• kn33@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    I’m so glad the USA had such a strong anti-smoking campaign when I was young.

    • Ulvain@sh.itjust.works
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      6 hours ago

      Well let’s just hope the tobacco industry doesn’t get the good idea to cut Elon or Trump a check…

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        4 hours ago

        Vapes are way more popular with younger audiences though. I don’t think tobacco companies care about getting more people hooked on cigarettes anymore, and they don’t need government help to make vaping more popular.

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          53 minutes ago

          autistic person here, I still don’t get why people start. Like, I get that once you start you are physically addicted by the nicotine, but why even start? You don’t look cool, you don’t look tough, you only look like a dumbass who’s gonna go broke buying cigarettes, die in their 60s, and spend a painful life while reaching it because you are always exhausted and out of breath

          Like shit, do weed or LSD, at least you’ll have a nice time, but cigarettes are just all downsides

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            47 minutes ago

            Thats a new way of thinking about smoking tho, again back in its hayday it was seen as cool, ,tough, adult, badass, rebellious, etc which is part of why it got so popular… along with this alot of kids grew up with smoker parents (or smoker friends) so they didnt see any problem with starting themselfs