The only benefit is weight loss and that is minor and nowhere nearly as bad as the negative consequences. Even if you think you're magically immune to things like cancer and COPD, you'll smell like shit if you are a smoker. You don't notice it because you always smell like it, but everybody around you notices it.
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I want to prove to my girlfriend that smoking cigarettes is actually good for you
jesus christ you are beyond saving
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Lol, based on your post and comments it sounds like you should keep smoking. Hopefully then your gf will wise up and leave.
OP clearly has a lot of maturing to do and it's possible he has reached his maximum maturity. The best thing for all parties is that OP continues to mark himself as an outcast to be shunned by other people. He doesn't deserve his partner and I hope she moves on sooner rather than later.
I hope you grow and have a happy life OP. I doubt you can though, so keep marking yourself with your stench so we can avoid you.
/toughLove
Read Allen Carrβs Easy Way. Itβs not a great piece of literature, but itβs the best book to help you wrap your head around why you smoke and whether you actually want to.
Canβt recommend it enough.
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Dude, i saw my grandpa die of lung cancer, chemo did nothing to help him and the cancer literally propagated to the bones making him suffer with pain until he died. He smoked from 12 years old till he was 60, he always told everyone in my family to not smoke.
As someone who smoked Camels for years and is now just as addicted to vaping, there are no benefits. Zero.
When I smoked cigs, I stank constantly. Even if I sprayed perfume or had a mint. My fingers always smelled.
I did 12 straight years of choir, but now I have a much smaller vocal range. I'm not as active because I get winded. Now that I vape and have constant access, I get cranky after like 30 minutes of no nicotine.
My blood pressure is higher. I can't be on the type of birth control that gives me less side effects because my smoking makes it higher risk.
I'm raising my risk of cancer. I'm spending a fuckton of money on flavored air.
There is literally no positive and I wish I had never touched it.
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They make you look cool in photographs
You seem pretty stupid to me. There is nothing about smoking that is good for you. Your girlfriend deserves better.
The biggest benefit is having a much better idea of how you'll die, and knowing that you won't have to deal with getting so old that everyone you know dies before you
Are you serious? Take it from a fellow smoker, there are zero health benefits (I've dug that hole as deep as it can go) and if you're not addicted now, it's only a matter of time before you are. If you can stop whenever you want to, you should, and if you don't want to, guess what: that's what being addicted means.
To be fair: nicotine is a mild stimulant, which could be a good thing. But caffeine is stronger, easier to regulate dosage, cheaper, less addictive, tastes a lot better, isn't socially frowned upon, helps you to shit and doesn't give you cancer. So smoking for the stimulant effect is a stupid thing to do.
Lmao nice b8, m8