Was my doctor right to say this?

I've had concerns about symptoms for a while now due to smoking. She didn't want to look into it. She said "You've only been smoking 20 years, you don't have cancer"

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Moneyonmymind · 31-35, M

why smoke at all then?

robertsnj · 56-60, M

@Moneyonmymind assuming she and most adult smokers are addicted . i feel like that is the elephant in their room

Moneyonmymind · 31-35, M

@robertsnj 🤣 i suppose

robertsnj · 56-60, M

@Moneyonmymind i am your boat / as a non smoker i cannot relate but I feel empathy at the trap they built for themselves, many of them building that trap before the age of 17 when they knew so little about their future selves as smokers.

Moneyonmymind · 31-35, M

@robertsnj i am not as easy on them. they know the dangers of smoking but do it anyway? like huh 🙃

swandfriends · 41-45, F

When I was younger I never had the urge to even try a cigarette until I was 27. That's when I started smoking. Yeah, like a lot of smokers, I wish I never started