Vraille Darkfang said:
I work in a place where I see the long term effects of stupidity.
You're also seeing the long-term effects of addiction.
Nicotene is astonishing in its power to ensnare. Makes some painkillers look like Pez. My sister smoked for a long, long time. She's intelligent, discerning, capable, independent . . . and addicted. It was stupid for her to start, yes. But long-term, she has a disease involving a physio-chemical compulsion, and she'll always have it, even though she's been without a cigarette in five years (fingers crossed).
Plenty of people quit, and that's awesome, because they're literally preserving their own lives. And they're still addicted, and will be for the rest of their lives, even if they never touch another cigarette, and even if they grow to loathe the smell or thought of a smoke.
So be careful what you start, too. Cigarettes, pregnancy, or anything else.
Wystan said:
when they actually mean 'hey, come stand in a slightly cramped doorway so I can force narcotic smoke into my body and damage yours as well'
Narcotic? Whoa. What are they smoking where you work?
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