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No-Spray-6694@reddit

It’s possible the dumbest thing I ever did and I did a lot of dumb shit .

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DREtheVoiceActor@reddit

I smoked like an idiot for 32 years. SO glad to be free of it. Nicotine is the devil.

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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.

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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.

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Baebarri@reddit

Pipes or good cigars. Much better than cigarettes.

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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.

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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.

Capybarely@reddit

Well they've chosen filterless, it'll definitely be harsher.

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FriendRaven1@reddit

I, for one, welcome our new bot overlords.

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Age_AgainstThMachine@reddit

Wait. What is this crowd control? That is a thing? Reddit could be bot free? Or did I misunderstand?

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Magerimoje@reddit

IIRC crowd control means only members who have chosen flair are permitted to comment.

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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.

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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.

I never heard about this?

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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.

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phijef@reddit

Sorry to hear you had a bad experience. I’ve used it several times with no ill effects.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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.

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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.

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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...🍺🍺

I dunno, I find the ritual of smoking a pipe to be a wonderfully relaxing experience.

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augustwestgdtfb@reddit

as a former smoker don’t smoke

it’s horrible addictive expensive and terrible for you

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fartzombieunicorn@reddit

Yeah, this. I can buy shit now. Its great. Funny thats what motivated me to quit, not the health part.

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Temporary_Pay_3459@reddit

Smoking is objectively cool. This is a fact.

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augustwestgdtfb@reddit

is smelling like shit 💩 cool ?

Because their owners are broke. People don't smoke as much and they make our food expensive + cigarette companies own our food too, (surprise).

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toddatog@reddit

Please let us know why smoking is cool.

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WW1_Researcher@reddit

Didn't know Otzi was a smoker

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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.

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.

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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. 🤷

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jbenze@reddit

Yeah same; those are fine and make way more sense.

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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).

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sheliegh@reddit

Money. Same reason the cigarette industry went after vapes or how dispensaries supported the hemp bans. Money.

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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.

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VikingForklift@reddit

1) you are awesome!

Stangboi92@reddit

And I get to sell cars that most consider to be dream vehicles. Bye! 👋🏼

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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?

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Stangboi92@reddit

Jokes and jibes aside, yes. That classic car smell of hydrocarbons and horsepower is awesome.

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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!).

Komaisnotsalty@reddit

A pack of 25 will set you back about $22 here in Canada land. Cigs are heavily taxed.

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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.

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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.

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’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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Alarmed-Ebb-9609@reddit

I like it 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Next_Engineer_8230@reddit

I wish I could explain why!

I just do!

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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.

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.

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holidaycheese87@reddit

I’ve had 2 friends die from lung cancer, one was taken off a ventilator this morning. 52 years old.

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thereverenddirty@reddit

The few friends I have that still smoke have all had strokes. They won’t admit smoking caused it though.

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Majestic_Race_5026@reddit

Because it’s bad ass. And not enough people know the joys of ripping darts

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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”

Next_Engineer_8230@reddit

What the hell does any of that have to do with a damn smoking ad?

Jesus Christ.

Have a cigarette.

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yvettestar2000@reddit

Maybe I just don't care about your point. 😘🤔🧐🫩

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GenX-ModTeam@reddit

{community rule 3}

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yvettestar2000@reddit

Cool 😎 don't mind if I do, and don't use Jesus's name in vain 😆😆

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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.

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Fudloe@reddit

Fuckin-A!

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GenX-ModTeam@reddit

{community_rule_7}

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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Jenshark86@reddit

Yep I do, walk an hour a day.

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Newt_the_Pain@reddit

Overweight is in no way healthy.

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Jenshark86@reddit

Talk to your Dr

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Candid-Culture3956@reddit

Plus smoking is cool

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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.

Commercial-Novel-786@reddit

I was going to say something about the $2.50 tats. I don't get it either.

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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

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cropguru357@reddit

She looks like a detention hall desk.

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Commercial-Novel-786@reddit

I was thinking toilet stall wall, but I like yours better.

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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.

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.

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AK_Sole@reddit

You made it sound like you started again after quitting a year ago…
Could have been more clear in your message.

I don’t believe I said it was cool. WTF? And whatever to you. You sound like a bitter judgmental ex smoker.

No one is doing this

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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.

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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.

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valsalva_manoeuvre@reddit

you think that means it's making a comeback?

FlashyProject1318@reddit

I used to smoke these. Their advertising tagline was "Too Bad You're Gonna Die"

I mean, that's cool AF!

An old timer once told me if you’re looking for friends, start smoking.

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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

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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.

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Smoking is as cool as Hallmark holidays. They are both products of highly effective marketing campaigns aimed at large target demographics.

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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darkmaninperth@reddit

I hate to say it, but it is cool.

Lostcause_500@reddit

Yeah…no

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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.

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Critical_Concert_689@reddit

how the younger generation looks at smoking

DangerKitty555@reddit

Smoking was never not cool..or you know, an addiction 😑

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zemol42@reddit

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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.

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Newt_the_Pain@reddit

Rent free.. for Christ's sake turn it off, and go fishing or something.

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ech01@reddit

We lived under the constant threat of nuclear annihilation as children.

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Syncopated_arpeggio@reddit

No shit. Suck it up.

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LaximumEffort@reddit

George Will just wrote a column about this. What a horrible resurgence.

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More_Pineapple3585@reddit

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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!

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Newt_the_Pain@reddit

One pack of lights a day... you weren't a smoker, you were a poser. 😁

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JoeInMD@reddit

🤣🤣

I've always hated smoking.

Apprehensive-Bag-900@reddit

My dad never smoked a day in his life and died from lung cancer. Cancer can get fucked

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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.

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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?

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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.

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Aggravating-Alarm-16@reddit

There is now a warning on movies ⚠️ for smoking

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Newt_the_Pain@reddit

But not for gay stuff...

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sfdsquid@reddit

Buck Mason

I don’t think anyone should start smoking and everyone should really quit smoking cigarettes; but man, I really miss them sometimes.

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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.

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SFHChi@reddit

Same.

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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.

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timsfsn@reddit

I vape my weed because I don’t want my house to smell like it did in college.

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2peacegrrrl2@reddit

I vape with a volcano because I like to run.

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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.

YogurtSpecialist3101@reddit

Big Tobacco wants to make tobacco cool again.

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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.

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cymonium@reddit

I miss smoking. 🫠

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And causes heart attacks due to artery blockages caused by tobacco.

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Youdontsay517@reddit

Thank you kindly for adding that.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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babayagaparenting@reddit

That’s awful!

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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 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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Any_Friendship9364@reddit

Cigs are for dummies. The poor and uneducated

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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itscuriousyah@reddit

Maaaaybe if you're looking at a staged and lit photo of James Dean or something.

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Cranks_No_Start@reddit

Because smoking is cool.

Ngl I never thought that. I guess because my dad smoked, if that wasn’t a deterrent nothing was.

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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.

Smoking takes too long, I suggest meth for a stronger effect.

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Karate-Schnitzel@reddit

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Lung and heart disease 🦠 is cool again?

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judgeejudger@reddit

Seriously! Between the smoking and stupid carnivore diet, it’s a race to the grave

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dirtygreysocks@reddit

We've got everything back from the 90-2000's. Anorexia is in again, smoking and drugs are next.

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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...

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sfdsquid@reddit

Can confirm. I smoke. A lot. It's the dopamine.

I just want to be cremated and have my ashes spread around the Wasatch Front Mountains by Salt Lake City.

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Beartrkkr@reddit

Is loose tobacco any cheaper?

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?

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

PanicDry@reddit

Also it turns at least 50% of them into obnoxious wankers.

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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.

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Salsashark_21@reddit

Well, they DID try to take booze away.

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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.

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PlentyMacaroon8903@reddit

I've noticed this too. A number of model shoots and other photos with people with cigarettes. So weird.

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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.

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PagingDrTobaggan@reddit

This is sneaky funny. Only because I lived it.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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

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.

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.

Fan_of_Clio@reddit

No one outside tobacco companies are doing that.

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Trolkarlen@reddit

People are living too long.

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ItsFuckinBob@reddit

I smoke to alleviate the social security.

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amanda2399923@reddit

I’m using this lol

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salazka@reddit

You are not. Tobacco companies are.

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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.

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dr0o1@reddit

smoking cigs to quit vapes is a first for me lmaoooo

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Downtown_Anteater_38@reddit

Smoking is awesome. I miss it so much.

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.

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velvet42@reddit

Depends on if you have a vape pen on you or those same people will buy a single pack.

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."

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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.

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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.

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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

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.

This. Smoking is terrible for you but at least people who smoke used to look cool like James Dean.

This came out within the last week - Vaping Likely Causes Cancer, Major Study Finds.

Nicotine vaping is likely to cause lung and oral cancers, a comprehensive review of more than 100 studies has concluded.

According to the analysis, human and animal studies, as well as cell experiments looking at the effects of chemicals found in vape liquid, all point toward carcinogenicity. Those studies, published since 2017, record "increasing concern", the researchers report.

It's not cool and smelling like a dirty ashtray is even less cool.

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Crafty-Owl8555@reddit

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Signal_Run_68@reddit

Time for Kools menthol... 😆

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Elchochis@reddit

Also we’re all on the verge of dying lol

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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.

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requiemguy@reddit

It's a sign of an lesser and weaker mind.

No different than the losers that waste their lives boozing and gambling.

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OreoSpeedwaggon@reddit

Um, we aren't. At least, no sensible or reasonable person is.

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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.

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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

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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".

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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.

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newwriter365@reddit

Never have, never will.

Its disgusting, smells like literal shit, always has been gross, & I NEVER found it "cool".🤮

Same goes for vaping, cigars, etc. 🤮

GCU_GreyArea_001@reddit

It does not look cool. The way people contort their faces when smoking is repulsive.

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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.

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cloud_watcher@reddit

Ah! I thought you were talking about the trend of young people starting to pick it up.

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aran_maybe@reddit

Yeah but if the world ends you don’t have to worry about it

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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.

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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.

Yeah....my relationship with carbs almost makes me wonder if I would have been better off smoking (not really).

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.

jancer1@reddit

The pearl clutching is strong in this thread

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STFUisright@reddit

They’re not cool like us 😎

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JenninMiami@reddit

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STFUisright@reddit

Oh god what this gif just did to me

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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.

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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.

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🤢

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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.

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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.

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PuzzleheadedFeed4547@reddit

Are we though? That is a meth face or a ozempic face. No one thinks that's cool

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imspirationMoveMe@reddit

It’s so gross. Ex smoker here.

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zagafi@reddit

I have never understood why anyone thinks it’s cool honestly. It’s objectively pretty gross.

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earthtobobby@reddit

It’s because tobacco companies are losing out to vaping. Execs are trotting out Don Draper to get everyone smoking again.

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vin4thewin@reddit

I remember in second grade I saw this poster in the bathroom and it was enough for me to say, “nope.”

My parents both smoked. I’m an orphan now and they died well before their time.

I’ll never smoke. Have never, will never.

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damion789@reddit

Well, you did kind of smoke....second hand wise.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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?!?

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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.

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audirt@reddit

It was probably ten years before I could drink beer without immediately craving a cigarette. Fortunately that has passed.

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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.)

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Wooden-Discount7884@reddit

Not at 10 bucks a pack in this economy

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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!

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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.

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jrtski@reddit

Smoking is a relaxing activity. There are a lot of overstressed folks around. They may be just trying to destress a bit.

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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?

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eightaceman@reddit

Capitalism is allowed free reign again so it seems and if people die then that's ok by capitalism.

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TeaMugPatina@reddit

I imagine all the new smokers are tourists. If it's "too cold" out I bet they vape.

$22.50 A PACK???? Holy shit

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.

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.

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Upset-Syllabub3985@reddit

I guess we haven’t learned anything

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sometimeswemeanit@reddit

Wring those hands bro

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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.

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TractorFan247@reddit

Weed is more fun anyways.

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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.

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.

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Dippity_Dont@reddit

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BoppaBare@reddit

JFK Jr. mini series on HULU is your answer.

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popswag@reddit

Why? Fucking stupidity.

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FoundationCareful662@reddit

Never heard of Buck Mason so the ad must not be working

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

jendo7791@reddit

$$$$$$$$$$$$

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Easy-Task3001@reddit

Money?

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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.

I read that cigarette executives KNOW that if you're not smoking by age 19, there's a 90% chance you'll never smoke.

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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?

mess1ah1@reddit

Who?! Who is trying to make smoking cool again?!

Say that in the voice of the Latino gay guy from Seinfeld…

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Dippity_Dont@reddit

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Because it’s all we have! Lol no, but really, who is making it cool? I only really see it in historical representation.

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.

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.....

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snuffy_smith_@reddit

Camel cameo score

Pressuring Cuba

Bombing Iran

BigDaddyBull_1989@reddit

We’re speeding toward the precipice: who gives a 💩?

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plnnyOfallOFit@reddit

As an ex shame smoker...can give this habit a less than no

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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.

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TurquoiseKnight@reddit

Because cancer is an economic driver

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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.

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cantstoepwontstoep@reddit

Can’t afford health insurance anymore…might as well speed up the unlifing cycle

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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

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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.

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SilverAsparagus2985@reddit

The healthcare industry doesn’t profit unless people have terrible coping mechanisms to feed the system. It’s always about the $$.

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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.

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Hyche862@reddit

Weed

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zoppaTheDim@reddit

When wasn’t it?

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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.

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Bladley@reddit

We aren’t.

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TotalRichardMove@reddit

We are not, idiots who didn’t watch their parents die horribly are

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efflexor@reddit

Yup. I’d only wish that death on the most horrible of people.

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whistlepig4life@reddit

We are?

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

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WhatTheHellPod@reddit

Pssh, it was NEVER NOT COOL. Deadly, but fucking cool.

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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.