#Smoking #Health #ConversationStarter #QuitSmoking
🚬 Smoking, while unhealthy, is a great conversation starter. We’ve all been in a social setting where someone lights up a cigarette and suddenly, everyone has something to talk about. But as we all know, smoking is not only bad for your health but also for the environment. In this article, we’ll explore the dangers of smoking, how it can impact your conversations, and some tips on how to quit for good.
## The Dangers of Smoking:
1. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death. It can cause a wide range of health issues, including lung cancer, heart disease, and respiratory problems.
2. Secondhand smoke is also harmful to those around you, putting them at risk for similar health issues.
3. Smoking can also have a negative impact on your appearance, causing premature aging, yellow teeth, and bad breath.
## How Smoking Can Impact Conversations:
1. Smoking can be a social lubricant, providing a common ground for people to connect and engage in conversation.
2. However, some people may be put off by smoking and avoid conversations with smokers.
3. Smokers may also be perceived as less attractive or healthy, leading to potential relationship issues.
## Tips on Quitting Smoking:
1. Set a quit date and stick to it. Throw away all cigarettes and lighters before that day.
2. Find a support system, whether it’s friends, family, or a support group.
3. Consider nicotine replacement therapy or other quitting aids to help with withdrawal symptoms.
4. Stay active to help distract yourself from cravings and improve your overall health.
5. Avoid triggers and situations where you are tempted to smoke.
6. Celebrate small milestones and reward yourself for staying smoke-free.
In conclusion, while smoking may be a conversation starter, it’s important to remember the negative impact it can have on your health and relationships. Quitting smoking is a difficult but rewarding journey that can improve your quality of life in countless ways. If you’re ready to take the first step towards a smoke-free life, reach out for support and start your quitting journey today.
You know how most of the 80-90yr olds you meet, you’re kinda like “wow, still alive, good for you!”? Seems to me better to meet the friends along the way, than those later years of people be mildly surprised I’m still eating/walking/breathing. But hey, I might be wrong, guess I’ll find out
smoke breaks: social opportunity, forces you to get fresh air and take deep breaths, does not impair brain function. high key a better alternative to most coping mechanisms and addictions
No it’s not worth it
Yeah but then you end up friends with a bunch of stinky smokers.
Quality over quantity, some would say
Bar friends are not your friends
[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34015143/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34015143/)
It found that, by 80 years of age, 48.3% of current smokers will develop cancer, as opposed to 41.1% of people who don’t smoke.
I’ve never seen a woman who smokes and thought, “I wish I could get to know her.”
The same can be said for any vice, hobby, or flamboyant piece of clothing.
One more reason not to smoke.
In irony’s sake “So have you heard of Oxygen?”
My mom was a smoker for years until it killed her. She smoked because of the social aspect.
None of the people she met or knew as a smoker were her friends. It was more like a cult mentality than anything.
I was never a “smoker” but in freshman year of college when I was sneaking into frat parties my buddy and I would walk to the back of the house sneakily and then stand on the side of the woods pretend to take a piss then light up a cigarette and just chat. We’d basically pretend that we were already there. Even offer the bouncer a smoke and just chat casually till we decided we were “ready to get back to the party” and basically the bouncer would open the door for us. You might call it sad to be sneaking into parties but its not. It was just fucking funny that it’d work almost every time
The extra friends you would gain all smoke, though.
I met so many people chatting over a cig outside pubs, clubs and balconies. Probably the most bonding I ever did in my adult life. It’s the only thing I really miss, being able to escape the noise and chat to someone.
Sure, any chick who smokes is clearly suicidal enough to hook up with me
Can confirm, despite having now quit, smoking is an incredibly powerful conversation starter, assuming you don’t mind other smokers. I miss that aspect of it very much.
Do you have a light? Is code for dtf
How I started dating a bar tender, then I got hooked for 12 years, that was worth the 3 month stint of free booze… Oh the stupid days. Lemme join you on the porch for a vape….ill see myself out sorry.
When I started working in a kitchen I took up smoking straight tobacco again because it was the only way to have regular breaks. You definitely get a different kind of social experience if you’re a smoker working a kitchen
I feel like this is tobacco propaganda. I read the title and was on the fence. I read the first sentence and made up my mind.
I don’t think those years lived are worth it.
The health problems that come from smoking are terrible and make life a living hell without it. Why would anyone want to choose to make their life worse just so they can talk to people? Like how hard is it to say hello to someone?
I almost always carry a pack to the bar with me just because of this even just a lighter is a great starter. although with marijuana being legal in my state now its more often a blunt
The amount of times I’ve heard girls mock guys who use lighters as conversation starters
But then you have to date a smoker
I never found it to be that great a conversation starter, but then I have several disorders that affect my social skills. In fact, I started smoking in an attempt to fit in. Didn’t work.
Heard a saying that rings true here ‘the reason why smoker talk, is because they have a lot to say in 3 minutes’
I once kissed a girl who had recently smoked a cigarette and it was the most disgusting kiss ever.
She went from cute to zero.
To me a cigarette is an automatic NOPE.
Smokers need each other because a non smoker can’t stand the fucking stench.
Idk about nicotine being a conversation starter but I’ve found since smoking weed I have an easier time making friends when finding out someone else smokes too. I spent thanksgiving with my dads new step kids and their kids. Had never met most of them. It was awkward until my step sister that I knew told me to come out and smoke a blunt. They were all smoking and it made it so much easier to relax and get to know them.
I think that oddly displays how vaping is by comparison much more lonely and it’s kind of designed that way.
When you’re above 25, it’s usually starts the conversation with, “ewwww, gross.” As it should be.
I wasn’t a smoker before a certain amount of beers when I’d go out to the bars but I always used to carry a lighter in my top pocket for this exact reason.