Why Is Smoking Back In Style?

Поділитися
Вставка
  • Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
  • My generation is trying to make smoking cigarettes "cool" again for some reason. I thought we learned the truth about smoking and that American's addiction to cigarettes would eventually die out, but maybe not?
    Exclusive discount for my audience: www.legacybox....
    Get a free Jumpstart Trial Bag at www.FreeRuffGre..., or call 877-66 My Dog
    Don’t forget to like this video, subscribe to our UA-cam channel, and ring the notification bell so you never miss a future upload! www.youtube.co...
    Become a DailyWire+ subscriber today to get exclusive weekly content! bit.ly/3UHJmVf
    Check out the Brett Cooper collection now: bit.ly/3On9jrP
    Follow Brett Cooper on social media:
    Instagram - www.instagram....
    Twitter - / imbrettcooper
    Facebook - / brettcooperdw
    #TheCommentsSection #BrettCooper #DailyWire #Reaction #React #Politics #Culture #Entertainment #TikTok #tcs #otc #GenZ #GenerationZ #JennaOrtega #DuaLipa #vape

КОМЕНТАРІ • 7 тис.

  • @meleebrawler6462
    @meleebrawler6462 11 місяців тому +7657

    Of all the things that could have made a comeback during this generation, I did not expect it to be cigarette smoking.

    • @Menace2Society9
      @Menace2Society9 11 місяців тому +465

      Cigarette smoking has never left..

    • @johnmcwick1
      @johnmcwick1 11 місяців тому +103

      To be fair Brett did make a great point. It does look pretty fly as H lol.

    • @thecensoredmuscle563
      @thecensoredmuscle563 11 місяців тому +144

      not in Europe or Asia, obviously they continued to smoke. But in America gen x stopped for the most part, and barely any millennials ever picked up the habit. Gen z is apparently picking up the habit though.

    • @fakeaccount-bz5rl
      @fakeaccount-bz5rl 11 місяців тому +203

      due to how popular vaping and weed smoking is, I was expecting it

    • @miloofcroton1069
      @miloofcroton1069 11 місяців тому +49

      Honestly, I thought it would be cigars not cigarettes that would be popular

  • @deathskrieg5525
    @deathskrieg5525 10 місяців тому +2237

    I went to high school with a girl who had cancer when she was younger, when her 18th birthday was coming up she was wondering how to celebrate it and someone suggested a cigarette. Her response was something along the lines "I already had cancer, I'm not going to PAY for more!!!"

    • @lawsattitude1999
      @lawsattitude1999 10 місяців тому +130

      Based. Hope she's still doing well.

    • @FirstNameLastName-jg1es
      @FirstNameLastName-jg1es 10 місяців тому +53

      This sounds so made up lmaooooo

    • @loonaticsrunningtheassylum
      @loonaticsrunningtheassylum 10 місяців тому

      Bet she still eats processed crap and a shit ton of sugar

    • @lawsattitude1999
      @lawsattitude1999 10 місяців тому +19

      @@FirstNameLastName-jg1es Hindsight, you're probably right. Unless the other person was clearly joking.

    • @babla69420
      @babla69420 10 місяців тому +13

      Cringe

  • @DonnDenisse
    @DonnDenisse 26 днів тому +78

    I started smoking cigarettes years ago as a teenage. Cigarettes addiction actually destroyed my life. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder, got diagnosed with cptsd. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

    • @Caroljoyce-mp8sk
      @Caroljoyce-mp8sk 26 днів тому +2

      YES very sure of Dr.alishrooms. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, BPD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.

    • @JacksonSmith-wc8oo
      @JacksonSmith-wc8oo 26 днів тому

      How do I reach out to him? Is he on insta

    • @AnnaRoth-pb8xv
      @AnnaRoth-pb8xv 26 днів тому

      Yes he's Dr.alishrooms. My daughter did straight shrooms in few days. Made her whole! after words, no more addictions, pains, ptsd and depression. It helped us.

    • @ElizabethMicheal-fu8xn
      @ElizabethMicheal-fu8xn 26 днів тому +1

      Thanks for sharing this great information, this would help my son.

    • @PriscillaLogan-by9ll
      @PriscillaLogan-by9ll 26 днів тому

      Saw people talking about..checked him out, I must say he's good at what he does. My son is clean 1 year now. Good luck. just micro dose and you won't trip. Mushrooms helped my son get off opioid.

  • @danielton9577
    @danielton9577 9 місяців тому +141

    I was a manager at a gas station chain for 8 years, in the midwest, and I can honestly tell you smoking never stopped here. Once I started working there, I was shocked at just how many people of all ages, of all types, smoke 1-3 packs a day. It's insane. I'm convinced most smokers lie about it.

    • @gbanger6317
      @gbanger6317 3 місяці тому

      Would you say male or female were majority of buyers?

    • @danielton9577
      @danielton9577 3 місяці тому

      @@gbanger6317 Among older customers, slightly more men bought them, but among younger customers, it seemed like slightly more women. It wasn't an extreme difference or anything, but a shocking number of the younger women buying cigarettes were wearing their scrubs for their healthcare jobs or schooling. Anytime anyone came in wearing scrubs, 99.9% of the time, they were there for cigarettes.

    • @Kami.Smoke.420
      @Kami.Smoke.420 3 місяці тому

      When i worked at a gas station and people came in and bought multiple packs, i would say i used to smoke 2 packs a day i miss it, and majority would say there grabbing a pack for there laddy or there mom/dad too. As some one who grew up in a trappy area and i can say the majority of people smoke a pack or less a day. But the rural areas where i worked as a laborer-old majority white people are the ones that smoke 2+ packs a day ​i thought it was crazzy and i was smoking 30-40 newport menthol 100s a day. @gbanger6317

  • @yagirlayasaki3720
    @yagirlayasaki3720 11 місяців тому +256

    As a Gen Z-er, I can confirm that if you vape you get made fun of but if you smoke it’s grunge 💀 makes about as much sense as anything these days

    • @reshpeck
      @reshpeck 11 місяців тому +14

      So being Grunge is cool today? I was grunge in middle school back in the early nineties and it was definitely cool then. What are you guys listening to now?

    • @lukasthedark8478
      @lukasthedark8478 11 місяців тому +16

      @@reshpeckhistory repeats, what one generation left, the next will recover, so on and so forth.

    • @kingslayer2999
      @kingslayer2999 11 місяців тому

      Vaping is for Soyboys smoking a big thick Cigar is Alpha Chad

    • @ZeroDarknezz
      @ZeroDarknezz 11 місяців тому +2

      Gen Z = Zoomers, get it right.

    • @Docta123
      @Docta123 11 місяців тому +4

      At least if we vape it's much less harmful than tobacco

  • @JustLikeTheSimulations
    @JustLikeTheSimulations 11 місяців тому +1235

    Back when I was a teenager we didn’t smoke because it was “cool”, we smoked cigarettes because we liked it. We knew how bad it was for us. Don’t pick up smoking my friends, it’s hard to quit.

    • @armouredjester1622
      @armouredjester1622 11 місяців тому +107

      I would advise against drinking as well. It's not so fun when you find yourself unable to go longer than a workday without it.

    • @caroleharrison8884
      @caroleharrison8884 11 місяців тому +7

      All this!

    • @vaderladyl
      @vaderladyl 11 місяців тому +55

      @@armouredjester1622 Meh..I drink socially on the weekends and no need to drink over the week. I guess not everyone goes through that dilemma.

    • @TheKatarinaGiselle
      @TheKatarinaGiselle 11 місяців тому +9

      @@vaderladylevery weekend?

    • @vaderladyl
      @vaderladyl 11 місяців тому +17

      @@TheKatarinaGiselle I correct myself, if I am socializing that weekend.

  • @carolinemcauliffe-gg4tf
    @carolinemcauliffe-gg4tf 5 місяців тому +231

    Just found some old photos of my dad, he’s was smoking in every single one and looked so happy. He died of lung cancer - screaming in pain, probably not the aesthetic people are looking for. I now look after my mother with her lung cancer. 30 radiotherapies, 5 chemos and now a year of immunotherapy - but she gets to meet lots of new people at the hospital.

    • @andrewdrewandy
      @andrewdrewandy 4 місяці тому +2

      rip. i hope ur mom is ok. at least ur dad had a happy life i guess.

    • @halfmoon106
      @halfmoon106 3 місяці тому +6

      He had a happier life than he would have if he didn't smoke.

    • @andrewdrewandy
      @andrewdrewandy 3 місяці тому +4

      @@halfmoon106 but he did. and obviously he enjoyed it.

    • @haimarrrr
      @haimarrrr 3 місяці тому

      ​@@halfmoon106 dopamine production is 15 to 20%, let's say, "shorter" in a smoker brain, wich probably means that if you smoke you don't live experiencing things to a 100%, you would do it to a 80%.

    • @anupambarua3407
      @anupambarua3407 2 місяці тому

      @@haimarrrr ok nerd

  • @kornishoni5266
    @kornishoni5266 10 місяців тому +253

    Here in Italy, but Europe in general, it never stopped.
    The absolute vast majority of people my age started smoking at something like 11-13. They always tried hard to act "cool" while having a cigarette in their hand it's hilarious. They tried to lure me so many times without any result.
    Now i'm 25, i see them stuck in a cycle, they don't have money for basic things but must buy at least one or two packs of cigarettes a day.
    Every excuse they make about smoking (which are the same you mentioned) are honestly just cope..

    • @julssss_17
      @julssss_17 10 місяців тому +7

      I’m from Italy too and where I live is the same

    • @wreckitben1278
      @wreckitben1278 5 місяців тому +4

      Belgium here, same thing

    • @dawifhd2820
      @dawifhd2820 5 місяців тому +1

      I am from germany and a lot of people smoke here too, it´s not so extreme like in italy but a lot of young people start smoking at the age of 15/16 when they start partying and do "party-rauchen" and then they get addicted and vapes are sadly very common.

    • @BlackEydPanda
      @BlackEydPanda 4 місяці тому +1

      Yall should come to Sweden

    • @sieyes9356
      @sieyes9356 4 місяці тому

      Nobody smokes 1 pack or more a day when they’re 25 lmao

  • @FATIMAPECHI
    @FATIMAPECHI 10 місяців тому +731

    I was a heavy smoker for 15 years (1 pack a day). Quitting was very difficult, but rewarding at the same time. It's been 7 years and I don't regret quitting at all.

    • @TeenageDirtbag8
      @TeenageDirtbag8 10 місяців тому +9

      cool good for you

    • @Joshuadgog
      @Joshuadgog 10 місяців тому +8

      great job

    • @brianlynch994
      @brianlynch994 10 місяців тому +4

      Congratulations, I quit 11 years ago myself and haven't looked back

    • @xiabluecheng
      @xiabluecheng 10 місяців тому +2

      Yay good for you😊

    • @adria8677
      @adria8677 10 місяців тому +5

      Congrats! I just quit I smoked for more than half my life. (17 years) I started when I was 12 and I'm 29. And I just quit, thanks to the chantix. If it wasn't for that I wouldn't have been able to do it. I smoked a pack a day too. The patches didn't work for me. Or the gum or the lozenges.. but the chantix did cuz I was able to ween myself off

  • @luaalonso02
    @luaalonso02 10 місяців тому +614

    I live in Spain and this has been the norm since… forever. I don’t smoke but most of my friends do it. I guess in Europe it never stopped being “trendy” and it surprised me when I went to study to Canada and nearly anyone I knew smoked cigarettes.

    • @imdva
      @imdva 10 місяців тому +6

      yea my dads from poland and one thing they’ll do there is smoke 😭

    • @Leonardo24D
      @Leonardo24D 10 місяців тому +8

      imagine how trendy is in my country which is in very east of europe (Georgia) and I am smoking

    • @kaylee.4858
      @kaylee.4858 10 місяців тому

      Literally

    • @DynamicalisBlue
      @DynamicalisBlue 10 місяців тому +10

      Northern European countries have definitely tried to make smoking less trendy and make it seen as 'dirty', but sadly in the rest of Europe, it is so normalised that many individuals don't even consider whether their smoke is going to bother people around them.

    • @crazysilly2914
      @crazysilly2914 10 місяців тому +4

      the vaping trend of the late 2010’s has progressed into the cigarette smoking trend on the early 2020’s

  • @Dream-cf3go
    @Dream-cf3go 8 місяців тому +83

    Back when I was in the military and living in the Barracks. The "smoke pit" was definitely the number 1 place to socialize and meet people outside of your unit

  • @foxtrotdeltausn4757
    @foxtrotdeltausn4757 5 місяців тому +13

    When I was in the Navy I made some of my best connections on the SmokeDeck. It's a sad fact and the military, especially the Navy, is trying to get away from the smoking and drinking stereotypes. "Drink/cuss like a sailor" is a saying for a reason. But the fact remains that it's one of the few places on the ship where you can socialize. You see the same people and build friendships and connections outside of your department. Even within your department, the smoke deck is where sailors relax. I learned so much just by sitting and talking with sailors in different areas of my field. I just wish there was a different outlet as I finally quit smoking after 10 years and I hate that Junior Sailors are picking up the tradition.

  • @SwimSweetie100
    @SwimSweetie100 10 місяців тому +1802

    I love that Jenna Ortega’s mom is just openly roasting her. I live for it

    • @melissam597
      @melissam597 10 місяців тому +91

      Nobody can roast you quite like Mum (or Dad) 🙃

    • @VividGaming110
      @VividGaming110 10 місяців тому +37

      While her mom lives off her daughter 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @BuckledFrame2187
      @BuckledFrame2187 10 місяців тому +2

      ​@melissarose597 what dad :(

    • @bryanneal939
      @bryanneal939 10 місяців тому +13

      ​@@VividGaming110does she? I could be wrong but last I heard she was gonna focus on the other kids

    • @MrBadjohn69
      @MrBadjohn69 10 місяців тому +8

      Just wondering, does Ortega bring her own ashtrays?? Most restaurants and bars out West don't allow smoking, hence they don't have ashtrays.

  • @KodFN
    @KodFN 11 місяців тому +114

    im gen z and it doesnt make any sense why someone would smoke its nasty and unhealthy

    • @vizuz
      @vizuz 11 місяців тому +7

      I smoked for years, to cope with stress at work. It’s a really bad reason though, thankfully I beat that nasty addiction

    • @silverhawkroman
      @silverhawkroman 11 місяців тому +1

      I'm a millennial and I survived the era when smoking was allowed indoors. Vaping is snobby but id take that above cigarettes any day

    • @johnny_hammer
      @johnny_hammer 11 місяців тому +8

      One of the reasons America even exist is because of tobacco. Without it, we would still be ruled by Britain. Thank you french people for buying all that tobacco to fund our revolution 🎉

    • @benwilson7869
      @benwilson7869 11 місяців тому +3

      I think you can make the same argument about alcohol, most people don't think it tastes very good, and its not good for you. But people still do it. Cigarettes and nicotine in general is just a different version of the same phenomenon. Some people like the taste, but the buzz and head high you get from it is something you can't get anywhere else.

    • @johnny_hammer
      @johnny_hammer 11 місяців тому +4

      @@benwilson7869 not to mention how good nicotine is for the brain.

  • @mrawesome2704
    @mrawesome2704 10 місяців тому +16

    Trust me guys, don’t start smoking just to fit in. I was in a similar situation and quitted my friend group because of it. I eventually found a new one, but the time I was alone actually made me to a better person. I finally had time to think about myself and the person I want to become. Another important point is, that when I thought about my future, I realized what my future kids would think about me doing smoking etc. The probability of them then doing the same things would be much higher. Anyways, I wish you the best luck!

  • @joshm1242
    @joshm1242 9 місяців тому +40

    I started smoking at the age of 15 because at that age it was considered “cool” or “edgy” but after a while it turned into a so called stress relief. By the age of 24 I was smoking two and a half packs of Newport cigarettes which are known to be one of the most harmful cigarettes out there. Then I finally realized that I was wasting so much money and my health on a horrible habit and quit with the help of nicotine gum. 3 years later and I feel amazing and grateful for quitting. With that being said I will never talk down on anyone who smokes or try forcing them to quit because I know how it feels.

    • @lordprettyfakko
      @lordprettyfakko 5 місяців тому +2

      Same. I found myself at 23 smoking like 20 cigs a day, so I had to do something for my health. I am right now 8 days free from nicotine and I hope I can stay free forever. Honestly if I could smoke only 4-5 cigs a day I wouldn't even quit at this age, but I just can't "smoke a little" so my options are either smoke (a lot) or just quit and never smoke again.

  • @noonevincecarterfan
    @noonevincecarterfan 10 місяців тому +1428

    In my country of Denmark, I see the same trend and it's mostly on the rise for young women. I see 3 main reasons why:
    1. Trauma - smoking being a medication for bad emotions and an escape from pain
    2. Feminism - the trendy masculine mindset for women, telling them how to be cool by being strong, independant and rebellious
    3. Social media and the wrong role models

    • @kinesiskebarn9111
      @kinesiskebarn9111 10 місяців тому +52

      Also danish - I love to add the fact that smoking in Denmark is so common, my university exams always had a statement at the beginning: "No smoke breaks during the exam"

    • @lawsattitude1999
      @lawsattitude1999 10 місяців тому +12

      Dang, really? That's super disturbing. Especially since that's a huge turnoff for a lot of people.

    • @kinesiskebarn9111
      @kinesiskebarn9111 10 місяців тому +8

      @@lawsattitude1999 Well such a turnoff does not really exist here from what I know. If its not smoking cigarettes, nicotine packets are also fairly popular.
      Like, Im a university student ... for biology. And I know several classmates that smoke even xD

    • @lawsattitude1999
      @lawsattitude1999 10 місяців тому +5

      @@kinesiskebarn9111 Yeeeesh. Smoking has thankfully gone down in my country. Although, given what happened with COVID it wouldn't surprise me if it rose again either. It wasn't super common in Uni tho.

    • @noonevincecarterfan
      @noonevincecarterfan 10 місяців тому

      Well they don't care. I've been in a relationship with 3 smokers and they all kept their habit@@lawsattitude1999

  • @allenatkins2263
    @allenatkins2263 10 місяців тому +432

    When I was a kid, it was hard to find an adult that didn't smoke. It was everywhere, there were even smoking rooms in hospitals. I never took it up, but I had friends that did, and the ones that are still living look ten years older than me. I don't know anyone who doesn't wish they never started smoking.

    • @fluffypoof9139
      @fluffypoof9139 10 місяців тому +7

      I think smoking room in hospital is necessary. Despite it not being healthy, at least there is a designated place for it. There are o2 panels everywhere so if someone sneaks in cigarettes and being cheeky by smoking inside, it might cause fire. Plus what if the smoke was inhaled by asthmatic ppl?
      At least that smoking area will make those unhealthy smoke to remain in 1 area ykyk.

    • @clarksavage1952
      @clarksavage1952 10 місяців тому +16

      My high school had a smoking lounge for the students. All you needed was a letter of permission signed by your parents.

    • @theminiaturesmallholding9479
      @theminiaturesmallholding9479 10 місяців тому +6

      I think almost every adult I knew as a kid smoked, but at some point they were also all trying to quit. I feel like my parents' generation became that generation of staunch anti smokers who were more anti-smoking than those that never smoke in the first place. 😆 Until recently I thought hardly anyone smoked any more, but now I'm coming across lots of smokers again, including our new neighbours.

    • @albertagrown
      @albertagrown 10 місяців тому +1

      I remember walking around our mall and smoking. All the trash cans had ash trays!

    • @WaveRider1989
      @WaveRider1989 10 місяців тому

      ​@@theminiaturesmallholding9479it js hard to find too many people that smoke anymore in US. I don't go to Europe but I do go to India and it's the same way, smoking has been dismantled by significant margin.

  • @tac_s_fugitive
    @tac_s_fugitive 5 місяців тому +32

    Honestly as someone who recently started, i started knowing full well what it can do, i grew up in the DARE culture i knew full well what i was doing and honestly it’s freeing it was a relief no one pressured me no one forced me, no celebrity made me think it was cool, i did it because it was one thing i was actually able to control during a shit time, as unhealthy as that can sound it was a truthfully freeing decision.
    edit
    i’m also not a social smoker i do it alone literally every time just looking at the sunrise or sunset enjoying one

  • @AsheFaith
    @AsheFaith 10 місяців тому +12

    The lack of third places should be talked about more often. Im glad you mentioned it because it was something I feel the need for but its not talked about and doesnt really seem normalized

  • @lucashummel5952
    @lucashummel5952 10 місяців тому +501

    Also, it’s amazing how much depression makes us want to willingly take up these bad habits knowing what it does to your body, not caring about the outcome

    • @emanuelfer456
      @emanuelfer456 10 місяців тому +1

      Not only depression but the wanting validation.
      Media and big coorporations know about it and want to make you sick all the time, eat all the time and do all the bad habits all the time so these companies gain money and you go into debt

    • @robertortiz-wilson1588
      @robertortiz-wilson1588 10 місяців тому +5

      Yep.

    • @Resilience93
      @Resilience93 10 місяців тому +1

      dry your eyes

    • @Christopher-qq4dl
      @Christopher-qq4dl 10 місяців тому

      Hell 😯 is the outcome 😧

    • @robinhoodie8999
      @robinhoodie8999 10 місяців тому +9

      ⁠@@Christopher-qq4dlI wouldn’t say I disagree, but I don’t think it would inherently send someone to hell for smoking. I mean if logically anything bad we have put into our bodies from some medicines to drinking cokes and eating a burger all of which are technically speaking are bad for you. But in my opinion I don’t think God would send you to hell for it, but. I could be wrong. As a example Brett brought up the study of how any alcohol consumed is bad for you. Yet Jesus did drink wine multiple times throughout the Bible and we know he was perfect. Granted the wine they drank back then could’ve been for a variety of reasons. And I do know our body is a temple to serve the Lord. My thing is I don’t think God would send us to hell over it but again I’m open to be proven wrong if you do have some verses that come to mind to counter my opinion. And don’t think I am taking a jab at you or trying to start a arguement I’m simply opening the door to a discussion I’m more than happy to be wrong in.

  • @ObliviousEyes
    @ObliviousEyes 11 місяців тому +977

    Gen Z should bring back trends like early 1900s dressing, old fashion respect, finding joy in life without electronic devices etc.

    • @JP-se5kf
      @JP-se5kf 11 місяців тому +94

      We should go vintage, wear suits and ties

    • @balasaashti3146
      @balasaashti3146 11 місяців тому +40

      I'm the oldest Z I go vintage when I'm off of work. My daily dress is dress shirt either white or kaki, a wool vest if cold a wool jacket, tie or no tie at times, a flatcap, jodhpur pants with suspenders and good leather boots. I stand out like a sore thumb wherever I go, though it sucks when people tell me why I'm cosplaying like Pinky blinders and I have to tell them I dressed like this before hand.

    • @ObliviousEyes
      @ObliviousEyes 11 місяців тому +12

      @@JP-se5kf yes, I love vintage clothing!

    • @ObliviousEyes
      @ObliviousEyes 11 місяців тому +25

      @@balasaashti3146 love it, I wish it was more normalized and not mistaken for dress up or cos play and just accepted as clothes

    • @pamtheman5748
      @pamtheman5748 11 місяців тому +4

      Like the amish?

  • @candacelinville5749
    @candacelinville5749 4 місяці тому +6

    I'm rewatching this video, 6 months later… My husband just turned 40 and is going through recovery from a laryngectomy. (had his voice box removed) He had a stage 4 throat cancer return (for the 2nd time) squamous cell carcinoma. The doctors tested the cancer and was 100% positive it was caused by his smoking addiction. He had been smoking since he was 16. They said they hadn't seen someone as young as him with such a circumstance as his. I Thank God he is getting through it, but its not ok to make cigarettes or smoking acceptable or without repercussions.

  • @BlackRabbitt92
    @BlackRabbitt92 10 місяців тому +12

    I agree. Cigarette smokers are a breed of their own and being one makes you part of a clique so to say. I used to live for the moments outside with other smokers. It makes you feel like you’re in your own little world with that person(s). I ended up quitting once I stopped hanging out with people who smoke

  • @hannahposton79
    @hannahposton79 11 місяців тому +205

    I’m usually a silent follower, but i just had to come here and say that the casually dropping of the fact that you carried baguettes to college parties just made my day. What a move. Wish i had thought of that

    • @MrDman21
      @MrDman21 10 місяців тому +5

      🥖

    • @elisewaters2705
      @elisewaters2705 10 місяців тому +3

      Came to the comments just for this

    • @kumeoii
      @kumeoii 10 місяців тому +3

      🥖

    • @NiaLaLa_V
      @NiaLaLa_V 10 місяців тому +3

      At that age I went to the parties to cook for everyone. I wasn't into drinking but all my friends were. After people got used to me, some would bring food to me with their beer it worked out really well.

  • @khpunkrock
    @khpunkrock 10 місяців тому +149

    This whole trend reminds me of that "Friends" episode where Rachel had to start smoking because her boss and coworkers were all lighting up during breaks and chatting about stuff. She did it just to fit in at work!

    • @ericgittleman4324
      @ericgittleman4324 10 місяців тому +9

      Which is ironic because the portrayer of said character was a notorious chain-smoker. She still might be.

    • @catsaregovernmentspies
      @catsaregovernmentspies 10 місяців тому +7

      I was in the Marines and smoking was the only way to get a break.

    • @hehe1556
      @hehe1556 10 місяців тому

      Omg I was just about to comment that lol

    • @AndyML3883
      @AndyML3883 10 місяців тому +2

      The worst reason to do anything is to fit in.

    • @ngndnd
      @ngndnd 10 місяців тому +1

      i said in another comment how i think most of the young people doing it now are only doing it because they want that "vintage" look

  • @ded-rocinteractive8536
    @ded-rocinteractive8536 10 місяців тому +7

    I started smoking late 20s at work, on and off, always come back to it when I’m depressed in the workplace and need 2 minutes of me time. There’s a girl who works where I do and she has just took up smoking here too. Something about seeing her take up smoking the same place I did makes me want to quit for good

  • @codyott1982
    @codyott1982 8 місяців тому +6

    I've been a smoker most of my life.
    I agree with many points in this video. It's a nasty unhealthy thing to do.....but I love it.
    While it can be debated on whether or not the aesthetic is pleasing, it is undeniably bad for your health.
    However, people should be allowed to smoke if they want. My life has been EXTREMELY difficult, and I wouldn't mind if it doesn't last super long. I guess what I'm getting at is the health harm isn't an issue for me.
    The pricing sucks. I know they cost so much to deter people from smoking, but we should be allowed to make our own health choices.
    I love smoking. At times I even enjoy the smell of a lit cigarette. I love the taste, the feel, and just about everything else that comes with it (yes, even the aesthetic). The only part I don't love is the price.
    I'm even ok with it "taking 7 minutes off your life" because I spent that 5 enjoying my smoke.
    However, I understand the health effects, and have seen it kill more than a few loved ones. I knew what I was getting myself into and made an educated decision on what I was gonna do, I was gonna do the dumb thing because I enjoy it.
    I also think smokers should be courteous where they smoke

    • @justjoe5373
      @justjoe5373 4 місяці тому +2

      The prices aren't high to deter you from smoking, the prices are high for the government to yoink more money from you. A politician doesn't do stuff because it benefits the people but because it benefits themselves, benefiting the people is just a happy little accudent

  • @duncankennedy6488
    @duncankennedy6488 10 місяців тому +150

    As a smoker of 21years, I hate that these kids are thinking it is "trendy"!! It is by far the worst thing I ever started and the HARDEST thing to quit.

    • @apersonontheinternet8006
      @apersonontheinternet8006 10 місяців тому +21

      Quitting smoking is easy, I’ve done it a thousand times - Mark Twain

    • @duncankennedy6488
      @duncankennedy6488 10 місяців тому

      @@apersonontheinternet8006 If quitting was so easy, why did he have to quit 1,000 times? Doesnt sound like he really quit, to me.

    • @christophertrogdon2308
      @christophertrogdon2308 10 місяців тому +5

      Well how many boomers and GenX started smoking because it was "the thing to do"?

    • @jonlarson44
      @jonlarson44 10 місяців тому +1

      They don’t. Brett is making up controversy to get mad at young adults. They all vape… it’s the pandemic and drinking that for the older generations to start smoking again.

    • @Moon22884
      @Moon22884 10 місяців тому

      I'm an ex smoker of 15 years on and off and I found weed far more addictive and harder to stop.

  • @jackkrueger4150
    @jackkrueger4150 11 місяців тому +209

    The mention of "third places" really hit home and is a good way to describe that feeling I've had for awhile. You're definitely right about people using the internet/games as their "third place," I know I do.

    • @TeenageDirtbag8
      @TeenageDirtbag8 10 місяців тому

      cool

    • @windyhawthorn7387
      @windyhawthorn7387 10 місяців тому

      No one I know who smokes has lung cancer, throat cancer.
      But I can tell you a lot of side effects of smoking that are really gross and will effect you the rest of your life.

    • @MrLunatic
      @MrLunatic 10 місяців тому +9

      @@windyhawthorn7387 "No one I know who smokes has lung cancer, throat cancer" yet

    • @InferiorRaven77
      @InferiorRaven77 10 місяців тому

      ​​@@windyhawthorn7387all my grandparents used to be heavy smokers, they all died in their sixties from lung cancer. Where I live thats 12-16 years below life expentancy. Ignoring all the other health complications they had, lung cancer in itself is one of the worst ways to go. I only remember 2 of my grandparents, both of them I visited in hospital.

  • @ultrahighgain412
    @ultrahighgain412 4 місяці тому +5

    Nobody is worried about lung cancer when you could die in a nuclear war any day.

  • @raywcksn
    @raywcksn 6 місяців тому +2

    You should not smoke cigarettes, ever. But, if you never smoke and don’t understand why people smoke, then you shouldn’t say anything about people smoking

  • @samuelsmith5400
    @samuelsmith5400 10 місяців тому +251

    It’s so cute to share an addiction with people…

    • @Kitsuragi556
      @Kitsuragi556 10 місяців тому +43

      Homeless communities are soooo cute! The way they share needles with each other is so adorable! We should all strive to be more like them. 😍

    • @devinglass9967
      @devinglass9967 10 місяців тому +17

      Have you ever smoked? As a person with social anxiety, sharing a smoke with someone actually was a great way to meet people and get along with them. Lots of things are addictions, but not every vice is equally bad.

    • @SoulAtParadise
      @SoulAtParadise 10 місяців тому

      im turn 27 years old and i can't figure out if i am a millennial or im gen z. does anyone know? im sure as hell don't.

    • @renatayuuki5705
      @renatayuuki5705 10 місяців тому

      ​@@SoulAtParadisemillennial

    • @renatayuuki5705
      @renatayuuki5705 10 місяців тому +2

      ​@@devinglass9967yes me too, is either smoking and feel like I'm socializing or pretend to be on my phone

  • @crownember560
    @crownember560 11 місяців тому +393

    So much for the new generation being the most sober generation 🙄 😂

    • @tropicalpalmtree
      @tropicalpalmtree 11 місяців тому +37

      Most of them are sober because they don't leave their houses. None of them built relationships to use drink, drugs, and smoking because they're holed up at home on their phones or xbox/playstation. It's depressing as hell. I was out every night when i was a teenager.

    • @Tauntaun707
      @Tauntaun707 11 місяців тому +1

      😂😂

    • @colegifford7123
      @colegifford7123 11 місяців тому +45

      ​@tropicalpalmtree as someone who just graduated hs... this is completely false. Our generation is so beyond damaged from vapes... I couldnt name 10 or 15 kids in my 130+ graduating class that did not do drugs & drink. I personally have never and will never, but when we hear stories of 5th and 6th graders vaping... it tells a much larger story. Gen Z is far worse than people outside of it realize. Its a serious problem that I wish got more light. And as for being sober, this generation definitely parties a lot 😂

    • @crownember560
      @crownember560 11 місяців тому

      @colegifford7123 i know its not real. Im just referencing a video that brett put out earlier. Idk if it included gen z or what the exact details it was it has been a while but the topic was that our generation is " the most sober generation" and i was pretty much waiting for a video like this

    • @colegifford7123
      @colegifford7123 11 місяців тому

      @@crownember560 👍

  • @ZekkeAsakura
    @ZekkeAsakura 5 місяців тому +4

    Celebrities are also humans and can do whatever they want with their health. People should stop blindly following their "idols".

  • @chadnelson2046
    @chadnelson2046 5 місяців тому +3

    I don't think smoking is cool. I smoked because it was delicious!

  • @DC4260Productions
    @DC4260Productions 11 місяців тому +181

    I've never understood why people would ever take up smoking cigarettes. The smell is disgusting, and you run the risk of turning your lungs into something resembling overcooked lamb chops.
    My parents have never had a smoke even once, and I think that's had a positive influence on me. For the record, I'm 22 years old, and the sad thing is that I've seen at least one of my friends smoking despite being the same age as me.

    • @Angiebobandi
      @Angiebobandi 11 місяців тому +23

      Nicotine feels good and the act of smoking is calming

    • @spikey288
      @spikey288 11 місяців тому +28

      Not to mention it isn't even pleasant. It smells horrible and burns your throat, all for a buzz that you can get the same effect by simply having a coffee, which actually tastes nice and isn't a health risk. Boggles my mind.

    • @Cannibalizee
      @Cannibalizee 11 місяців тому +13

      Smoking cigs is the best and lung cancer from cigs isnt as common as you may think. Cigs smell amazing, they calm you down and help you focus, and you get more breaks at work. Cigs are your only friend in those lonely nights

    • @autisticDementia
      @autisticDementia 11 місяців тому +47

      @Cannibalizee
      “Smoking cigs is the best and lung cancer from cigs isnt as common as you may think. Cigs smell amazing, they calm you down and help you focus, and you get more breaks at work. Cigs are your only friend in those lonely nights”
      -Something a smoker said with lung cancer

    • @bradleyfirby648
      @bradleyfirby648 11 місяців тому

      ​@Angiebobandi so does meditation and that has a 0% chance of literally fucking killing you and the people around you

  • @R.J0701
    @R.J0701 11 місяців тому +631

    I’m on the tail end of Gen Z (only 14), and I completely agree. I feel like our generation was (and still kind of is) in the height of vaping and smoking being trendy, just because of how geared towards children they have made it. Now I do think it is more Senior to College age kids, but still all these companies are profiting off of selling fun flavors of vapes, and easy ways to consume nicotine by making it look like gum. Nobody is making it difficult to smoke or vape, so why would these kids not? Like previously mentioned, the older side of Gen Z I feel is more geared towards drugs and smoking, just because they were raised in the height of the vapes and edibles and everything. My end of the generation has been raised in the height of being against those things. Like istg every month we have an anti-smoke, drugs, and vape assembly, just because they REALLY don’t want us to turn out like our fellow Gen Z-ers have. Anyways, thanks for reading my rant ✌️

    • @paradisecityX0
      @paradisecityX0 11 місяців тому +32

      You missed out on the 90s. I'm so sorry

    • @That_One_Guy434
      @That_One_Guy434 11 місяців тому +8

      They need less stress as they use it as a anti-stressor.
      They should probably give help to teenagers and people like that instead of berating and not helping.
      They are not really geared towards children but teenagers over 18.

    • @harleyspecimen3848
      @harleyspecimen3848 11 місяців тому +23

      I feel the opposite tbh. Im 17 and idk many people my age that vape but as soon as I enter the school bathroom theres always a freshman or sophomre in their vaping and showing it off thinking that its cool. Never once seen anyone older than a sophomore vape at my school atleast and its prolly bcz most people my age didnt have access to vapes pre-covid so they never started it at that age. But with the transition from middle to high school and those kids thinking they are "growing up" they start vaping bcz its a lot more accessible to them then it was to us.

    • @SteamvilleQuintet
      @SteamvilleQuintet 11 місяців тому

      It must be tough to say that Nature's nicotine is SO bad for Gen Z, while California is pushing Chynah made vape juice with nicotine + chemicals for flavours + metals as GOOD for us. Add that many of Gen Z's parents are addicted to and saying weed RESIN is healthy to inhale! It's all a load of manure. The Greatest Generation won a world war on cigarettes, coffee, tinned and powdered food, and Scotch.

    • @beccareisinger6369
      @beccareisinger6369 11 місяців тому +27

      I mean I’m 21 and I think smoking is literally gross. Im still act disgusted and hold my breath if I ever walk through someone’s cigarette or vape smoke 😵‍💫🤢

  • @jedclampett631
    @jedclampett631 3 місяці тому +2

    My mother smoked a pack a day for seventy years; it must be a very slow poison ... Relax and enjoy a nice smoke once in a while.

  • @cj.lambert
    @cj.lambert 3 місяці тому +1

    im trying to quit vapes and when walking my dog been buying these croissants from the corner store and eating them on our walk. Helps a bit

  • @daniellebibona1503
    @daniellebibona1503 11 місяців тому +162

    I actively teach my son not to smoke. I wasn't taught The same. My mom had me rolling and lighting her cigarettes at 5. It truly is an utterly useless addiction except downfall. The addiction is difficult to quit. The patches help. Don't start something you need to quit that also encures major health issues.

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx 11 місяців тому +3

      I don't have kids but I would absolutely do the same.
      My mum was also the one that put me off it for life when I was still a kid, and I can be thankful that I never developed the inclination to start myself.
      Stay strong 👍

    • @iknowallthesadsongs2115
      @iknowallthesadsongs2115 11 місяців тому

      Gay

    • @livliv2384
      @livliv2384 11 місяців тому +2

      ​@@iknowallthesadsongs2115 so you are

    • @derekwoodford9955
      @derekwoodford9955 11 місяців тому +1

      how do you "teach" him not to smoke? Sounds like you are just teaching him how smoking works, if he takes it up, that's on him.
      My dad tried that, tried to scare me, all to no avail.... I was going to become a smoker no matter what he said or didn't say....

    • @nillypel
      @nillypel 11 місяців тому

      ​@@derekwoodford9955get help. You will die

  • @Trenton-om9qs
    @Trenton-om9qs 10 місяців тому +322

    I thought my generation vaped not smoked lol. As an 18 year old i can say im proud to have never touched any of that stuff. When i was in school it was hilarious but sad watching people freak out because they hadnt hit their vape in 5 minutes

    • @Okunniger_Volker
      @Okunniger_Volker 10 місяців тому +45

      Never fucking do it! Been smoking 14yrs, I can make myself fast for two weeks straight, run till my feet bleed, I can be extremely disciplined, but smoking is easily the hardest shit to quit.
      My brother could quit every hard drug including heroine, couldn't quit smoking.
      It's no joke and it's a slow and miserable death that you can feel.

    • @magnificenthonky
      @magnificenthonky 10 місяців тому +10

      I never took to vaping. Smoking is much more pleasurable. I'd be delighted if vaping disappeared and everyone just started smoking again, like normal people.

    • @existence.5806
      @existence.5806 10 місяців тому

      How do you fucking live

    • @tigeruntamed6036
      @tigeruntamed6036 10 місяців тому +36

      @@magnificenthonky😂 like normal people

    • @erikhansen7766
      @erikhansen7766 10 місяців тому +1

      And if you really wanted to vape moreso as muscle memory and that muscle memory helps you calm down, their are nicotine/harmful chemical free vapes that are water or other helpful things.

  • @jackthompson8560
    @jackthompson8560 3 місяці тому +2

    At 53 trying to quit for the 1000s time. Don't start.

  • @Meianju
    @Meianju 10 місяців тому +4

    Ok I'm glad you said it yourself at the end there. It's just a crutch for people, they are so many other thing the could be doing with their time and money to be cooler. Like: Fixing their posture, learning a new language, working out, learning more about anything really. Cigarettes are ridiculous, they just demonstrates poor self control and foresight, same for alcohol and so many other poisons nowadays.

  • @caden90
    @caden90 11 місяців тому +285

    Coop, you’re telling me you would bring a WHOLE baguette to college parties just so you would have a snack in your hand? Amazing. 👏👏👏

    • @Skyesoceaneyes
      @Skyesoceaneyes 11 місяців тому +6

      Well, it had to last the whole night, right? 😅

    • @GingerZombie29
      @GingerZombie29 11 місяців тому +9

      It sounds like it would be awesome being friends with Brett.

    • @stumble_leiner
      @stumble_leiner 11 місяців тому +14

      Let's be honest, pretty charismatic girls can get away with being quirky, unattractive female would be ignored, almost any type of male would probably get kicked out.

    • @paninthedada
      @paninthedada 11 місяців тому +2

      GIRL DINNER IN ACTION

    • @paninthedada
      @paninthedada 11 місяців тому

      @@stumble_leinerwhatcho mean, baguettes regardless it’s being held by is literally iconic

  • @acenull0
    @acenull0 11 місяців тому +136

    Going outside to smoke a cigarette for "fresh air" is insanity 😂 you can do that for free you don't need the cigarette 😂

    • @libbybloom3215
      @libbybloom3215 10 місяців тому +5

      Makes me think of people that are obviously out running but took a break to have a smoke 😂

    • @SD-mi2vc
      @SD-mi2vc 10 місяців тому +2

      Never smoked soo you wouldnt know

    • @mathildaelrod7655
      @mathildaelrod7655 10 місяців тому +8

      I'm not a smoker but I've heard of several cases of jobs allowing smokers to go take extra breaks to smoke, but those of us who don't only get designated work breaks if any breaks at all.

    • @shaunsteele6926
      @shaunsteele6926 10 місяців тому +2

      I used to work with a bunch of smokers... at break time they'd all go out to smoke and I'd tag along, just hanging out with my healthy lungs and talking lol. You don't have to be a smoker to be social either

    • @leviturner3265
      @leviturner3265 10 місяців тому +5

      @@mathildaelrod7655 Well, where I work smokers can take smoke breaks whenever they want. Although, everyone can do that. It is just that if you smoking it is perceived that you are doing something. Also, if you are not smoking the mood if something needs to be done is that you need to do it now, however if you are smoking it would be more like once you are done smoking then this needs done.
      There are certain positions where I work that the only acceptable reason to be away from your desk is to go to the bathroom, to be on lunch, or to be smoking. People working that position do not get a break unless it is really slow, or if they go out for a cigarette.

  • @SampsaNissinen
    @SampsaNissinen 5 місяців тому +1

    I hate people talking about how they hate smoking who arent even smoked before. Damn just leave it alone

  • @lordprettyfakko
    @lordprettyfakko 5 місяців тому +2

    The thing that makes me laugh is that people spend lots of money and effort on skin care, working out, yoga, eating healthy, saving money everywhere and so on...and then smoke! I mean I was also like this, I started 10 years ago, but now I'm almost 24 y/o and I'm 8 days smoke-free and I really hope I can quit forever because it is really a stupid thing to do to yourself

  • @BerserkPublishing
    @BerserkPublishing 10 місяців тому +65

    I'm a Gen X and a non-smoker. Even our generation knew it was bad. That said, I remember in my career how many jobs, career decisions, etc. were made by the smokers at the smoking area on a daily basis. I literally started going for my "Second hand smoke break" so I could rub shoulders with our executives and network. Yes, it helped my career. To be fair, I grew up in So Cal in the 60s and 70s, so breathing carcinogens was like my entire childhood. Second hand smoke on a clear blue day in a southern town was probably healthier than the stuff I grew up on.

    • @Papadoc1000
      @Papadoc1000 10 місяців тому +1

      Yeah, not so much recently I'm afraid. First, employers know that hiring a smoker means there's an additional 30-60 minutes/day they won't be performing, and probably an equal amount of time they will be niccing and less focused. Second, no smoker was ever turned off by the lack of smoke on the breath of a business contact, but vice versa, not so much. It's no fun sitting in a meeting next to a guy who had to go out and relieve himself with a hot-burner right before the meeting. And I'm a former smoker of about 25 years.

  • @patrickhill3260
    @patrickhill3260 11 місяців тому +68

    They usually tell you in school about the damage it does to your lungs, heart, & skin. What they don’t mention is the total re-wiring of your brain that comes with nicotine & the other thousand chemicals. Smoked almost a pack day for 13 years. Happy to say my last cig was almost a year ago. That being said, after all this time has passed, I still have difficult moments of my mind still adjusting to life without the dirty smokes. Quitting is an absolute marathon.
    Don’t buy into to the whole vaping façade either. Just a method to get a young brain nice & primed with nicotine already. Then when you’re at party/bar & your vape dies you’ll try the real stuff (actual tobacco) & you’ll never look back.

    • @charlessittman9511
      @charlessittman9511 10 місяців тому

      I don’t know man I’ve been vaping for 6 years and i still prefer the vape over the cigs, i think it depends on what you started with for what you get hooked on.

    • @mrsirkosky7618
      @mrsirkosky7618 10 місяців тому +1

      Same here. Stopped smoking because i wanted to be free again. I felt chained. Cigarettes dictated my life, so i had to stop this.

    • @GH0ST_76
      @GH0ST_76 10 місяців тому +1

      Great job brother, off for a year! 👍

    • @wifsk484
      @wifsk484 10 місяців тому +2

      I quit smoking like 4 months ago because i couldnt be fucked with being emotionally dependend on wether i could smoke or not anymore best decision of my life everytime i have cravings i either take a 3km walk or go to the gym i gained 10kg of weight in 2 months of muscle

    • @Talon18136
      @Talon18136 10 місяців тому

      I successfully used vaping to quit so have quit a few of my friends it a healthier option as far as your lungs go but if you vape correctly you can use it to quit the problem is that as with anything it become “cool” and so instead of smoking stolen cigarettes like I used to in junior high kids were bumming vapes off family who had them to quit and started doing that it’s a common thing to happen just like kids getting into their family members liquor cabinets

  • @mcscotty325
    @mcscotty325 4 місяці тому +2

    If smoking is so bad, why are cancer rates skyrocketing while smoking rates have been plummeting for 50 years.

    • @andrewdrewandy
      @andrewdrewandy 4 місяці тому +2

      i don’t think smoking is that bad for you as long as you don’t smoke like a chimney. it can actually combat against some diseases if done only occasionally.

  • @Crystgrinder
    @Crystgrinder 3 місяці тому +1

    One thing I realized now that I'm 31 and have a lifetime of drugs,alcohol and smoking behind me.
    I came to realize that it was always about self-harm, An acceptable form of self-harm.
    Not everyone is like this and I can only speak for myself, But there has always been a part of me trying to end it

  • @AliceinJapanaland
    @AliceinJapanaland 11 місяців тому +53

    I grew up around smokers - almost my entire family smoked. I always thought it was the corniest thing ever when someone who doesn't really smoke becomes a social smoker. Basically screams, "please think I'm cool!!"
    But kinda makes sense that the hyper-image aware Gen Z would fall for it, then. Plus, they are the most anxious generation, and most smokers say smoking calms them down.

    • @formerlypsychotic
      @formerlypsychotic 10 місяців тому +8

      It only calms you down until you're out of cigarettes and suddenly realize you're addicted because if you don't get some nicotine RIGHT FUCKING NOW you will have a panic attack. Oh and coughing black shit out of your lungs in your early twenties isn't exactly calming either. Quitting was hell and I still want one every time I smell someone else with a cigarette 😕

    • @herbythechef7624
      @herbythechef7624 10 місяців тому +5

      I used to smoke. People have it all backwards. People get anxiety because theyre craving a smoke. Once they smoke one they go back to normal

    • @icantwiththis
      @icantwiththis 10 місяців тому +4

      It only calms you down for about 2 hours then the anxiety spikes high. "I'm gonna die if I don't get a cigarette" - Brad from Sublime song called Jailhouse.

    • @Jordansklar0698
      @Jordansklar0698 10 місяців тому +3

      Im 25 never smooed never will my brother does though 😂

  • @ForeverZer0
    @ForeverZer0 11 місяців тому +41

    I quit smoking about 5 years ago. The cost of cigarettes in my area is outrageous, saved me thousands.

    • @andrewdinns1746
      @andrewdinns1746 11 місяців тому +3

      same boat here i'm 2 weeks away from the 5 year mark. 10k+ saved, taxes have gone up some too.

    • @HomeandHearthHomestead
      @HomeandHearthHomestead 11 місяців тому +2

      Quit three years ago this October.
      30 year habit.

    • @lobster6944
      @lobster6944 11 місяців тому

      Congrats on quitting! I wish my dad would be able to quit but I'm very worried he'll die if he tried again

    • @Level_Eleven
      @Level_Eleven 11 місяців тому +3

      A week and a half away from my 5 year mark. Felt so much better after the initial wave of hating quitting I’ll never go back.

    • @jaobidan2358
      @jaobidan2358 11 місяців тому

      You guys use the patches?

  • @antoniogoncalves705
    @antoniogoncalves705 3 місяці тому +1

    I've been a smoker and let me tell you something. After 2 or 3 years I still get fucking cravings, they are not as strong and its fairly easy to stay on track but goddam it has been years since I stopped. The worst part is that I wasn't a smoker for long so I can't even imagine people that have been addicted for years. Last thing, I started like everyone else, "Just one every now and then, when socializing" but then one day it all changes and now your smoking daily. Don't start, there is no point.

  • @Thishandleisalreadytaken_-_-_0
    @Thishandleisalreadytaken_-_-_0 6 місяців тому +2

    My mom has been smoking for more than 30 years and it has not affected her, she has been smoking since age 13

  • @YourMom-wb4bu
    @YourMom-wb4bu 11 місяців тому +116

    I started smoking cigarettes when I was 18 (I’m 24 now) and I can say it was easily the biggest mistake I made but luckily me and my boyfriend are trying to quit and wean ourselves off of them

    • @helenaBeau
      @helenaBeau 11 місяців тому +16

      I promise you can do it. The best thing you can do is break up the rest of them and toss in the toilet quit cold turkey and avoid being around anyone that smokes for at least the next month. I was forced to smoke at 8 and was addicted at 13 and quit at 21. You’ll realize after about 3-4 months they’re revolting just being around the smoke. It’s so rewarding to your pocket, your mental health and physical health. I wish you and your boyfriend the best of luck.

    • @CarolineMosesComedy
      @CarolineMosesComedy 11 місяців тому +2

      I wish you and your boyfriend well on your journey to stop smoking. I'm 18 and I will never smoke (as long as I'm not tied up in a basement and someone threatens to cut off my hands if I don't smoke a cigarette).

    • @Subsistence69
      @Subsistence69 11 місяців тому +6

      @@helenaBeaucold turkey is definitely the way. I did the same thing. Smoked one last one with a friend and then broke all the rest. After a couple weeks without them and a little will power you just kind of forget about them and then the smell will start to gross you out

    • @NonLegitNation2
      @NonLegitNation2 11 місяців тому +3

      have you tried using vaping as a way to quit? With vaping you can slowly decrease the amount of nicotine in the vape juice. Cigarettes contain 12MG of nicotine per cigarette, you can get vape juice in 12MG, 6MG, 3MG and even 0MG. It's alot easier then trying to quit cold turkey and while yes you are still intaking nicotine atleast you aren't inhaling all the other harmful chemical that cigarette smoke contains, plus vape juice actually tastes good lol. I smoked for 15yrs, switched to vaping 5yrs ago been vaping 6MG. I tried a cigarette a year ago and almost puked it was disgusting.

    • @derekwoodford9955
      @derekwoodford9955 11 місяців тому +1

      replace smoking with an actual hobby you can do to keep occupied.... being occupied by something keeps your mind off of smoking, but also enables you to do things, make things, expand your life in new ways.....

  • @Whitney_Not_Houston
    @Whitney_Not_Houston 11 місяців тому +93

    Ugh this is concerning but I also get it. I started smoking when I was 15-16 years old because all the “cool kids” did it, but then before I knew it I was hooked and I smoked until I was 28. Then I switched to vaping (which that’s probably why cigarette sales went down, everyone started vaping instead) but I found out that’s even worse- because now I can vape inside outside wherever whenever and I hate it. I’m trying to quit now but it’s SO HARD! Please, if you haven’t started- DONT EVER. 🙏🏼❤️
    Edit: I now have been trying the nicotine gum 4mg which has helped ALOT but it’s the hand to mouth movement “what do I do with my hands?!?” LOL any recommendations/tips are appreciated 🙏🏼

    • @eddielvis98
      @eddielvis98 10 місяців тому +5

      Right? I quit the vapes exactly for that reason. Instead of finishing a cigarette and waiting like 15 30 minutes for another one the vape I would smoke constantly! Finishing a 600 drags vape in about 3 to 4 hours. Now I'm back on cigs but instead of 1 to 2 packs a day it's been cut down to max 2 packs a week.

    • @thebloodyenglish6620
      @thebloodyenglish6620 10 місяців тому +3

      Something that might be worth trying is the nicotine pouches you put under your lip.
      I was on at 20-27 Marlboro Reds a day every day for 5yr.
      I quit back in January but switching over specially to "Nordic Spirit Spearmint" and haven't touched a cig since and now I'm not even tempted being about to walk past smokers or offered a smoke and not want it (rather then forcing myself to not have it now it smells disgusting to me).
      I recommend the Spearmint as it gives you a slight burning sensation/head rush unlike the other flavours (including normal mint) which I think helps as it gives you a physical reaction to help your brain (kinda recreates the slight burn in your lungs/throat when you smoke).
      And while they say they release nicotine for an HR I often leave it in my mouth for 5 or so hr as having it in my mouth and it still having slight flavour tricks my brain into thinking I'm having nicotine when I'm not. So it's also weaning me off nicotine itself. When I first started I was having 5 pouches a day and would have to have my first pouch immediately after waking up. Now I'm on 2-3 a day and as I type this I've been awake for about 5hr and haven't had one yet, though not having one first thing in the morning is uncomfortable I'm now pushing myself to go longer before taking it so I can wean myself off.
      Obviously I'm sure there are some heath issues with the nicotine pouches and it's not getting rid of the addiction just the source of it BUT I'm sure it's better for your health then cigs and vapes and they come in different strengths. So the idea is you take them till you aren't tempted to smoke. Then you decrease how many you take, the strength you take and eventually you just stop.
      But again only recommend the Spearmint as it seems to have other benefits that the other flavours I've tried don't have.

    • @eddielvis98
      @eddielvis98 10 місяців тому +1

      @@thebloodyenglish6620 I remember during highschool, about 12 years ago, they were a thing, even had them too and found them more enjoyable than cigarette's. Didn't take long for the government to make them prohibited. Maybe I could ask my German uncle from across the border because I think Germany still has them. Anyway, thanks for the info, I appreciate it!

    • @mikejames1882
      @mikejames1882 10 місяців тому +4

      Same, now I'm 36 and have been quit for 4 years. It's really all mental. I know I heard that and never believed it but it's true. It's only so difficult because you see it as such a huge, unachievable task in your mind. And as soon as you quit and get a craving it makes you freak out and spiral. The huge deception is that it's soooooo addictive and soooo hard to quit. That's worse and more evil than the actual nicotine. It's really not that big of a deal. Just quit, you'll feel some withdrawals for a bit but it's no big deal. You've done much harder things in your life. This is no big deal and you can do it easily. That's the mental shift that needs to happen, then you will quit.

    • @Chandler.C_1993
      @Chandler.C_1993 10 місяців тому +2

      Yup, same thing for me with the vapes, I do it all the time and can't help but feel I would've been better off going outside and smoking occasionally again like I used to

  • @Deeplycloseted435
    @Deeplycloseted435 3 місяці тому +1

    As a gen x’er, EVERYONE smoked. Me and my friends started when we were 14, and it was completely normal. It is extremely noticeable how few people I see smoking now. Its almost rare to even smell one in traffic now. This is a great thing. Nicotine addiction sucks. I’ve quit many times. Its been over a decade since I have smoked tobacco, and I still think about it from time to time.

  • @HaymesMichaelC
    @HaymesMichaelC 6 місяців тому +1

    "I'm going outside to have an apple" will never be a valid excuse for escaping a room full of people you can't stand, especially at Thanksgiving.

  • @johnathancasanova6956
    @johnathancasanova6956 10 місяців тому +144

    The real horror of smoking groups is always having your lighter pocketed and never knowing who took it.

    • @magnificenthonky
      @magnificenthonky 10 місяців тому +9

      That's why you don't let go of your lighter. Hold the flame to the party in need of a light. It makes you look like a gentleman, gives the appearance of friendliness, service and humility, and always ensures that you keep your lighter. Also, I have a ton of cheap lighters. Occasionally, I'll give one to someone who has no lighter. Back when a pack of cigarettes reliably came with matchbooks, I'd pass those along to my lightless brethren, as well.

    • @user-fq7tv7ui3s
      @user-fq7tv7ui3s 10 місяців тому +2

      My bad dawg I'll have to get you another one

    • @user-xh9qi7bc8h
      @user-xh9qi7bc8h 10 місяців тому +2

      @@magnificenthonky that's brilliant, totally gonna do it now

    • @elchinoguerito8915
      @elchinoguerito8915 10 місяців тому +1

      real

    • @Livetoeat171
      @Livetoeat171 10 місяців тому +3

      35 years ago, when I used to smoke, I never gave anybody my lighter I would light up, and if somebody wanted a light, I would give them my cigarette, and they would light it off of my cigarette.

  • @deltax-ray6290
    @deltax-ray6290 10 місяців тому +43

    Ugh, smoked for 20 years and tried to quit every year for 15 of those years. Only recently ditched the addiction for good when the smell of smoke makes me feel ill instead of wanting one. It's a terrible addiction that makes you stink and really does nothing for you

  • @RandomGuy-pd3vi
    @RandomGuy-pd3vi 5 місяців тому +2

    Honestly, i smoke once in like 2 weeks just to clear my head.
    It’s like i don’t have to think about all of my issues for 5 motherf’ing minutes.
    It really helps escaping reality once in awhile, and sure it’s bad for you. But thinking about how much shit’s unfair in society nowadays feels a lot worse for my mental health than smoking a ciggy every 2 weeks.
    Just let me have my pack of ciggies in peace, and doing it because it’s trendy is sad. Cigarettes are delicous if it weren’t for the terrible smell and disgusting taste.

  • @tito9694
    @tito9694 9 місяців тому +2

    I smoke spliffs, weed with tobacco. Perfect combo. I personally find weed alone simply clouds my mind, while with a bit of tobacco i feel sharp .

  • @lisapop5219
    @lisapop5219 11 місяців тому +96

    You don't want that addiction. The younger you start, the harder it is to quit. My mom lost her leg due to effects of smoking. It killed her 18 months later because of the meds she was given because her stump got mrsa in the hospital. She was a nurse too. She started at 18

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx 11 місяців тому +12

      Oooof yeah, MRSA still being a killer is a nasty jolt of reality - I even saw a poster about it when I was staying a few nights in hospital back in May.
      People make a huge fuss about doctors, nurses and equipment technicians in hospitals - but without the janitors keeping it all clean you are just as likely to end up coming out with something you didn't have going in.

    • @Ntmoffi
      @Ntmoffi 11 місяців тому +10

      Sorry about your mom.
      I started when I was 14 and quit when I turned 21. As soon as I hit 18 I was smoking 2 packs a day. Cigarettes are awful and it's one of those things that you're better off never trying it.

    • @lix3io351
      @lix3io351 11 місяців тому +7

      My mom was addicting to smoking to, it ruined her. She wanted to become a full nurse but smoking ruined that to. She got into rehab though in another part of the world and is currently working to get money to come back to where I am.

    • @lisapop5219
      @lisapop5219 11 місяців тому +9

      @Ntmoffi I hear you. I started at 10 1/2. I quit at 18 & took it back up several times. Her addiction was so strong that even when her liver was failing, she insisted on smoking. She accidentally set her shirt on fire because part of liver failure is cognitive problems. We refused her cigarettes anymore. She was in rehabilitation to strengthen her to come home. Unfortunately, it was a place that she worked. They bought her cigarettes & ignored that she needed to go to the hospital.

    • @LiamColeman-Halla-yq2jl
      @LiamColeman-Halla-yq2jl 10 місяців тому

      Smoking vs h3ntai/p*rn. Which is worse?

  • @dd-bf3ch
    @dd-bf3ch 10 місяців тому +101

    I'm certain there are better ways to meet people than smoking cigarettes lol. Weird that everyone is connected more than ever yet so disconnected at the same time

    • @Christopher-qq4dl
      @Christopher-qq4dl 10 місяців тому +1

      😂

    • @leviturner3265
      @leviturner3265 10 місяців тому +2

      Where I work you can take breaks whenever you want to and light up a cigarette. However, if you are taking a break and not smoking it is like viewed as you are not doing anything, however if you are smoking it is viewed as oh he is just smoking. Plus my boss smokes a lot and she always says let's go have a cigarette. Whereas if I wasn't smoking it would be weird because then I would just not be doing anything. I also only get to see my friend when he comes out of the office to smoke. So when I see him come out to smoke, I smoke with him. This goes the same with the other person at my work we only ever get to talk when he comes out for a cigarette. None of the people that smoke would be outside during work hanging out except for if they were smoking... It is a sad reality.
      Personally I will mostly just smoke if someone else is out there, or if I need to get something done I might just finish it on the forklift, or finish the cigarette while working on something in the bays or something.

  • @avemaria1774
    @avemaria1774 2 місяці тому +2

    Bring back smoking. I love cigarettes

  • @Starefd
    @Starefd 4 місяці тому +1

    I never liked smoking cigarettes but I loved smoking weed since I was 15 years old. I recently quit smoking weed and it feels good to only put oxygen in my lungs.

  • @ragephilosophy
    @ragephilosophy 10 місяців тому +210

    As a 42 year old smoker, I genuinely wish I could go back in time and slap my younger self when I tried my first cigarette.

    • @Zip369
      @Zip369 10 місяців тому

      I smoked heavily from the age of 16 to 31 and I finally quit just a few months ago. I was scared to quit for a long time because how of how hard everyone said it was. I was recommended the book "Allen Carr's Easy Way To Stop Smoking" and I have to say that changed my life. It's not full of scare tactics or saying how bad we all know smoking is, but instead unveils how the smoker's mindset is just brainwashing. In it he even tell the reader to keep smoking while they read. I've completely flipped my view on smoking and I don't even have the urge to smoke anymore. If you want to quit, I HIGHLY recommend that book.

    • @Jordansklar0698
      @Jordansklar0698 10 місяців тому +4

      Ill never smoke my mom and dad did finally quit 5 months ago my brither smokes and still does

    • @SamLoki
      @SamLoki 10 місяців тому +10

      So I can light up that sweet Marlboro red for the first time again

    • @Nightbird6
      @Nightbird6 10 місяців тому +2

      I know it's weird, but when people would ask me how long I had been smoking; I'd reply: Since October 20th of 1980, at 4:20 PM (this was BEFORE 4:20 was a "thing") I was sitting at the airport waiting for my flight to Navy Bootcamp!

    • @sorabisslade1427
      @sorabisslade1427 10 місяців тому +2

      25 years of a pack a day, few years older than yourself, but now 4 months smoke free thanks to vapeing. And now feeling 100 times better, it's not easy but give a vape an attempt, it's never too late.

  • @gabinoa.serrano4770
    @gabinoa.serrano4770 11 місяців тому +80

    Honestly I saw this coming. Especially with the gen z and younger obsession and addiction with vapes. Since vapes are electric and no one knows what's in them, people would feel "safer" smoking a cigarette.

    • @idioticbagel2833
      @idioticbagel2833 11 місяців тому

      i know an old army vet that smokes so many people have tried to get him to vape because it’s “healthier” he says “no that stuff has glass in it it’s not healthier” i have no idea if that’s true or not but he’s a very honest to God man so i always take his word for it

    • @BRZno86
      @BRZno86 11 місяців тому

      Alot of medical people I know tell thier patients to smoke cigarettes if they are known to vape.

    • @13wayz70
      @13wayz70 11 місяців тому

      ​@idioticbagel2833 that man is no liar, that info is a few years old but yes at one point there was glass in one of the brands and it got taken off the shelves

    • @Psalm23_4
      @Psalm23_4 11 місяців тому +7

      Propylene Glycol, vegetable glycerin, nicotine, and the same artificial flavors they use to make candy. It's listed on the bottle. No glass, not nearly as many toxins as are in cigs. Switched from Marlboros to vaping years ago and I feel much better.

    • @TotlKaos
      @TotlKaos 11 місяців тому +3

      @@Psalm23_4 Thank you for this. Most people read or hear stories from the same outlets lying to you about everything else.

  • @marcorex1344
    @marcorex1344 2 місяці тому +1

    All the advertising in one video, perfect time for a smoke break

  • @roymctarsney5655
    @roymctarsney5655 10 місяців тому +100

    Quitting smoking was the single hardest thing that I have ever done. When I quit, cigarettes were $2.50 a pack. It will be nineteen years this November since I quit and the years that I smoked are still higher than the years since I quit. Forget about all the negative health issues that smoking causes, just look at the sheer cost of it. $10-$15 per pack! I used to spend less than that on a carton of cigarettes!
    It’s never too late to quit.
    Better yet, don’t start!

    • @fantasea114
      @fantasea114 10 місяців тому +5

      in australia it's like $75 for just a 40 pack

    • @radiod0ll98
      @radiod0ll98 10 місяців тому +3

      proud of you man, being sober can be hard but you’re taking it day by day amazingly!!!!

    • @salvambala7779
      @salvambala7779 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@fantasea114it cost 36.90 in New Zealand and you now are not allowed to buy them if you were born from 2009 and on😂.

    • @fantasea114
      @fantasea114 9 місяців тому

      @@salvambala7779 yeah that's crazy! they were talking about doing the same thing here in aus lol

    • @parttimeemo8363
      @parttimeemo8363 7 місяців тому +1

      just roll them yourself y'all (if you do smoke and can't/don't want to quit), it's so much cheaper

  • @NobodySPersonalReaper
    @NobodySPersonalReaper 11 місяців тому +88

    Brett never fails to amaze me with the intros i mean the face gets me every time😂

  • @Inverted_iron225
    @Inverted_iron225 4 місяці тому +3

    We are so back

  • @Lurker101Gaming
    @Lurker101Gaming 2 місяці тому +2

    I always hated the phrasing "caught smoking cigarettes". Maybe it's just me being a grumpy old bastard. What else are they going to be smoking? A rubber chicken? You don't get "caught" smoking weed anymore because nobody cares and celebs don't get caught smoking crack because they're careful about that. At the moment. Wait until after Proposition 21 is approved.

  • @xAnAsianx
    @xAnAsianx 10 місяців тому +42

    I remember a number of years ago, people talking about picking up smoking primarily because of the "smoke breaks" you can get at work, but it was never about the community. There are so many better communities you could be a part of.

    • @ct2586
      @ct2586 10 місяців тому +3

      Your employer isn't going to give you a vape break lolol. I used to smoke at an old job because it was the only way we got breaks. No smoking= no rest so of course we all smoked lolol.

    • @joelcoll4034
      @joelcoll4034 10 місяців тому +1

      Can you take a smoke break, light the cigar but not actually smoke?

    • @leviturner3265
      @leviturner3265 10 місяців тому

      @@user-kr2gq9gv9i Where I work you can take a smoke break whenever you want. There is one girl who vapes she comes out for like 30 seconds. The smokers take more like 5-25 minute breaks though. My friend smokes one cigarette then goes in, my boss smokes 1-3 cigarettes then goes in. It is viewed that if you are outside smoking you are doing something however if you were to go out and not smoke then you aren't doing anything.

  • @JaneSaidWhy
    @JaneSaidWhy 11 місяців тому +117

    My Dad told me once that cigarettes were a passive aggressive cowards way to harm themselves. I had smoked for years and after reflecting on his words I could see the truth in it. I quit that same month.

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx 11 місяців тому +5

      Worse, they are a passive aggressive way to harm everyone else around you too that isn't directly smoking.
      I actually started drinking in pubs more after the smoking ban in closed public spaces came into effect in my country - before that I just couldn't stand going into those places with all the smoke at busy times.

    • @lavielemond
      @lavielemond 11 місяців тому +8

      Did he ever tell you what the 'courageous' way to harm oneself might be as well, perchance?

    • @roadtripsongssavannah3948
      @roadtripsongssavannah3948 11 місяців тому +2

      By saving a life or two maybe

    • @RTU130
      @RTU130 11 місяців тому

      Hmm

    • @jolins.9523
      @jolins.9523 11 місяців тому +4

      That seems like a pretty melodramatic way to think of smoking cigarettes. Smoking a few cigarettes or inhaling some second hand smoke is not going to kill anyone, but tobacco does have some benefits, as well as simply being very enjoyable. I don't see how it's any more cowardly than enjoying a piece of cake. How does your dad view cigars or pipes?

  • @cosmiccatzen
    @cosmiccatzen 10 місяців тому +1

    Stress! The last generation or so has dealt with a lot economically & socially. We all need free weekly massages to counteract the nonsense those in charge are putting everyone through.

  • @willitburn902
    @willitburn902 3 місяці тому +1

    Brett, I would have to disagree with you here. Coming from a 21 (22 in a few weeks) yr old lad from the Uk who has smoked and vaped since I was 16, I would have to say that the “social” aspect of public smoking is one of the last places in the ever-disconnected world we live in TO socialise.
    Nowadays, with young people walking round the streets with headphones in and glued to their phones, seemingly one of the only ways to get a chance to talk to someone now is when smoking. Many great friendships and even life-long relationships have ignited from the simple ask for a lighter in the smoking area of a pub/ bar or club or at a party or event. A cigarette is a break from whatever one is doing and a chance to converse and reflect with or without others around. This is why I think it will increase - as people will be looking for that chance to socialise with someone els when it is becoming so much harder to do so.
    Ps. If you take into account the rates of nicotine users, not just smokers, I’m sure you’ll see a huge increase in recent years due to the disposable vape spike, and with any contextual knowledge, would know that a lot of nicotine users tend to bounce between methods of intake or just change completely. A lot of young people - especially ones who have been indoctrinated into vape by culture with disposable vapes - have grown up a bit and moved onto ciggies, seen as vapes present themselves more to you get kids as suppose to young adults

  • @duncandoeslife
    @duncandoeslife 10 місяців тому +237

    You never fail to seamlessly switch the conversation over to your video sponsor. It's always so clever, and doesn't feel as forced or annoying as other creators.

    • @riyaswami8932
      @riyaswami8932 10 місяців тому +4

      @@jonesjermaine4387 💀

    • @duncandoeslife
      @duncandoeslife 10 місяців тому +3

      @@jonesjermaine4387 no thanks 🤢

    • @WaveRider1989
      @WaveRider1989 10 місяців тому

      ​@@jonesjermaine4387lol

    • @benspragge33
      @benspragge33 9 місяців тому

      Brett is GOAT at her video sponsoring transitions 🤟😂

    • @aliahduiker7998
      @aliahduiker7998 7 місяців тому

      I’m only ever okay with Brett’s ads because it’s so smooth and clever I must respect it

  • @daisygrace8174
    @daisygrace8174 10 місяців тому +98

    I’ve only ever had one cigarette. It just felt so unnatural, I hated the feeling in my throat. Thank god I didn’t get addicted and I’ll forever regret it!

    • @tbeth
      @tbeth 10 місяців тому +1

      Same, but mine was a flavored "cigar" (still felt like a cigarette lol). It definitely did not calm me down, just made me cough a lot.

    • @StajoLaBell
      @StajoLaBell 10 місяців тому +4

      ​@@tbethwuss lol

    • @soffren
      @soffren 10 місяців тому +15

      ​@@StajoLaBellbetter to be a wuss than have black lungs.

    • @julesa1754
      @julesa1754 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@StajoLaBellif your lungs hate smoke = healthy, if they love it = unhealthy(probably radioactive too)

    • @StajoLaBell
      @StajoLaBell 10 місяців тому +1

      @@soffren so no smoking weed either? WUSS

  • @Suzuki_Hiakura
    @Suzuki_Hiakura 10 місяців тому +4

    I remember some country requiring tobacco sellers to put pictures of what your organs look like after smoking a lot... as soon as the first picture of a blackened lung was put on the pack, sales were down by like 80 percent or so. Forget which country, maybe Australia? but am quite unsure
    Edit: just remembered something I saw a few years back after hearing about the girl saying she smokes and suddenly becomes friends with her neighbors; I saw a homeless man pick up a butt of a cig out of a trash can and then proceed to walk to a person on the phone and ask for a light. Was rather gross and after telling my parents they told me that, "No, he wouldn't have picked it out of the trash, because who would do that? He obviously just had it in his pocket or something."

    • @Suzuki_Hiakura
      @Suzuki_Hiakura 10 місяців тому +1

      @@Falcormoor I remember it wasn't Mexico when I saw it lol... was several years back (over 10 I think) and the statistics for tobacco sales were down by over 20 percent in a brief period (less than a week). And yeah, even seeing the statistics, a lot of people still smoking were either addicted or didn't care about the packaging, but most did care and new smokers were quite rare.

    • @rachel.isabelle
      @rachel.isabelle 9 місяців тому

      Definitely Australia

    • @Suzuki_Hiakura
      @Suzuki_Hiakura 9 місяців тому

      @@rachel.isabelle thought it might be lol

    • @dylannix4289
      @dylannix4289 9 місяців тому +2

      Cute, but no. Australia’s overall _legal_ tobacco sales plummeted not due to the funny pictures, but due to them increasing the prices several fold overnight
      Most of Western-Europe has had those pictures on our packs for years now (we even collect them, because they keep coming out with new ones) and it barely affected the numbers if at all

    • @Suzuki_Hiakura
      @Suzuki_Hiakura 9 місяців тому

      @@dylannix4289 Must have been my public education then, as my teachers taught how great it lowered the rate of smokers. I would need to relook at all the stuff to know for sure, but it seems some teachers also taught the American Civil War was about slavery, so it might have been misinformation we were taught

  • @ashesfrombones
    @ashesfrombones 9 місяців тому +1

    actually socializing during smoking is great, is simple and easy and short... NO OTHER activity allows that

  • @latestmoviesandflixz5456
    @latestmoviesandflixz5456 10 місяців тому +110

    My grandfather started smoking at 12 years of age
    My father started smoking at 18 years of age.
    I am the first generation non smoker and I sincerely enjoy life. I am high on life, not on drugs, alcohol or even nicotine based products.
    This is honestly sad to see people becoming addicted to smoking.

    • @Makyura43
      @Makyura43 9 місяців тому +4

      I met my fair share of high on life people , they were all borderline insane by the time they hit 35. In contrast smokers were much more mentally balanced albeit with no cardio whatsoever.

    • @latestmoviesandflixz5456
      @latestmoviesandflixz5456 9 місяців тому +3

      @@Makyura43 That could be the rarest of the rare cases of meeting so called High on Life people. Because the kind of people I meet or I have in my Circle, we all enjoy life. We maintain a healthy diet, excercise daily, enjoy our jobs and lead a quiet and peaceful life.

    • @fortpark-wd9sx
      @fortpark-wd9sx 9 місяців тому +2

      Agree. Not sure about women but when looking at photos of adult men from around 1870 to 2010 across the world, quite safe to say smoking is linked to accelerated physical aging, especially hair loss.
      Up till 1970, a sizable portion of men really looked old by 40 and were losing a large portion of their hair.
      Not a coincidence men in less developed nations with higher incidence of smoking appeared to age faster than their white western counterparts.
      Another aging aspect was the loss of voice clarity. When listening to some WW2 generation persons who were in their 60s as of around 1985, a considerable number had weaker voices.
      As of 2015, the voices of a considerable number of white western men in their 60s sounded as if they had not aged much since they were 35.

    • @tudevoid
      @tudevoid 8 місяців тому

      Cigars are not addicting

    • @ivanmatveyev13
      @ivanmatveyev13 8 місяців тому

      your grandpa was way cooler, haha, cringeboy

  • @qtipanonymous
    @qtipanonymous 10 місяців тому +187

    The social smoking thing is so real, especially at work. I worked at a McDonald's and I remember one night where every single person was getting together after work except for me, because they knew I didn't smoke weed. Had I been invited, I would've gone and drank a Sprite, honestly. It's hard to fit in with groups that smoke.

    • @kpag3030
      @kpag3030 10 місяців тому +27

      Weed is different than cigarettes. Also, sorry you weren’t invited. Maybe they didn’t think you would want to. Be around all that smoke

    • @Resilience93
      @Resilience93 10 місяців тому +44

      good, you don't want to hang around losers that smoke weed

    • @rebjr6615
      @rebjr6615 10 місяців тому +4

      fortunately weed is an entirely different thing from cugarettes

    • @bohotumbleweed8319
      @bohotumbleweed8319 10 місяців тому

      ​​@@Resilience93they don't miss

    • @bohotumbleweed8319
      @bohotumbleweed8319 10 місяців тому +1

      you either.

  • @KlausKinskiPsycho
    @KlausKinskiPsycho 9 місяців тому +1

    I started smoking because i thought it was cool... And i actually look cool while smoking because i'm good-looking. Plus, it actually chilled me down when going through bad times in life.

  • @shoppertattoo
    @shoppertattoo 6 місяців тому +2

    Smoking cigarettes will always be cool. It just looks cool and gives off the nihilistic I don’t give a fuck vibe- and vaping looks dumb and dorky. I think it’s kinda funny how the anti smoking ads worked so well on millennials and then Gen z got so addicted to vaping that they are now switching to normal cigs to get off the vape stick filled with heavy metals. I’d smoke too if I were any younger. With the world falling apart and seemingly no hope left, might as well light up

  • @emilyjones7744
    @emilyjones7744 10 місяців тому +295

    This trend rising again honestly makes me sad, I’ve been highly addicted to nicotine since I was 15 (a habit picked up from my family) and it’s honest debilitating financially and physically. Smoking is not sexy, it’s not cool, it’s an addiction a lot of us working class people get pulled into as teenagers from seeing our parents trying to manage there stress with something harmful. The fact that celebrities are trying to make it a fad again makes me angry, sad and everything in between.

    • @misanthropicservitorofmars2116
      @misanthropicservitorofmars2116 10 місяців тому +4

      I have since I was 12. Smoke more cigarettes. We have to fight back against the vape smokers.

    • @peobleracing518
      @peobleracing518 10 місяців тому +3

      I completely agree. It's sad that smoking is coming back. I've been smoking since 12, and now that I'm 27, I've tried to quit many times but have failed over and over. It's terrible for you, and the amount of money you spend smoking for what feels like stress relief in the moment is so dumb. Don't smoke kids.

    • @slyan1
      @slyan1 10 місяців тому +5

      @@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 ah yes big brain time. vaping is gay, smoking is less gay but is stupid nonetheless

    • @thetwistedone05
      @thetwistedone05 10 місяців тому +1

      I was at a school, where almost nobody smoked but as soon as I started learning my first job I am one of the only people that doesn't smoke. Everytime I have a break I am one of the only people that doesn't go to the smoking area.

    • @ayla8345
      @ayla8345 10 місяців тому +1

      Quitting nicotine really isn’t that hard. You’re not doing heroin. Pull yourself together and stop if it’s bothering you.

  • @ckinsin
    @ckinsin 11 місяців тому +16

    as a guy who started smoking for a girl this is the worst choice you can make. if she smokes you should find new friends.

    • @LiamColeman-Halla-yq2jl
      @LiamColeman-Halla-yq2jl 10 місяців тому

      I don't give a frig if my girlfriend smokes. I'm single and loving it.

  • @chrissyk5743
    @chrissyk5743 Місяць тому

    “..I usually brought a baguette.” 😂 11:57

  • @hadassahbenson4020
    @hadassahbenson4020 8 місяців тому +1

    I don’t agree with smoking, but I love how several times you mentioned there are so many other ways to meet people but you never listed really anyways to meet people. Like if you’re going to hate on something, give thoughtful solutions to a very clear problem.

  • @sillyswan3677
    @sillyswan3677 11 місяців тому +34

    At my first job, ALL of management smoked cigarettes, except for me and one other manager. The two of us were still really close with the rest of the team and would even hang out with them on smoke breaks. No one ever tried to get us to smoke. Most of them really respected our choice to NOT smoke.
    I think many times the "peer pressure" to smoke, drink, or do drugs is self inflicted. And if you do have people pressuring you to do those things, hang out with different people, because those people are not your friends.

    • @schalkvandermerwe4160
      @schalkvandermerwe4160 11 місяців тому +2

      You are 100% correct

    • @joehanson2250
      @joehanson2250 11 місяців тому +1

      I had a similar experience, I havent smoked a cigarette all my life but all my friends smoked. I as never pressured to do anything and a lot of them quit actually.

    • @PatrickWilliams-ts4le
      @PatrickWilliams-ts4le 10 місяців тому

      I think peer pressure does happen for teenagers. Which is why there is such an emphasis on it since that is when you learn about how bad smoking is.

  • @FishHatFish
    @FishHatFish 11 місяців тому +55

    I’ve lost so many members of my family to lung cancer whether it’s from being a chain smoker, a casual smoker, a cigar smoker, or only smoking at work to get a smoke break in the 80’s and quitting later. Lung cancer, like all cancer, is terrifying. I watched the woman I was named after slowly break down, seeing the tumors on her back as the cancer metastasized, hearing as her voice diminished because she couldn’t breathe on her own anymore. Kids today who are smoking are ensuring that their children and family will have to watch them wither and die. It’s selfish.

    • @user-te3qq1rb7u
      @user-te3qq1rb7u 11 місяців тому +3

      People don’t die from lung cancer from smoking cigars, unless they are confused and inhale them for some reason

    • @DexterGrifFTW
      @DexterGrifFTW 11 місяців тому

      @@user-te3qq1rb7uyou can still got several types of cancer with cigars

    • @Jim90117
      @Jim90117 10 місяців тому +2

      For every story like this there's an opposite one, my Grandmother smoked from when she was 12 years old every single day, she died at 98 years old, 86 years of smoking, my mother is in her early 70s now and has smoked for just as long.

  • @christianbryant5617
    @christianbryant5617 10 місяців тому +1

    I’ve seen it throughout Europe with HEAVY smokers, a lot of young people.. but I wouldn’t expect this with America. We have our vapes everywhere not cigarettes everywhere. Why are we going back to smoking?

  • @robertruiz98
    @robertruiz98 7 місяців тому +1

    Yeah a tobacco habit that we have been involved with as a species for thousands of years and now marketing is just supposed to make it disappear because of vaping

  • @CamiWuzHere
    @CamiWuzHere 11 місяців тому +83

    NOOO, THIS HURTS MY ONCOLOGIST HEART😭😭

    • @thexulgrunt6174
      @thexulgrunt6174 11 місяців тому +1

      You are not an oncologist. Look at your other comments on other UA-cam videos

    • @OmniscientlyMe
      @OmniscientlyMe 11 місяців тому +3

      Your cardiologist friends probably aren't too thrilled either.

    • @summer_lover_13
      @summer_lover_13 11 місяців тому +1

      you look like you’re a child, you even have braces, you’re definitely not an oncologist 😭😭😭

    • @CamiWuzHere
      @CamiWuzHere 11 місяців тому +2

      ⁠@@summer_lover_13While I am not technically old enough, I have had a hyper fixation on the study since middle school. I found joy in learning the biology behind the disease, I read studies on new chemotherapeutic agents for fun, I watch collage lectures, I am in a magnet program for goodness sake. Yes, you are right, I am not an oncologist, but I sure as hell am on track to be one.

    • @CamiWuzHere
      @CamiWuzHere 11 місяців тому +1

      @@thexulgrunt6174​⁠​⁠ While I am not technically old enough, I have had a hyper fixation on the study since middle school. I found joy in learning the biology behind the disease, I read studies on new chemotherapeutic agents for fun, I watch collage lectures, I am in a magnet program for goodness sake. Yes, you are right, I am not an oncologist, but I sure as hell am on track to be one.

  • @fugawiaus
    @fugawiaus 11 місяців тому +59

    As a tradesman and smoker, I was working in the city in Sydney, Australia where they had the coffee/lunch room with a big fan to outside. This was the office smoke room so you didn’t have to go downstairs and outside to smoke.
    The non smokers complained that the smokers were getting ahead more in the office. All the big bosses smoked and you tend to chat while having a smoke with the bosses and basically have a quick meeting. The non smokers didn’t get this advantage. Hehe
    If you’re young quit smoking, you’ll feel so much better and healthier.

    • @gwssturmi3835
      @gwssturmi3835 10 місяців тому +3

      when i was 18 (just started smoking in the obligatory military service) I had an apprenticeship with a very large company, and some guy would ask me for a cig every single day. one day he asks me what im doing at the company, told him and asked him the same - he was the CEO, stuff propelled my career. still wish i never started tough lol

    • @StajoLaBell
      @StajoLaBell 10 місяців тому

      ​@@holographicwingyup. Deal with it

  • @arunashamal
    @arunashamal 10 місяців тому +1

    Smoking never went out of style and has always been cool!

  • @Redneck_Technophile
    @Redneck_Technophile 3 місяці тому +1

    There's a far simpler explanation than celebrity influence to why gen z has picked up smoking again. We're fucking stressed.

  • @melsop54
    @melsop54 10 місяців тому +17

    Mind blowing. You SEE the effects. You KNOW the effects. And yet you do it anyway to fit in. Insane. I watched my grandmother die a slow agonizing death from COPD and emphysema. All the money in the world couldn't convince me to smoke.