Should we feel sorry for anyone that dies from smoking?

[Better_off_here]

Those that smoke, choose to do that and know what they are doing to their bodies
so that being said it is a choice like all of the other stuff we do in life.
i agree that we all should choose our life and what we do with it,

But if you die from said choice, should we feel bad for them?
if you smoke for whatever reason and you get lung cancer and die, i am not personally going to cry for you when you die. i would not feel bad for anyone that basically chooses to die, like if you choose to do drugs and die from an overdose. what do you all think?

[WhatTheHeckkkk]

I’m iffy on this. I would feel sorry that unfortunately they passed away, but I would also realize that their choices had consequences and death/ cancer or overdose was their consequence.


However, I do recognize addiction. Addiction happens. I think about my adoptive dad, he’s in his late 60s, and back when he was in his 20s, smoking cigarettes was so popular, it was common. Literally everyone did it and there weren’t many studies or thoughts of how it would be harmful. He smoked for many years, but when we were little kids, he realized that he’s older and if he keeps smoking, he won’t be able to watch us grow up, because he would be at risk of cancer. So, he stopped. If he all of a sudden got lung cancer, I would be devastated. I would feel sorry for him, because he’s my dad. I recognize that when he was younger, cigarettes were popular, and he had a nicotine addiction. I wouldn’t blame him, I wouldn’t be like, “you had it coming.”


As for strangers or other folks, I probably would feel less devastation because I’m not close with them, but again, I realize that addiction happens and actions have consequences. I would empathize with them, but to an extent. These young teens who take pills and die from fentanyl are definitely idiots for even doing drugs (ironic of me to say), but I would feel sorry that they even started taking drugs in the first place and they unfortunately got a bad batch.

[Daniela1982]

Should anyone feel sorry for the people that go to hell because they didn't believe the Bible? Smokers believe that cigarettes are not bad for them as the tobacco companies told them so. But today we know those were lies and people die from lung cancer and emphysema. The people learned too late what was true and what wasn't. It is sad that they believed a lie. But still, it was their choice and no one put a gun to their head to make them do it. But this is true about everything else too. People just won't believe or don't care. Drinking, drugs, chewing tobacco, wearing seat belts, jumping over the Grand Canyon on a motorcycle. Mountain climbing without ropes, riding a motorcycle without a helmet, etc. You probably feel more sorry for their wife/husband/kids, etc. than for them.

[God_of_Thunder]

Nope, and I say that as a smoker, myself.

Yes, it is an addiction, and it is incredibly difficult to quit (I know; I've quit before), but it is possible.

The thing is, though, nobody forced me to start smoking, and nobody is preventing me from quitting successfully. They have all been my choice, and the consequences are mine to deal with.

If I get lung cancer, it's my own fault, and nobody else's. I wouldn't want, or expect, anyone to feel sorry for my stupid choices.

People can claim all sorts of reasons why they smoke (it helps with stress, it calms me down, it's an addiction, etc), but those are just excuses to to deflect the blame from themselves.

People that drink themselves to death, or OD on illicit substances have the same problems; it's easier to give into the drug, than it is to deal with reality, and that is a personal choice.

So no; I don't feel bad for smokers, alcoholics, or drug users, myself included.

[TheMajesticKing777]

It's an addiction tho so speaking from someone that has been addicted to this highly addictive chemical in most smoking products we call nicotine, it can be very blinding, you feel like you have full control to stop whenever but you don't, some people die before they grow the strength to quit, I have tried to quit several times before I actually did and the reason I feel like I actually accomplished it was when I prayed to God for motivation to quit and I didn't feel urges for like a week or two and then when I did start feeling urges I already had full control of my addiction and I never went back to it

[LUPITA00]

I think if anyone died you should feel bad just because they made a bad choice when they were living mean we shouldn't feel bad. Besides 90% of the time people who OD are hurting emotionally and that's the only way they stop the hurt. Myself growing up with parents who were addicted my mom was raped when she 8 and my dad was abused. Its different for them its the only way they feel safe. What if we think about our veterans who have PTSD? Some of them do suffer from drug/alcohol abuse. So what? We shouldn't feel bad for them if they risked their lives protects not only ours but others who need them?
Its different if its a child molester or something like that. Its people like child molesters who bring up the people who are going to AA or rehab.

[Soremain]

No one really chooses to smoke. They smoke because they can't quit. And the reason why most people can't quit is because cigarettes are designed that way. it's a trap to keep you addicted so the nicotine companies can keep making money.

I was fortunate enough to find a book to unbrainwash myself from the addiction and I understood I never really chose to be a smoker to begin with. No one does.

[exitseven]

It is still sad but I would also be a little angry with them too.

[TheLastRhodesian]

Nope.