Why do some people smoke so many cigarettes when then they know that it can give them lung cancer?
It's bad enough to smoke one, but some people smoke like there's no such thing as lung cancer... like the commercials are only talking foolishness. don't they care about their health?
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because i am a weak idiot
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because they don't care
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Because they are stupid and apparently don't value their life.
4 :
It is called addiction. Why do people eat at McDonalds 3 or 4 times a week knowing their food causes heart disease, obesity and more?
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people use heroin and meth as well I couldn't tell you why.
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Its the nicotine man. Its highly addicting. If smokers jsut stop smoking, they get chills shakes and think they could only stop it by smoking more and more cigs.
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coz its addictive and a stress reliever (apparently) - i gave up months ago woohoo lol
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Because cigarettes are very addictive. Nicotine has been found to actually be more chemically addictive than both heroin and cocaine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine#Dependence
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You will never understand it unless you smoke. It really is an addiction. You just constantly have a craving for another one. Once you smoke it is like you can't have peace in your head without having one like every hour.
10 :
well it's a "drug addicted"
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Most people who do smoke just don't care. They think about the bad effects of it but then think, "What ever, I'm having a bad day," or "I'm enjoying myself too much right now with this." There are many reasons to quit and none to start really.
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Well i guess they get addicted and they cant stop, but if they were smart and really cared about their health, they would do whatever they could to quit. But thats my guess, i wish i really knew too :]
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uhhh..... because they are stupid for getting addcited in the first place
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Cigarettes are VERY addictive due to nicotine, making some people unable to quit, or even think seriously about it. The better question is why people start smoking in the first place, when the the health consequences are now well documented.
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I've wondered that same thing. I can't figure out why anyone would light up the first one knowing they'll be addicted. It's the filthiest habit.....smokers drop their half-smoked cigarettes or the butts just anywhere....someone's yard, in front of public places, parking lots, the street, etc. I truly don't care if they want to harm their own bodies, but to subject MINE to it is just wrong.
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They smoke , knowing it can cause lung cancer , for the same reason that people over-eat knowing that it will make them fat and bring on many health problems . Or for the same reason that people use booze or drugs knowing that it's very dangerous to their health .
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its not that they dont care, some of them just might be addicted to the nicotine. they have to be strong to be able to actually give up a cigarette. and kick the addiction.
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ACTUALLY, MANY OF THEM DO! they know its bad but cant stop! nicotine is addictive...once they have it, they HAVE to have more...otherwize they get horrible cravings, horribly sick, and very irritable...it messes up the chemical making in their brain...my mom finally quit after 27 years and she did it with chantix...she said the pills messed with her brain...she felt horrible and sick all the way through it but she is happy for the difference it made...she never thought she could stop
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because when they started they thought it was cool then it became aditive and now they can't stop. It is called self control and they don't have it....I have never smoked and I would rather die they light up a cigerette....GROSS!
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It's not a matter of intellect or concern for your own health, it's very, very addictive. I don't know how I ever quit but I'm glad I did. We do things everyday that are a danger to our health such as eat unhealthy foods and speed while driving. It's just another one of those things...
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Because I want to commit suicide slowly.
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A Nicotine addiction is difficult to overcome. It takes some effort and presistance to break a nicotine habit, many succeed, after many trials, they need to be encouraged to try again and again until they get free. Looking a addictions to many different substances , self destruction........ is ineed ,in question.....
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yes they do care about there health and even though they know about what it dose to them, they continue to smoke because its addicting and its really hard to just stop.
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Well cigarettes are very addicting and after you get used to the awful taste, smell, and the large stomach aches they are addicting and people get sick without them. This is because their body has learned to live with the nicotine and now relies on it, so with out it you feel dreadful.
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Because it's an addition, svoloch' and apparently you do not understand the craving and "hunger" that addiction causes you. I myself am addicted to blood and must drink my fill lest I suffer horrible pains and suffering. So have a heart for the poor proletariat member who needs a smoke to calm his nerves after being forced into the slavery of American capitalism by rich elitist geshtupniks, dahling, and don't be so bourgeois.
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becouse you get addicted doh
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Why do some people assume that people who smoke don't know what the risks are? But...just a little bit of info for you...a lot of people who smoke didn't know about the risks when they first started. Now...it's too late. I guess people don't believe that nicotine is more addictive than heroin. Why aren't you asking the people who do heroin the same question. You wouldn't because it's ok for them to be addicted and to use that as their excuse, but it's not for smokers.
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