On cigarettes
8 hours ago
- #cultural-perception
- #social-bonding
- #smoking
- Cigarettes are bad due to their awful smell, lingering stench, and fatal health risks like lung cancer.
- Despite anti-smoking messages and disgust, smoking retains a 'cool' image in popular culture that vapes lack.
- Cigarettes foster connections between strangers through small acts of sharing without judgment or repayment.
- Society benefits from fewer smokers, but something communal and prosocial has been lost as smoking declines.