Cigarettes are really weird/interesting. So many people choose to smoke when it is obviously so unhealthy. I'm not saying smokers are bad or anything like that, I've smoked a few myself, but I don't think there is any overwhelming evidence, even from any conspiracy theorists, that smoking is good for you. So why do so many people do it? Because it's cool? Addiction? Just because? I don't think the answer is simple. I know many smokers who acknowledge smoking's harmful effects, yet have no desire to quit. They shrug it off with something like "If I want to die young, let me." This seems more like being unwilling, or even afraid, to admit that they need to stop. But who am I to say?
Thursday, March 12, 2009
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Cigarettes are really weird/interesting. So many people choose to smoke when it is obviously so unhealthy. I'm not saying smokers are bad or anything like that, I've smoked a few myself, but I don't think there is any overwhelming evidence, even from any conspiracy theorists, that smoking is good for you. So why do so many people do it? Because it's cool? Addiction? Just because? I don't think the answer is simple. I know many smokers who acknowledge smoking's harmful effects, yet have no desire to quit. They shrug it off with something like "If I want to die young, let me." This seems more like being unwilling, or even afraid, to admit that they need to stop. But who am I to say?
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