When I was a teenager in the 90s, I once dated someone whom I thought otherwise to be a smart and collected girl.

Then I watched her and her friend rummage the side streets for half smoked cigarette butts that people had disposed of out their car windows. The bliss in their eyes when they lit up a half smoked one.

Looking through the eyes of an adult now, it makes me wonder why I continued to try and strike a habit myself over the next 2 years. Fortunate for me, it never seemed like my drug of choice, though I did find others.

Being addicted to anything will make you realize just how fragile “giving a shit” really is.

I used to work with a guy that smoked and refused to wear a seat-belt. He carried a gun though, just in case his life was in danger.

Don’t forget that smokers also get to ruin other people’s meals at restaurants. Not their own meals mind you - just the meals of others.

I live alone and actively wish I could die. I’m not hurting anyone but myself.

I am glad that it’s not cool with the younger generations, and that the whole vaping fad kinda died back.

Still though, the amount of self righteousness and lack of empathy from some non smokers really makes me glad that I will never have to hang out with those types of people.

Addiction is a hell of a thing, and when the alternative is worse than quitting, it’s extremely difficult to quit.

tfw you share balcony with smoking neighbour and all smoke goes to your room where you work…

What an insensitive and utterly vile post. If you understood anything about addiction, which I’ll remind you is a health disorder and not a personal choice, you would be ashamed of yourself. Some of us and our families are really struggling with huge impacts to physical and mental health, our entire lives, from addictions like this. Hope posting this made you feel better about yourself tho 👍