why do people smoke cigarettes when they know is going to kill them in the long one?

Question

i see commercials on the tele that tries to convince people to stop smoking by saying that it has all those harsh chemicals in the cigarettes and btw i dont smoke and dont drink alcohol.

Answer 1

Because the evidence does not hit close to home. I've known only 2 people who have died of lung cancer. Both non-smokers.

Despite popular belief, it won't kill all smokers in the long run (or the long one, either). Many chain smokers live into their 90's and 100's. Studying lungs in med school, you can't tell the difference between smokers and non-smokers, believe it or not. But city folk vs. country folk is another matter. City folk have the most lung damage because of industry and traffic.

Put two people in two seperate rooms; one with 20 smokers, and another with a single, running gas motor. Which person will die w/in the hour?

I believe tobacco is a scape goat for big industry and oil.

Answer 2

Honestly, being a smoker myself, I started because "everyone" was doing it and I was stressed out from school. I really didn't care for the taste much but I noticed that I felt a lot more relaxed after a cigarette. The reason why I havn't quit is quite simple; besides the smell and the money I put into the habit, I actually grew to like it. The taste and nearly everything about it has now appealed to me. It's kind of like a cold beer or fine wine; not good at first but it's an acquired taste. Am I addicted? I'm not going to deny the fact that nicotine has become apart of my daily routine, but I wouldn't necessarily say that I can't stop. I absolutely can and one day will, but as for right now, it's not hurting me. Politicians, "truth" commercials, and other sources against smoking always try to state "fact", but in all honesty, what the hell do non-smokers know? Tests and surveys do show harm after long-term use, but what's a couple of years? I'll tell you one thing, I'd rather smoke than live in New York City. I'm not saying NYC is a bad place, I actually love it there, but do you know how much toxic fumes and other harmful airborne pathogens New Yorkers are constantly breathing in? Yes, smoking cigarettes causes lung cancer periodically. Yes, smoking cigarettes thins blood. Yes, smoking cigarettes causes you to heal less quickly. Yes, smoking causes about 10 million deaths per year worldwide. I can go on and on about what smoking does to you and how it'll affect the world, but statistics show that one-third of all adults smoke and it's a rapidly growing trend. Don't tell me you're kids are never going to light one up. Don't tell me you're against it. No one has any reason to be against it. Not even the people who have experienced a close death due to smoking whether or not it was your mother or third cousin. It wasn't your choice to smoke, it was theirs and we'll leave it at that.

Answer 3

There are alot of things that people do, even though they know it is bad for them. Its because they are addicted. They try smoking because they are curious, or they want to be part of the crowd, and the next thing they know ... they can't give it up. Addiction to anything is very hard to shake. Cigarettes are especially hard because they become not only an addiction, but part of your lifestyle. You're so used to reaching for a cigarette first thing in the morning or right after a meal, it makes it hard to break your routine.

Answer 4

Because it is an addiction! I quit for 6 years, but after a really bad incident happened to me.....I lit up again. Also after my mother quit smoking, she gained a LOT of weight and has not been able to take it off, so I worry about gaining weight when I try to stop again. The whole time that I had quit smoking, I never stopped thinking about them.....I really want to quit, I'm just afraid. More afraid than I am of dying of lung cancer or COPD or heart disease.

Answer 5

Smoking is addictive. Nicotine is addictive and so is the habit of putting something to their mouth and taking a deep breath from it.

Cigarettes will never been banned, the government gets too much money from the sale of them. Think about the out-of-control marijuana industry, tobacco (if banned) will be exactly like that.

Answer 6

Those commercials talk about the chemical addiction to nicotine. When a person is trying to quit, the nicotine receptors in the brain go haywire and want that fix. Quitting is easier said than done for some people.

Answer 7

Your pretty much addicted if you trully understand the harmful effects but keep at it. Then again there could be other reasons that may outweigh the cons of smoking in your mind. Or you may just not take the effects of smoking seriously. Thats basically the ony things that I could figure... then again I don't smoke so I can't offer the best advice...

Answer 8

I have no idea!

almost my whole family smokes, when I lived at home I had constant lung problems, I've always had bronchitis but ever since I moved away I don't have problems unless I spend time around the smokers.

I've washed the walls and ceiling there trying to remove the tar
their walls used to be white now they are beige.

the tar collected into little beads on the bathroom ceiling and you could scrape it off and roll it into a ball, and it reeks of tobacco

how could this substance NOT hurt your lungs?

the evidence is undenyable, yet you see the many who do.

they deny the effects of it because they are addicted, plain and simple.
my grandfather who I was very close to developed cancer in his lungs, stomach, and brain, he knew it was from smoking.

when I was little if I ever saw someone smoking, I told them
"you're gonna die, my grampa died from smoking!"

they would laugh and say " yeah, I know"

I hope they tax the hell out of it, or make it illegal.

Answer 9

Denail, addiction. Feeling that they will stop stop soon but then find it too difficult so they put it off again. I smoked for a few years and tried mant times to quit. I alsways felt guiltyt and ashamed. If it weren't so hard to stop people would. I try to be less judgmental about these things. It's hard to knwo what it's like if you haven't been there.

Answer 10

Preaching doesn't help. 98% of the smokers are adults.
Habit, addiction are the reasons.

A non-smoker will NEVER understand a smoker. Walk a mile in their shoes. Nope, non-smokers ***** and complain. No sireeee, they will never understand.

Many people who have died of lung cancer are not necessarily smokers. Actually, they never even worked in a smokey environment. I have had 2 cases in my home. I am a non-smoker and there are no smokers in our home. One was an Engineer worked in the office and the other was a dietician worked in a hospital. They both died of lung cancer. Go figure.

No, smoking does not necessarily kill. Smoking, along with other environmental factors could contribute to illness. No one knows what causes cancer or heart disease. There is a sinister plot out there to put out the tobacco industry of its existence. It is overdone.