<p>Was supposed to. I’ll try to play up the satire next time.</p>
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<p>The cost doesn’t vary, but I would argue that individuals can experience a range of utilities from smoking. Speaking from my perspective, I think the benefits of lighting up do not match the potential (or even the definite) consequences of doing so.</p>
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<p>Unless there is no social cost, the market is not efficient (too many cigarettes are being sold).</p>
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<p>How else do you say “above optimal” in one word? I’m lost.</p>
<p>I’ve never been into smoking anything before. I’m not sure if that will change in the future, but for now, I stay away.</p>
<p>I once kissed a guy who had just smoked a cig and it was disgusting. I don’t know how anyone can date someone who smokes all the time.</p>
<p>I also don’t really understand why everyone thinks weed is so much better; it’s still bad for you and I think it smells a million times worse than cigarettes.</p>
<p>I used to be vehemently anti-smoking and anti-drugs (back when I was pro-authoritarian). Then I changed a lot at some point and now I have totally permissive views on both. I still think that smoking is stupid (only due to all the carcinogens in cigarettes - it might be possible to create a nicotine cigarette that doesn’t have all those carcinogens, maybe through synthetic nicotine), but I think that other routes of nicotine administration would have many of the benefits of smoking without most of the significant health costs.</p>
<p>Weed is not good for health either but its addiction rate is way lower than the addiction rate for nicotine/cigarettes (9% vs 33%). Like I said, I have a problem with the addiction part of it and how people behave after they start smoking a lot regularly, not with the actual act itself. </p>
<p>My ex-FWB used to smoke. I don’t know how I could stand it. Its pretty foul, the smell, for me.</p>
<p>I remember when I was a sophomore in high school and I hooked up with my guy friend who went to Yale. He had just smoked Fantasias. It tasted so good.</p>
<p>I’ll stop smoking if I get in a very serious relationship and the guy doesn’t like it. And definitely when I have a kid.</p>
<p>I don’t like the smell of mid weed. But others, like blue dream, taste/smell so good.</p>
<p>I personally find it really gross… but quite a few of my good friends do it. I guess now my response is kind of like “make your own choices, but preferably not in front of me, and most importantly, don’t blow that **** on me or i swear i’ll rape your mind”.</p>
<p>It can go the other way too. My grandparents smoked quite a bit and of their seven children, none smoked. My mom in particular has a really big problem with an allergy to smoke too. They also both died in their 50’s of lung cancer, so it definitely cut a good 20 years off of their life. </p>
<p>I’m not saying you’re wrong, but in the interest of fairness…</p>
<p>No but in all honesty, I have no problem with it. Me trying to stop people from smoking would be just as useless as trying to stop rain from falling. I feel bad for the people that do it (including both of my parents) but what can you do.</p>
<p>Not going to lie, I’ve smoken once or twice just to see what it is like and i hate it. My throat burns and I don’t like the feeling of it in my lungs. Not high on my priority list.</p>
<p>It’s really quite silly if you think about it. You pay to kill yourself. </p>
<p>That being said I don’t think people should be as haughty as they are right now towards smokers. Yes, secondhand smoking is dangerous, but standing next to the smoker at the bus stop isn’t going to lead you to your untimely doom.</p>
<p>Well, you could argue many Americans pay to kill themselves… with all the fast food they buy (or all the Vermont cheddar cheese… if you get my reference :D).</p>
<p>My great grandfather lived until 94 while being a smoker his whole life. I think it just depends on your genetics to depend on how much your body can tolerate smoking.</p>