• Boomkop3@reddthat.com
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    6 hours ago

    I’ve seen this once before. Addicted and hindered but can’t accept it. So they convinced themselves that what they were doing was right

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      5 hours ago

      I mean, this is clearly a bit, but I don’t think addicts smoke exactly one cigarette a day. Some people who smoke small amounts never become addicted. I used to smoke, like, half a pack over a few weeks, forget where I left it, and then go months without smoking. Haven’t smoked at all in probably eight years now, not because I intentionally quit but just because I couldn’t be assed to carry them around any more. (I really only started buying cigs so that I could stop telling people I didn’t smoke when they asked to bum one.)

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        Unfortunately they don’t allow it at the casino so I can’t smoke while I gamble (for the health benefits)

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      7 hours ago

      THAT’S WHY I DRINK A SUGAR-FREE REDBULL WITH EXTRA CREATINE, PROTEIN POWDER, AND PROBIOTICS MIXED IN WHILE CHEWING SEVEN ZYNS BEFORE EVERY 15 MINUTE SET. I NO LONGER SLEEP AND MY HEARTBEATS CANNOT BE DISTINGUISHED. MY LUNGS ARE PERFECT AND MY BODY IS PRISTINE!

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      5 hours ago

      Nicotine itself is hardly worse than say caffeine. But obviously the negative effects of burning and inhaling a cigarette (with all that it contains), especially the carcinogenic agents, is absolutely stupid to think it’s an even trade to pump your workout

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        Oh, nicotine is way worse. It may not harm your health directly, but addictiveness is exponentially worse.

        Wikipedia: Dependence and Withdrawal: Moderately physical dependence and withdrawal symptoms may occur upon abstinence, with greater than 100 mg caffeine per day, although these symptoms last no longer than a day

        Wikipedia: Nicotine withdrawal Symptoms are usually strongest for the first few days and then dissipate over 2–4 weeks (…) In a minority of smokers, cravings may persist for years.

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          Nicotine is water soluble. You can take a wet tobacco leaf off the plant and it’ll soak into your skin and get you a bit buzzed (or in my case when I discovered this mid harvest if you touch enough it’ll get you massively high and nauseous). Imo one of the best ways to get some in relative safety is grow your own, they’re really easy, and just put a leaf under your tongue for a bit then spit it out

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          I smoked for pretty much my whole life. Quit with varying degrees of success many many times. I switched to nicotine pouches 2 months ago, and it’s been fairly great at reducing the damage of cigarettes while not dealing with the actual addiction.

          Still need to watch out for gum recession, so it’s not exactly 100% healthy, but smoking causes gum recession anyway and I’m not destroying my lungs anymore, so pretty solid for harm reduction.

  • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    8 hours ago

    Smoking doesn’t increase testosterone … it makes your voice sound like you have more testosterone

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    6 hours ago

    The purpose of working out is to look cool… Now that I’ve discovered cigarettes that’s mission accomplished.