeing cigarettes in every damn movie/series there is. I finished watching Narcos on Netflix and felt like I just left a bowling alley. Big tobacco is out of control and trying hard to kill even more.
Hyche862@reddit
Weed
zoppaTheDim@reddit
When wasn’t it?
Oh right old ladies smoking in restaurants while you were eating.
Rustee_Shacklefart@reddit
It’s cooler than vaping.
AntiqueCandidate7995@reddit
BlueAndMoreBlue@reddit
“All” is doing the heavy lifting there. Smoking homegrown tobacco (it applies to weed too) is usually the best
AntiqueCandidate7995@reddit
Yeah it's a meme not legit advice. I still smoke but only good quality cigars. I tried to grow my own tobacco years ago, didn;t go well.
phlebonaut@reddit
Dave Chappelle doesn't help.
PuzzleheadedOwl1191@reddit
As a parent of two early-20 year old kids, the young ones are indeed smoking real cigarettes these days. It’s a “thing.” The lessons never quite fully “take” I suppose.
WatchStoredInAss@reddit
Smoking was never cool. And anyone thought it was, congrats -- you're a massive victim of the tobacco industry's propaganda.
vampyire@reddit
I truly don't know what Buck mason is.. and I think I'm okay with that
SavoirFaire2Middling@reddit
Look, smoking sucks, and I'm glad I gave it up many years ago, but it is, was, and always will be cool.*
* In the right hands. I'll grant you that the wrinkly old man/woman coughing up a lung isn't particularly glamourous.
txtw@reddit
I went through losing my father to lung cancer when I was 20 (went quickly) and now I'm doing it again with my mother (going slowly). Not cool on this end of things.
blarneybabe@reddit
Lost my mom 3 years ago to lung cancer that metastisized to her liver. She lived with me for the 4 months she was in hospice. In my 53 years on this earth, taking care of her and watching her die an excruciatingly painful death no matter what pain killers the nurses gave her is the hardest thing I've ever done. Sad to say, my younger brothers were there helping the whole time and they still smoke. Definitely scares me they'll pass this way as well.
maroongrad@reddit
watched my dad fight it for years, stopped smoking several times once for years, and it sucked him back in. NONE of my siblings or myself smoke. I think the other two did cigars for a bit when they had a 'cigars are cool' trend going in the mid-nineties but that's it. None of us want to go through what he has.
ApprehensiveWash7969@reddit
Am laughing. IMO the only time smoking will be a topic for Gen X is when said Gen Xer is getting chewed out by their doctor for not quitting. We are in our 40's and 50's. Since I was a kid I have seen a steady decline on the number of people who smoke. And have you seen how much it costs for a pack of cigarettes?! I doubt there will be an upswing in smoking anything soon.
Significant-Theme253@reddit
The younger nicotine users vape now and a lot of the older ones roll their own cigarettesA:) Yes, a pack of smokes in MN is around $10. Last year I bought a pack in New York, downtown Manhattan, for $20. So glad I quit.
housevil@reddit
It's like wearing sunglasses indoors. It's unnecessary but looks cool
Here_4_the_INFO@reddit
Does it though?
housevil@reddit
shotsallover@reddit
Yeah. I’ve noticed it popping up more and more lately. First it was in period TV shows and movies. Now it’s showing up other online media. Someone is definitely pushing for it to come back.
Bladley@reddit
We aren’t.
TotalRichardMove@reddit
We are not, idiots who didn’t watch their parents die horribly are
efflexor@reddit
Yup. I’d only wish that death on the most horrible of people.
whistlepig4life@reddit
We are?
I enjoy cigar every so often during the summer. And I know it’s bad for me. And even feel a little shame over it. But do it anyway. But it isn’t cool.
ONROSREPUS@reddit
Ad's didn't get me to smoke before and they won't in the future. I don't mind smokers, just wasn't my thing.
IamUnamused@reddit
they got a fuckload of others to start smoking
SpinningHead@reddit
Old movies got me hooked.
SpinningHead@reddit
Old movies got me hooked.
ImpossibleMove2@reddit
Is it going to become a status symbol of sorts? Being such an expensive habit.
My parents both smoked and drank coffee ALL DAY LONG. It grossed me out so much that I went the other way and did neither. Hooray!
RoRuRee@reddit
Ugh. Fuck smoking. 💀
81632371@reddit
Because tobacco companies still exist and their execs are still trying to get rich.
ancientastronaut2@reddit
I haven't seen anything like this anywhere.
lacontrolfreak@reddit
Gen Z is loving the smoking in the new JFK series. It’s trendy.
harrismi7@reddit
It’s so nasty. I grew up with a parent that smoked. As a kid in the 70s and 80s I surely inhaled an unhealthy amount of second hand smoke. Finally my other parent said they couldn’t smoke in the house anymore. They finally quit a couple years ago at around age 75, but I can tell there are breathing issues today. Probably 60 years of smoking, all that money, poof, gone. The smell of it makes me 🤮
cincy15@reddit
Cigarette companies have lots of money and now have ways around the advertising rules …
DeadWolf7337@reddit
Because it is.
itwillmakesenselater@reddit
I can't ever advocate smoking, but God, do I miss it! I'm super nostalgic for smoke breaks in particular. It was the only time I could get inter-departmental questions answered.
BlueAndMoreBlue@reddit
Same here, if I had an issue with HR I would go to the smoking area and get the skinny
itwillmakesenselater@reddit
5 minute smokes were far more useful than 35 minute presentations from department heads.
Junior_Statement_262@reddit
We're not. It's disgusting.
Error262_USRnotfound@reddit
hard to fight for things that you think are positive changes when America has gonna to shit and all that matters is the rich keep getting richer...so i guess "smoke em if you got em"....and stock up on non perishables, because storm is coming.
jordy1971@reddit
Trying to wrap things up, accelerate the inevitable
Marcysdad@reddit
People have smoked forever
It's part of culture
I don't like drinking, yet every celebrity has their own brand of alcohol and is praised for it.
Alcohol directly and indirectly kills hundreds of thousands around the globe each year.
Yes there is second hand drinking - when a drunk shoots, stabs or crashes his car into you.
But I don't care if there are ads for it or movie characters drinking on screen
I quit smoking years ago because it wasn't fun anymore
But with all this whining going on I want to buy myself a pack of............chewlies gum
WhatTheHellPod@reddit
Pssh, it was NEVER NOT COOL. Deadly, but fucking cool.
rob-cubed@reddit
Smoking was cool, at least it always LOOKED cool. So many old movies, smoking is almost a supporting actor in key scenes.
I'm an ex-smoker, it's a disgusting habit with no real upside for sure. But I still kind of miss smoke breaks and always found other smokers to be a easy cohort to get along with.
Immediate_Reason8502@reddit
Judging by the random ugly tattoos my guess they are targeting millennials or the group that followed them.
evidentlynaught@reddit
She is advertising bad decisions to me.
Significant-Theme253@reddit
I finally quit and now it's back in style? Oh well, guess I will just be a nerd now.
hellhouseblonde@reddit
I understand it in movies and tv because smokers are real people who exist but I don’t get it in a still advertisement like that. I’m a smoker, I wish I wasn’t. But I’ve learned to live with it and I don’t particularly want to live to be very old so I’m okay with my decision. Most days, anyway.
f700es@reddit
It never was?
lmpcpedz@reddit
It never was, smoking is so damn addictive and most ppl, like today, don't care about their health til it's too late.
bongart@reddit
For what it is worth... it could be said that the campaign to make smoking "not cool" just failed. I'm not personally saying one way or another whether it was... it is just a shift in point of view.
SOMEONENEW1999@reddit
Because tobacco has deep pockets and sneak tobacco advertising in many places that don’t look like tobacco ads..
Bokononfoma@reddit
Habit
evidentlynaught@reddit
Send complaints direto Buck Mason. Smoking is gross
Quercus408@reddit
Its always superficially looked cool, but like many fun things its totally not cool what it does to your body.
Shadowratenator@reddit
It's definitely the coolest looking way to hurt yourself and your loved ones.
ProfessionalField508@reddit
It also makes people smell nasty!
Raynet11@reddit
Maybe I'm too beaten down over real things but seeing someone smoking in the 80's or 90's wasn't a "trigger" as it is these days. The Marlboro man nor Joe Camel could have convinced me either way back in my teens what to or what not to experiment with just as some advert wouldn't today. Is the general public that easily influenced, I'm asking the question sincerely, because alcohol adds nor cigarette adds never did anything for me back in the day.
Lucky-Remote-5842@reddit
As a nonsmoker, seeing someone smoking doesn't trigger me at all, I just don't want them smoking in my house or vehicle. I highly doubt that vaping is any better than smoking and it seems like everyone vapes these days.
sdavids5670@reddit
For the love of money?
badhoopty@reddit
its the trendy ftw alternative to vaping.
earinsound@reddit
that's pretty surprising for it to be featured in an ad. i usually only see smokers out in front of local bars in my city.
deephurting66@reddit
Ew no, I smoked all through my youth, including in school and restaurants but now forget it. I haven't seen anyone light up in a LONG time though.
CommunicationNew3745@reddit
Boredom - IMO it shows nothing more than a complete lack of inspiration and imagination - and, wondering, too, if it's making a return as a 'status' symbol, now, considering a pack of 'name brand' cigs is, what, $10-15? I remember growing up in the 70's/80's and I don't have to remind you, it. was. EVERYWHERE. I remember the 1st time I went to a Saturday afternoon kid's matinee at the local movie theatre - sat up in the balcony, and I can remember the smoke rising up from the seats, below, because, of course, back then, adults could still freely smoke in almost all public places.
VinceP312@reddit
Sweaty middle age woman who looks like she's prematurely aging doesn't scream "cool" to me.
monstertruck567@reddit
The mountain bike world always does a bang up job of April 1 spoofs. This year an inordinate number of them involved various smoking cigs and biking themes.
Just don’t get it.
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/april-fools-jokes-from-around-the-bike-industry-2026.html
skinisblackmetallic@reddit
Young people are just now figuring out the "cool" is even a thing, so naturally they will try all the stuff that was cool, at one time.
mmpjd@reddit
What’s the difference between a cigarette in an ad vs someone holding a drink or a new burger McDonalds is offering? These things will never fully go away…It’s all bad for you but it’s up to you not to buy into it.
Braincloud@reddit
I miss smoking lol
---TC---@reddit
Smoking was never not cool... it's just gross and toxic. Take away the cancer, dirty teeth and bad breath and I'd smoke like a chimney. I quit over 25 years ago and still miss the act of smoking.
Zedlasso@reddit
Define ‘smoking’?
fujidust@reddit
It’s been a trend in movies lately too.
https://thelooker.thedailybeast.com/hollywoods-nicotine-habit-is-back/