Quote: (10-17-2018 11:10 PM)Winston Wolfe Wrote:
Quote: (10-17-2018 01:49 PM)Lampwick Wrote:
I see where OP is coming from. The problem is that the vast, vast majority of smokers are unable to moderate how much they smoke. Quitting is an all or nothing proposition for them. I'm able to smoke a cigarette or two every several months without starting up a regular habit. I think this is a genetic thing. If you're a pack-a-day person, then you will most likely have to quit altogether. The sooner you banish the "cigarette once in a while, or only when I drink" idea from your head, the better.
This has nothing to do with genetics, you were probably never addicted (pack a day) in the first place. Keeping it light is one thing, but "cutting down" from a full blown addiction is almost impossible.
Predisposition to addiction is genetic. If someone has had significant exposure to nicotine and can revert to being a light smoker at will, then they are likely not genetically predisposed to nicotine addiction.
If another person has progressed to smoking a pack a day, they likely have the genetic predisposition, and therefore can't moderate their usage.
There are studies on this, like this one:
https://archives.drugabuse.gov/news-even...-addiction
I think we both agree with respect to OP. The point is that he may see people who can have a drink and a smoke on the weekend, and it's not a problem for them. That is not in the cards for him, and it never will be. People are different. The sooner he accepts that fact, the better off he'll be.
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All of these "Advantages" are the hamster at work. There are no advantages, unless dieing of cancer at age 59 is considered an advantage.
There are advantages. Smoking is fun. At least at first. If you're addicted, then the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. This absolutist sentiment is kind of like the whole Just Say No campaign where they pretend that people only do drugs because of peer pressure or something. Getting drunk is fun. Getting high is fun. The downsides are often disastrous, but pretending like there's nothing attractive about them is counterproductive.