re: Do you feel bad for smokers that they are so weak and crippled by addiction

YEP

gD smoke Nazis.

All the bullshite smoke breaks they take too, it’s another extra lunch break a day

Nope, just like I won't feel sorry for my brother who at 53 was diagnosed with COPD, had a bypass at 42 and another one at 53. His entire adult life he always made excuses and claims that other things cause health problems also and ppl who don't smoke can have health issues. He did it to himself, you can't fix stupid.

I sometimes don't understand it. I am a very odd anomaly in that I didn't get a addicted, but got sick of them. I used to smoke... when studying abroad it was damn near a pack a day. Over time i slowly naturally cut down until I was down to one cigarette after work... then I would only be able to smoke a half a cigarette before getting tired of it. Finally one day I lit my my traditional post work cig, took one puff and realized I just didn't want it. Haven't had one since. My wife followed same pattern... makes it hard for me to understand how people can't quit

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Winter must suck for a smoker.

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I smoked when I was in undergrad and actually much preferred smoking in the winter.

The cold, crisp air made for a much more pleasant environment to smoke in.

Smoking in the dense, humid summer air was terrible.

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I dont blow smoke at folks walking by and try to be as accommodating as possible to non smokers.

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Not everyone is as courteous as you with smoke. Kudos to you

If you like cigarette smoking, why not switch to vaping? Vaping makes pleasant clouds, cigarettes make stink clouds.

I guess that I feel bad for smokers but don't consider them 'weak'. I've never smoked but am guessing that I would also have a difficult time quitting if I had developed the habit for multiple years.

Only a couple of decades ago, it was the cool thing to do with everyone wanting to be like the famous actors in movies (or the cool crowd in high school). Now, it's a complete 180 with it being considered the lowest of the low.

most smokers I know will tell you quickly they don't even want to quit.