What I don't understand is how people get addicted to smoking in the first place. It hasn't been "cool" to smoke in my lifetime. Going near a cigarette as a non-smoker is gross as fuck. Who decides "I don't care about my health or the gross smell, imma do this thing with no upsides" before being addicted?

[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 7 points 5 months ago

All it takes is one low point, friend. I'm glad you've never been there around the wrong person at the wrong time but understand that its not just a "hmm I want to smell terrible today ❤️" situation.

[–] Somerefriedbeans@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because it's a drug that gives you a feeling. Some people enjoy the feeling that smoking gives them, the addiction slowly follows after.

The same works for just about any drug. I can assure you that heroin and crack addicts didn't suddenly decide they wanted to be addicted to those drugs. Curiosity gets the best of people sometimes.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How do you get that feeling without making a decision to do something really gross? Why did they choose to smoke that first gross death stick?

[–] braxy29@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

because i was 18, a freshman in college, and just got dumped. i was all down about it and a friend offered me one and i thought, fuck it, why not.

then i bummed another a few days later and so on. bought my own pack within a week.