• arcayne@lemmy.today
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    4 months ago

    I get that it’s not for everyone, but damn… still kinda wild to hear people outright hating the experience.

    Granted, I started smoking when I was 13. Heard it helped people feel less stressed, so when the opportunity arrived I figured why not give it a try.

    Quickly got up to a pack or two a day and loved every drag for nearly 10yrs until my future wife asked me to stop. I quit cold turkey for a few years, but missed it the whole time. Eventually wound up settling on vaping as a compromise.

    Tbh, the only part I don’t miss is the dent it left in my wallet.

    • Flax@feddit.uk
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      4 months ago

      Doesn’t it calm people down because the cravings are aggravating them, though?

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        4 months ago

        no, it does actually calma you down when you first smoke, but you quickly build up tollerance so you end up smoking just to calm down the cravings, and eventually you need to ramp up usage

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        4 months ago

        Nicotine is an interesting poison as rather than killing the bugs the plant sloooows them down and the nicotine stnkifies them makin em more attractive to predators.

        So yeah it’s calming