Someone tell me why the fuck do people start smoking? It literally has no "reward" such as alcohol or drugs...

Someone tell me why the fuck do people start smoking? It literally has no "reward" such as alcohol or drugs. Not only that, but it smells horrible and kills you. Are zoomers just this retarded?

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Let people kill themselves will you?

I don't smoke but I love the smell and I imagine it's really relaxing (obviously not once you get addicted and you start getting withdrawals unless you smoke 24/7)

I would probably have gotten into it if ciggies weren't so ridiculously expensive where I live.

>it keeps people away because the smell AND it kills you
both based reasons, you're a fucking fag OP

Tobacco tastes nice.

I love smoking when it rains

And it is also stimulating and makes you feel more energetic.

You get propagandized into thinking it's cool/relaxing by your peers and pop culture. This thread is full of coping addicts lying to themselves.

I don't smoke cigs but it looks cool and help with socialising. Many of my friends have mentioned independently of one another that a bunch of the friends they made at university they initially met in the outdoors smoking area of their halls of residence, library, etc.
I like to think I could've achieved the same at uni had I been a smoker but it's most likely cope.

You know what, this single reply changed my mind. Thank you user

I smoke a pipe and the occasional cigar, never inhale. For cigs it really just boils down to nicotine addicts.

makes you woozy in a nice way, for me it eliminates a lot of stress

if you get addicted then you are a retard, just like with everything else.

>Are zoomers just this retarded?
What the fuck are you talking about? Cigs are a boomer and millennial thing, zoomers vape.

it pair well with a tons of drugs, it help get your mind back on track when stressed, it help socializing

>started when 11
>stopped when 16
>started when 18
>stopped when 23
>started when 26

It'll never end

Is it all that different tho? You could say that you could buy liquid with no nicotine, but that defeats the whole purpose of it.

I presume it's (1) method of slow suicide, (2) a way to hold onto those good feelings of nights out drinking with pals, smoking outside. They probably associated smoking with a good night out.

Always liked the smell of smoke.
Started smoking at 18 when out drinking with friends.
Eventually would buy a pack of smokes to have on a night out.
Smoking cigs while sober was still mildly disgusting. Started having one to take the edge off a hangover which transitioned into liking smoking while fully sober.
At this point, if I'm going to have a drink, I would have to have a smoke as well.
Smoking weed with tobacco at the time also helped cement nicotine into the reward center of my brain.
Moved to Japan where smoking is commonplace, cheap, can smoke indoors, etc.
Going out to drink in Japan, everyone would be smoking cigarettes inside.
Few hobbies outside of getting drunk, smoking is now inescapable.

Eventually I did manage to quit smoking for over a year, when I moved back home and dialled back on the binge-drinking.
Before Christmas, started smoking again. My mother became very ill and we couldn't visit her in hospital due to the coof. Was very depressed and anxious, smoking is something that can make you feel "good" even when you're depressed.

One of the biggest issues for me when trying to quit is constant constipation. Tobacco is a powerful laxative for me, and part of my morning coffee-tobacco-shit routine. After a couple weeks, it becomes easy enough to get over the desire to smoke, I would be still constipated and bloated as fuck. Just one cigarette away from intestinal bliss.

Quitting again has been on my to-do list for a while. I've done it before so feel like I can do it again. I guess I just have to pull the trigger, but what was absolutely key in quitting before was a intense desire to quit that I could focus on, or at least look back on when craving came back. I don't really feel that at the moment.

Yes, smoking is retarded and I wish I never started.

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that's why i have started to transition to vapes, you still get a nice buzz while not destroying yourself as bad

I started smoking behind the crates at school during the winter when I was like 15. I didn't really give it any thought as to why I was doing it, it was just because a friend had started and always offered. Since then it's just been on and off, never really felt a draw to it or any sort of addiction though.

peer preasure from friends. also growing up around smokers my whole life didn't help.

i know everyone says they hate the smell of cigs but there is nothing like sitting in the back seat of a car and someone up front rolls their window down and lights up a cig. that first light smells so fucking good every time. too bad they dont always smell that way

I started at 11 because everyone I knew smoked.

It's different now. I probably wouldn't have started if I was a zoomer.

>it becomes easy enough to get over the desire to smoke, I would be still constipated and bloated as fuck
nigga just eat more fibrous stuff like fruits and vegetables, or get a cheap oily coffee like the standard nescafe flakes, that'll give you the same laxative effect.
I smoke too btw so not preaching against smoking. I don't have an addiction though, I just smoke when out drinking or some cigars which are delicious enough to be worth the lung cancer desu