My girlfriend has threatened to break up with me several times now unless I cut down to a pack a week. I’m not addicted but it does help me get through my day. I keep trying to tell her that but she doesn’t believe me and keeps saying that it’s actually bad. I want to prove to my girlfriend that smoking cigarettes is actually good for you so that she can stop judging me over it but I can’t find any info online to back that up. Can anyone help me find some resources that list the health benefits of cigarettes? Like how nicotine kills germs or anything like that?

  • SilentStorms@lemmy.ca
    15·
    1 year ago

    You sound like a teenager. As an almost 20 year smoker, if you’re “not addicted” then quit now.

    Health benefits aside, it’s a massive pain in the ass and a money pit. Everyone (rightfully) talks about getting lung cancer, but no one talks about how fucking annoying it is to have to stop what you’re doing every 2 hours to feed your cravings.

    • Lappland@lemmy.worldOP
      222·
      1 year ago

      I’m not spending too much money on it I smoke under a pack a day, I could quit whenever I want to right now but I’ll just do it later.

        • Drusas@kbin.social
          3·
          1 year ago

          I’m totally on board with you and OP is deluding themselves. However, this part

          The way it helps you get through the day would mostly be from getting relief from the withdrawal symptoms. Only addicts will get that.

          is just factually incorrect. There are reasons people take up smoking to begin with, and the nicotine rush which causes relaxation is one of them.

          Ignoring that won’t help people quit.

      • SilentStorms@lemmy.ca
        12·
        1 year ago

        Literally what I told myself when I was 16 lmao.

        Buddy, you are not immune to nicotine addiction. You do not need to smoke a pack a day to be addicted, I currently smoke half a pack a day and am most definitely addicted. Test yourself, go a day without and see if you don’t get irritable and have cravings.

        There are no benefits to smoking. Any benefits you percieve are the cigarettes relieving withdrawl symptoms.

      • Mereo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        1 year ago

        As somehow who lost a close one to cancer, quit now and not later. The more you wait, the greater the chances you’ll get cancer. Don’t wait and regret it.

      • fearout@kbin.social
        91·
        1 year ago

        Ok, you have to be trolling. Are you? No one uses “I could quit whenever I want to right now but I’ll just do it later” seriously.

      • Sylver@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        Let’s assume a pack of smokes is only $7. In just one year of a pack every other day, that adds up to $1,277.

        Is that yearly subscription worth it?