Why do people still smoke cigarettes?

[Kuffy]

We know it messes up your lungs,and reduces libido. It also costs a fair bit of money. It messes up your skin texture as well, and you can see those middle aged women with prune lips and pasty faces. Now it appears that smoking helps the Corona Virus to bond to cells, and this makes it much harder for the immune system to fight the virus.

I just can't understand what the appeal is given all the damaging consequences.

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[peter0425]

We know it messes up your lungs,and reduces libido. It also costs a fair bit of money. It messes up your skin texture as well, and you can see those middle aged women with prune lips and pasty faces. Now it appears that smoking helps the Corona Virus to bond to cells, and this makes it much harder for the immune system to fight the virus.

I just can't understand what the appeal is given all the damaging consequences.

because of socialization ?or being addicted thru the help of other friends or family that smoking?

i am a quitter and proud to be one,i did smoke for many years but end up now?i am not even taking a single stick.

in later?they will surely find the damage before realizing whats wrong.

[sayam]

I think people first want to test themselves by seeing a smoker. After that, he/she was unknowingly addicted to it. And that person started to smoking at times without his own knowledge. In this way, it becomes addictive at one time & that person can't come out from this life threaded Addiction. But luckly even I can't tolerate cigarette smell.

[Karen0]

I have asked a lot of people about it. Most of them say that it "calms them down" if they are nervous. Then it goes like addiction. Second popular answer is that it helps to make friends, in other words it binds people. Actually, I also smoked when i was living in my property in Spain and partied a lot, but now i give up smoking because I fell in love

[Hannu]

Because I'm smoking 12 years old and cannot stop. I have a good childhood, dad has two jobs. Never ever need to worry for example how much gas you put in a car, always full tank. I'm, not a spoiled kid and same own kids.

[cryptoruby]

stress, habit maybe. It's hard to give up!

[Vod]

We know it messes up your lungs,and reduces libido. It also costs a fair bit of money. It messes up your skin texture as well, and you can see those middle aged women with prune lips and pasty faces. Now it appears that smoking helps the Corona Virus to bond to cells, and this makes it much harder for the immune system to fight the virus.

I just can't understand what the appeal is given all the damaging consequences.

Here are some ideas.   

1) Lungs already damaged due to asbestos exposure
2) My robot is ready whenever I am
3) More money than I can spend with the life I have left
4) I'm no longer vain
5) If the virus goes pandemic, we will lose 2% of the population.   The Black Plague killed 50%
else)  Stress relief man.  Everyone has a vice.

I used to wonder why young people smoked, with their whole life ahead of them.  The reason is clear now - everyone may starve in a few years. 

[btc_love]

For some, this has already become an insurmountable addiction. Other people just like it. They understand all the consequences, but they like the process. Just like alcohol for many people.

[Negotiation]

It's difficult to give exact information about why people still smoke but I think it's a type of intoxication that many people don't want to give up Everyone knows that it can be harmful to our body and death can be cancer. People can not leave it is a type of addiction Many friends have learned from one and a half and some have learned to eat themselves However I do not like to smoke cigarettes nor do I smoke.

[Kuffy]

Just to reinforce the point.

It was reported that Chinese men are more likely to die from the Corona Virus than Chinese women. This was assumed to be related to their sex. In fact research revealed that 40% of Chinese men smoke, and only about 2% of Chinese women do so, Smoking helps the Corona Virus to bind to cells and multiply, and this is the reason for the increase in deaths.

[dvmmayowa]

We know it messes up your lungs,and reduces libido. It also costs a fair bit of money. It messes up your skin texture as well, and you can see those middle aged women with prune lips and pasty faces. Now it appears that smoking helps the Corona Virus to bond to cells, and this makes it much harder for the immune system to fight the virus.

I just can't understand what the appeal is given all the damaging consequences.

If you'd take the pain to ask most smoker why they do it persistently, you'll realize that their main problem is the addiction and nothing else, its takes a whole lot to stop a man or woman from smoking, its just like drinking alcohol too. Funny enough, if you try educating them on the hazards they are prone to while smoking in this part of the world, they reply you with the phrase ''A man only die once'', so pathetic!

[Alaric05]

I have asked a lot of people about it. Most of them say that it "calms them down" if they are nervous. Then it goes like addiction. Second popular answer is that it helps to make friends, in other words it binds people. Actually, I also smoked when i was living in my property in Spain and partied a lot, but now i give up smoking because I fell in love

I asked my friend why does he smoke?  The answer I got was hilarious he said he doesn't like to smoke but it looks cool and with smoking swag he can attract girls. Seriously I know my girl she hates cigarette smell.

[boyptc]

I asked my friend why does he smoke?  The answer I got was hilarious he said he doesn't like to smoke but it looks cool and with smoking swag he can attract girls. Seriously I know my girl she hates cigarette smell.

How old is your friend? if he's a teenager close to early 20s that would be a valid reason.

I have friends who work in the BPO industry and the shifting of their schedule is toxic and they smoke a cigarette to relieve the stress that they get from the work. And it's also a mechanism to them so that they won't fall asleep as they work on graveyard shift. For others, I don't know the reason but mostly it's a habit.

[Ucy]

Probably addiction... just like most of us living on earth are addicted to one thing or the other. Unfortunately smoking things like cigarettes has more disadvantages than advantages to many/most people. The addiction and the possible health challenges are not good things. I guess those that are addicted could start reducing the amount they smoke a day, eat/live more healthy, deal with the root cause of the addiction, until they finally quite smoking.

[Subbir]

We all know that smoking is harmful to the health we smoke Smoking destroys our lungs and causes a spread of diseases I also usually smoke but now i can not quit. In fact smokers themselves don't even know why they eat. It's an addiction and addiction.

[star7dust]

I think this addiction is mostly psychological. Like, if your spirit is weak, you can't quit though you know the consequences. Personally I tried smoking but I never grew addiction to it. At first, it's just interesting to try, then it may become an essential part of your life if you're not strong enough

[NotFuzzyWarm]

Personally, I smoke because I like to. Period.
I often fly overseas, longest flight so far was 28hrs portal-to-portal with most around 18-20hrs, I regularly work in clean rooms and pharmaceutical mfg areas and not being able to smoke at those times has never bothered me at all. Even when I am freely able to smoke I'll often go several days without a cigarette just because I don't feel like it. Nonetheless I average 1 pack a day.

Never once has it bothered me to not be able to smoke. I figure that once it DOES bother me - that is the time to quit.

[uchetar]

You cant stop. Its coded into our DNA. whatever is coded into DNA you will like to do it repeatedly. Anything we consume often, its coded, and then you always will be sick until its gone from DNA. So, to stop you will have to suffer in a huge pain, its restoration pain. Any food, drinks, all that changes our DNA work.

[Alaric05]

I asked my friend why does he smoke?  The answer I got was hilarious he said he doesn't like to smoke but it looks cool and with smoking swag he can attract girls. Seriously I know my girl she hates cigarette smell.

How old is your friend? if he's a teenager close to early 20s that would be a valid reason.

I have friends who work in the BPO industry and the shifting of their schedule is toxic and they smoke a cigarette to relieve the stress that they get from the work. And it's also a mechanism to them so that they won't fall asleep as they work on graveyard shift. For others, I don't know the reason but mostly it's a habit.

Yes you are right he was in his early 20s, now smoking has become his habit which he can't leave.

[lienfaye]

Probably addiction... just like most of us living on earth are addicted to one thing or the other.

I agree, its hard to quit because they used to it as part of their daily habit. I know someone who can consume 2 packs of cigarette each day, its like a candy that if he crave for it then no one can stop. I think a person will only stop smoking if he feel something is wrong in his health. But before someone can stop, damage has been done already to his lungs making it to a point his life is at risk.