The solution to many problems

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

Don't smoke kids.

Tell me about it! I had to accept that part of quitting involved forever missing something, but knowing I'm better off without it.
- That feeling will disappear eventually. I rarely even think about it even when I see smokers now. If I'm out drinking though that's a different story...
- How I feel about my (soon to be ex-) wife...
- I yearn for that strength. I'm sure I'll quit one day
They don't stay still long enough to roll properly.
- How do you even have papers big enough
Question: did memes like this help?
Asking because I do street cleaning work in my neighborhood. And assholes keep throwing cigarette butts right on the ground.
I'd love to find a solution to have them quit smoking, which will lead to less cigarette butts.
- No. Having others say something you already know as a addict of a substance doesn't help at all. We know we should stop. We all know that. The challenge of an addict is being willing to stop, and then being successful at stopping. Then abstinence.
  When I was a smoker, I watch my grandmother die from smoking related lung cancer right in front of my face, it didn't change a thing. I'd go outside of the hospital and smoke all the same. I had to want to quit.
- I agree with @RedditIsDeddit , it does not help. It may even make things worse. All this meme does is make me feel misunderstood and despised by others (While some of them don't even understand what I actually go through). Tobacco is a terrible addiction. I quited for two years but fell again when I broke up with my ex. During those two years I dreamt of smoking at least once a week and gained 15kg. I grew up in France in the 90s and then the country did a pretty shitty job protecting kids (I started buying cigarettes for myself at 14 and it was easy because the tobacco shop owner didn't bat an eye). I think the solution is prevention and children's protection (by preventing access) to ensure that they don't start. For those who already smoke the best is kind support not guilt and disdain. (And total bans don't help either, we just feel left out when the government who now bans us from every place and treats us like awful weak-willed bastards initially incitated us to smoke two decades ago with adds and easy access).
How do you smoke a kid? And what do they taste like?
- They taste like unicorns

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

Where I live, you're not allowed to smoke in bars or restaurants.
- Also in the outside section? If yes I applaud your government for implementing the rule properly, not half-assed like in Germany.
I thought you wheren't allowed to smoke inside anymore in Germany?
- Smokers are still allowed to stink up your food outside. So you may enjoy your food inside in the summer.
  Also restaurants are allowed to have an inside smoking section. Most of the time that means you still get to ‘enjoy’ the stink.
  Lastly let’s not forget that smokers, when forced to smoke outside, will almost always do so right on the doorstep. So that the stink gets sucked in and everybody gets to enjoy a good second hand smoke.
- He could mean terraces (outside)? That still bugs me a lot...

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

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

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

Yeah, this worked well for me, too. The generic one you mention also had less side effects for me. There's still the vivid dreams / nightmares, but less intense.
From Chantix /Champix I recollect the spider dreams and floor crumbling beneath me.
But hey, anything to quit smoking.
This reads like a Pharma advert.

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

It would suck if windows didn’t close.
- Not everyone has decent ventilation.

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

It's like the inverse of running. Running feels like trash in the moment, but great after

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

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

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

It also makes you hot and famous.
C) good social activity
- I remember people talking about how the other smokers at work were all the cool people. And like, yeah, you spend several minutes several times a day hanging out outside with them, with no work and nothing to do but shoot the shit. Of course you like them better, you spend way more time with them.
  Also you can all bond over your common terrible life choices, what's not to like?
- Actually true, in a myriad of bad effects.

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

Yes, smoking takes years off your life.

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

Man if only that was true. A neighbor across the street is a chain smoker, and I hear him hack up a lung every morning for a couple of hours.
Yeah smoking will make you live shorter, but it'll also reaaaally fuckin' ruin your life leading up to that.
- That's the joke.

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

Montezuma’s revenge

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

Drinking borgs?
- Isn't that what they call them? I'm not 20 anymore so I'm not as hip.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg_(drink)

Boy do I love tobacco.

I don't smoke any more, but I love the smell of nice tobacco. I was late for work the other day because a crusty old man was smoking a roll up if Dutch tobacco and I couldn't resist chatting about it.
- Dutch tobacco? the whacky kind?
Good News! Cigarette Juice!

Ive seen people quit oxy easier then cigarettes

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

Guess I should stop showering

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

Mental inconvenience takes a number of forms, one of them is nicotine addiction. Some people with more standard brains than you and I can't comprehend why we would regularly consume literal poison to feel better instead of, I don't know, watching a Disney film or running until they sweat and smell.
I have switched over to a vape and mix my own flavorless, scentless juice. I still feel like a pariah when I use it, and stick to alleys and back lots.
I truly wish vape culture hadn't had that bro moment of douche bags chucking clouds in theaters and making a fuss when imbibing indoors.
I'd be slightly less embarrassed of the pile of addictions I've become.
It’s alright they never had to suffer from the utter brainwash advertising we had. They are brainwashed the other way. It’s probably a good thing. World used to be a smoke cloud.
It's always a .ml account
What does smoking a cigarette here or there has to do with addiction?
Cigarettes aren't the only way you can get addicted, you know. You made the connection between cigarettes and addictions, here in this post.
Also wouldn't it be the best advice against addiction find the will in oneself to stop doing it? If addicted smokers know what their cigarettes do for themselves and others, then they might want to try search for help, to get them off their addiction?
- What does smoking a cigarette here or there has to do with addiction?
  Where did I or the original post mention anything about occasional smokers? This post is offensive to those struggling from lifelong addiction to cigarettes, which is almost never a choice.
  Also wouldn't it be the best advice against addiction find the will in oneself to stop doing it? If addicted smokers know what their cigarettes do for themselves and others, then they might want to try search for help, to get them off their addiction?
  Gee, that's such great advice! Why didn't the lifelong addict think of that one themselves? You just singlehandedly solved addiction.
  Noone chooses being addicted to cigarettes. It's a mental health disorder just like being addicted to fentanyl or heroin, and a crippling one at that for some. Please educate yourself about what addiction is before defending posts like this. What you are doing is similar to shitting on people for "choosing" their sexuality or gender.
- lol I hope you get addicted to some to some ratchet pussy and it ruins your life

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

sorry, i couldn't hear you over the sound of my free healthcare
You must be American
- Yes. We are American. We’re destined to die from a gun. Who’s got time to be afraid of a plant? What is a healthcare?
I have free healthcare

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

So if he loses control of his car and is heading at a tree, he can shoot the tree in self defense.
- Ah yes. The Maple Doctrine.
- You're being ridiculous. Of course the gun is to offset his momentum. Couple shots should do it. \s
My work buddy will only eat meals made from single-ingredient foods because of "all the extra shit they put in there", and smokes a pack a week.
- Your work buddy isn't wrong with that tbh
When he sees that nicotine feller, he’s going to shoot him right between the eyes.
- Poor Nic (a teen):
~~Yeah! Merica!~~

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

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

Yeah, it was fun for a while. The good thing is, so many people stopped smoking in the last few years, that smoking stopped to be this special social thing.
- I never smoked, but had to hang out with smokers outside the office building at my first job, if I wanted a bit of break and chat with colleagues. I usually brought a glass of water with me.
  Happy that this is not the case anymore.

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

This is how I finally quit for good.
- Meanwhile idiots like me ended up vaping all day long and when I went back to cigarettes my tolerance was through the roof and I smoked more than I ever did.

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

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

Same.
But whooooo damn do I occasionally miss having a smoke.
I've not smoked for more years than I smoked at this point, but the habit is in me. My brain only remembers the good parts.
- Yup, this is me with both alcohol and cigarettes. And it seems like the worse things are going for me, the better going back to it sounds.
  Still I'm so glad I don't have to worry about keeping dosed anymore.
- My mother quit smoking 25 years ago and still has panic attacks about it every few weeks.
  That pisses her off so she won’t ever smoke again.
Well done my dude
- Thanks! ☺️

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

I feel like this should've been discussed before moving in together. Still not too late to talk though - if he's even a little bit considerate, he'll agree to only smoke outside.
yeah that's a dick move. I'm a smoker but i only smoke tobacco outdoors. i like being in a space i can smoke indoors, but it's not gonna be my place
So start smoking and you won’t even notice.
Seriously though, as a lifelong smoker I do my best to keep it from being anyone else’s problem.
- I agree. There is a difference between being a smoker and being an inconsiderate dick.

Why smoke when you can be addicted to the superiority complex that apparently comes with not smoking?

It's not a complex if it's true.
- I would like to submit exhibit A in to evidence your honor
Yeah that shit annoys the fuck out of me. Society really needs to change the way we treat people who smoke.
- Many people wouldn't mind other people smoking, as long as it doesn't impact non-smokers. But the thing is, smokers aren't really all that considerate about non-smokers. I attended a couple festivals over the past week. It's really annoying when you stand in packed crowd as a non-smoker and someone starts smoking. Sure, we are outside, but it literally makes breathing harder, especially for asthma patients.
  I don't really see a way in which smokers and non-smokers can coexists without the smoker impacting the non-smoker. Even if you only smoke outside of the restaurant/bar, it will still be annoying and unhealthy to people entering the restaurant or bar.
  I'm very curious with how things will develop in France, where they banned smoking in area's where children are present, which is virtually everywhere.
- They did... and it caused most people to stop smoking. Building that social stigma was like one of the best health marketing campaigns in history.
  I say this as someone who used to and still does smoke time to time.
- I completely agree, ads like this that say " it's bad for you", "you'll hurt the ones you love", "your family will miss you", it's all just anti-suicide pepole thinking they're soo much better than everyone else
  blowing ones brains out shouldn't be portrayed as a bad thing, we need change and show we respect and accept suicide!
  Also as a child of a heavy smoker, fuuuuuuck people who smoke around others, i don't care if you want to harm yourself, but stay the fuck away from other people while you do it

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

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

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

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

the amount of self righteousness and lack of empathy from some non smokers really makes me glad that I will never have to hang out with those types of people.
Youre seriously trying to guilt trip non-smokers here? Sure, addiction is horrible and some people are really struggling, but the majority of smokers I know dont give a shit that theyre actively killing others by blowing smoke into their faces on the street. Its ignorant and toxic behavior which is tolerated because of decades of brainwashing by the industry.
I have very little empathy for people who choose hurting others for their own convenience. Maybe start with empathy for poor people that struggle surviving because they are being exploited, or people that are systemically suppressed, then move on to empathy for smokers and other criminals.
I hope you get better, but your struggles dont excuse the millions of smokers actively harming their environments without a care in the world.
- I'm not trying to guilt trip anyone. The self righteous superior people clearly dgaf what I think and the feeling is mutual.
  .... killing others by blowing smoke into their faces on the street.
  Ah yes, the age old tradition of going up to a non smoker and blowing smoke directly in their faces. Fun times.
  I've been a smoker for a very long time and I've never seen that happen, unless you count shotgunning cannabis, and that was always consensual.
  Let's get real for just a second. What you actually mean is occasionally you catch a whiff of cigarette smoke while outside. I'm sure you don't go stand next to smoker, and I'm positive that they don't "blow smoke into your face".
  Even in my backwards ass state, you can't smoke indoors in public places, so it must be outside.
  If you are so concerned about your health that you think simply smelling cigarette smoke and walking away will kill you, I sure hope you never leave the house, attend a BBQ, or go camping, because you will likely be exposed to other smells just as likely to kill you as that.
  I have very little empathy for people...
  That much is clear
  Maybe start with empathy for poor people that struggle surviving because they are being exploited, or people who are systematically suppressed
  Who says I don't? Who says I don't fall into those categories myself? Having empathy for one group of people does not preclude you from having empathy for others. I've never shot heroin or smoked crack, but I feel bad for people struggling with those addictions.
  I don't condone smoking indoors where non smokers live or around non smokers if they are outdoors and can't walk away for some reason, I just don't think someone should be treated as if they are human excrement simply because they are a smoker. You don't agree, that's fine as long as I'm not forced to be around you or have to listen to your sermons.
- Would you like me to analyze your ethical decisions and judge you publicly? I am certain we can find some unethical behaviors that you partake in every day that hurt the environment and the people around you. I don’t have time in my day. It’s just a really weird thing to pick out and have a moral battle with. It’s a personal choice. It’s an addiction. There’s plenty of bad people out there. The cigarette smokers are not trying to hurt you intentionally.
- weird you ask for people to have empathy for poor and struggling people but then hate on smokers when those people are almost always smokers themselves - genuinely you'll be hard pressed to find a struggling person that doesn't smoke
  maybe there's something more to knowingly poising oneself for the fleeting feeling of control and comfort that doesn't have anything to do with "people who choose hurting others for their own convenience"?
Smokers are addicts that it's "morally acceptable" to shit on. The self righteous love it.
when the alternative is worse than quitting, it's extremely difficult to quit
What are you referring to?
- If I quit, I might live longer. Life is hell.
- Having to deal with the consequences of dropping a lifelong addiction most likely.
  Quitting smoking fucking sucks. You don't start to notice the positive effects of quitting for weeks after your last smoke, and you don't realize until then how much the cigarettes are affecting your health. So it can really feel like you're putting yourself through hell for very little benefit. When just having a cigarette feels like it can fix all symptoms you're having now, it's hard to keep going.
In shitty times like that you gotta have all the fun you can ehehe :) hope you'll get better friend!

I’ve smoked 3 packs a day by 25 y/o. Started with 17. stopped with 27. I don’t regret stopping, I feel better. But I miss it.

3 whole fucking packs a DAY? Did you even breathe normal air?
- I had the luxury to smoke on my job. I smoked a lot.
I only got to a pack a day before I quit for vaping, and I've been titrating down of that and hope to be off it entirely soon.
I do miss the tingle you get from that first smoke of the day. But it's not worth not being able to smell anything and spending so much money.
- I roll my own. Cheap as hell, but I wish I could stop. I’d lose my goddamn mind if I did.

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

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

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

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

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

Bloody hell did that really happen?
You dated someone who picked up half smoked ciggies and smoked them? Was she homeless?
That’s so gross, only ever seen the truly fucker and desperate do that.
- Punk shit
What the fuck? Gross. I have never needed a smoke that bad.

Just one nail of many in my mom's coffin

It was the primary nail in my mother's coffin and her mother's coffin too.
- Knowing that addictive tendencies are hereditary, I hope you are OK & continue to be OK.

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

I can put my life in danger. I can put your life in danger. But I draw the line when you put my life in danger.

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

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