I'm a non-smoker.
But my wife and our eldest children smoke.
Their lives. Their decisions. I've never tried, never even thought of it.
Their lives. Their decisions. I've never tried, never even thought of it.
46-50, M
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
Non-smoker here, too.
I did have a girlfriend who smoked though only moderately, and yes at times it was like kissing an ash-tray, but luckily that was unusual.
I had one cigarette when I was about 19, did not like the bitter taste, could not see the point; have not smoked since.
Years later my Dad quietly admitted he wished he'd never started, but I think he caught the habit from his own Dad; and they were of an era when perhaps far more men smoked than did not. Youths and young men apparently thought smoking somehow "manly", encouraged by the baccy companies' advertising.
Nowadays it seems the other way round, with far fewer non-smokers than smokers, at least of tobacco.
I don't know how nicotine-vapour smoking compares but these products can be far more addictive by having a higher concentration of the compound, and none of the loss represented by the cigarette continuing to burn even when not held in the mouth.
I did have a girlfriend who smoked though only moderately, and yes at times it was like kissing an ash-tray, but luckily that was unusual.
I had one cigarette when I was about 19, did not like the bitter taste, could not see the point; have not smoked since.
Years later my Dad quietly admitted he wished he'd never started, but I think he caught the habit from his own Dad; and they were of an era when perhaps far more men smoked than did not. Youths and young men apparently thought smoking somehow "manly", encouraged by the baccy companies' advertising.
Nowadays it seems the other way round, with far fewer non-smokers than smokers, at least of tobacco.
I don't know how nicotine-vapour smoking compares but these products can be far more addictive by having a higher concentration of the compound, and none of the loss represented by the cigarette continuing to burn even when not held in the mouth.
ElwoodBlues · M
@ArishMell Yeah, the combustion products in the smoke will be the main source of carcinogens, but nicotine itself isn't a very friendly drug. It can increase one's blood pressure, heart rate, flow of blood to the heart and cause a narrowing of the arteries. Nicotine may also contribute to the hardening of the arterial walls, which can lead to heart attack.
When choosing a drug, legal or illegal, you have to do a cost/benefit analysis. The high of nicotine just isn't worth the price your circulatory system pays. And the high doesn't last - pretty soon you need nicotine regularly just to feel normal.
When choosing a drug, legal or illegal, you have to do a cost/benefit analysis. The high of nicotine just isn't worth the price your circulatory system pays. And the high doesn't last - pretty soon you need nicotine regularly just to feel normal.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@ElwoodBlues Well, I'd not choose an illegal one anyway! However it's been known for a long time that all these addictive substances are ultimately bad for you.
It's been found recently too that there are unscrupulous gangs in the Far East (China?). trying to make children addicted to nicotine by selling preparations of it disguised as sweets.
It's been found recently too that there are unscrupulous gangs in the Far East (China?). trying to make children addicted to nicotine by selling preparations of it disguised as sweets.
