For instance, the rate of cigar smoking and other tobacco or nicotine products, including electronic cigarettes, hasn’t budged lately. E-cigarette use is especially more prevalent among young adults (14.8% of those between 18 and 24). Overall, 18.8% of adults used some tobacco product in 2024, or about 47.7 million Americans.
Amount of young first time smokers starting directly with vapes is also concerningly high here in Germany.
So maybe a pyrrhic victory in the long term…I’m in Germany right now, and it’s crazy how much more smoking of cigarettes there is than in the states. I hadn’t realized how much it’s disappeared in the US until coming here and smelling cigarettes everywhere
And even here in Germany it is already astonishingly low, compared to only a decade or two ago.
We started pretty high. During my childhood in the 80s, completely smoke-filled rooms were the norm, and it was very uncommon for an adult not to smoke…
As someone that’s been surrounded by smokers - if you can avoid it, please do. It will save you a fuck ton of money and health problems.
It’s more addictive than heroine. Don’t give those fucks your money or health.
It may be more addictive than heroin but the average person doesn’t understand that doesn’t mean the withdrawals are not worse, just the insipid craving
Fuck off with the clickbait titles.
Meanwhile, in the Netherlands. Everything is choking from cigarettes. Trash, canals, lungs. Its bad. The plastic pollution alone from discarded butts is mind boggling to think about.
I’ll be honest. I quit smoking because I’d rather suck a donkeys dick than pay > $5 a pack. If they dropped down to 2 packs for $5 I’ll be smoking again. I enjoyed smoking but fuck paying that much.