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Anonymous
Its troublesome that smoking not only makes you look cool, but it gives you such a great opportunity to meet people at smoke breaks or at nightspots. No sarcasm, but sometimes I regret having never taken it up.
Many of the smoking horror stories are greatly exaggerated and government warnings are always very carefully worded. The common malaises are also obtainable from other sources and are usually combinations of lifestyle choice and genetics.
The small particles you cannot see are the worst. When they settle in your lungs, your body cannot remove them like a bacteria or virus, so they are covered in cells and just left sitting there. Almost like a splinter in your lung, for life. These particles are also well known to be associated with asbestos, wood fires, dirty exhausts, fine dust storms, improper engine combustion, unmilled cotton, wheat dust. A filtered cigarette is the healthiest way to smoke because you don't just pour things straight down your lungs.
Most of the chemicals are present in such small quantites that the fire quenches them. Nicotine is not toxic, but addiction becomes more a psychological matter.
Like caffeine, wine, beer, opium, weed, cocaine, slavery, sex, porn, fast food, religion and many others, addiction is all a matter of perspective and changes with times and attitudes.
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