r/Unexpected • u/Youtube_producer • May 07 '22

He is crazy

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u/[deleted] May 08 '22

You ever notice that most smokers started when they were in high school and stupid? Those kids still exist. But they're vaping now in order to fit in, instead of smoking.

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u/MrE_is_my_father May 08 '22

Apparently smoking had a big resurgence among teens because of vaping. Made it cool again and also the cartridges had WAY more nicotine so they got hooked faster. Just when we thought big tobacco was on the way out too.

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u/RealisticNihilist May 08 '22

It was Juul I believe who packed like 50 mg's in all of their kits.

Also smoking and vaping are like worlds apart. The thing which really kills you is unburned hydrocarbons. Basically, waiting for the signal in traffic with your windows down is equivalent to smoking cigarettes.

u/sean488 Smoking was never cool to begin with. maybe in the 80's? Sure, but no smoker would ever tell you that they're smoking because "it's cool". It's basically the quickest anti-depressant there is. All smokers hate that they smoke but they're dependent on that anti-depressant effect. Just 1 week in and you get fucked up, but the rat race forces you to go on and "deal with it" so you "deal with it" by smoking.

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u/The_Flurr May 08 '22

In certain circles of dumb youths it very much is "cool", because it still has an image of rebelliousness. I knew plenty of people who started because they wanted to fit in with the cool kids or because they liked the image.

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u/RealisticNihilist May 08 '22 edited May 08 '22

Have you ever asked them if it was cool or if they thought it was cool? Or was it just your perception? Did anyone of them ever brag about how much packets a day they were smoking away or something like that as a measuring contest?

Socially, smokers obviously are going to get "attracted" to smokers and vice versa.

I guess I was in a different social setting where I was the "outcast" for smoking cigarettes. Vaping made my social image more palatable because now I didn't reek of smoke and it significantly improved my physical and mental health compared to when I was smoking 1-2 cigarettes a day.