• torknorggren
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      1 year ago

      Nah, addiction plagues the well and the poorly educated. I was acquainted with a couple of Nobel prize winners who smoked like chimneys.

      • julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        It’s not a culture fair observation to be sure. Your Nobel prize winners I guess we’re old (hence part of a generation when smoking was more widespread). There are also countries where smoking is more or less universal.

      • magnetosphere @beehaw.org
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        1 year ago

        Addiction is everywhere, but cigarettes are unique. It’s no secret that cigarette companies deliberately get people addicted, and then let them die, simply because it’s profitable.

        You KNOW you’re being used. Voluntarily paying to make it happen is stupid.

        I’m sympathetic towards older folks who got hooked when the companies were still lying to the public, but anyone who started smoking in the last few decades is a moron.