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Benefits of smoking cigarettes? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why is no one talking about the controlling girlfriend? If - hypothetically - smoking was bad for you, he'd only hurt himself. So why does she care??

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Second-hand smoking. Not only is it bad for you, it is also bad for your entourage. Numerous countries are forbidding smoking in the same space as children for that exact reason.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've never talked about smoking used cigarettes. Of course that's bad for you, duh...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's not what second-hand smoking is. Smoking around others will cause them to suffer the negative effects of the smoke as well. This is especially bad around children.

Also, the argument that "it hurts no one but themselves" is a really weird one. Does you not wish the best for your loved one? If you saw your daughter or husband or wife hurting themselves, would it be "controlling" for you to try to get them to stop doing it?