Why do people use cigarettes and let themselves get addicted?

[jennifer_bloom]

If you are depressed, you could watch a youtube video of pandas online, you could meditate, you could pray, you could take a walk by the lake, you could visit a free indoor garden, you could use online software to interpret your dreams, you could visit a park, you could do gardening, you could sketch a black and white drawing, you could visit a public park, you could do a group work out session with friends, you could tell jokes. Just because you do not have cash, does not mean you are doomed to a life of misery. I think food banks give you free meals when you volunteer. I know a guy who did volunteer work at a restaurant in exchange for free food while collecting a fixed income in his retirement years. He was not a trained chef, he just chopped up vegetables and did manual work.

[Xawyx-2]

I wonder the same, I never liked cigarettes, they smell bad, and they are not healthy for you (mildly speaking).

[Xawyx-2]

Thank you for MHO

[DryGermanGuy]

They like the positive effect of nicotine and block out the known negative effects.

[evie56]

if only it was that easy, personally i used to smoke to control my anxiety (in the long term it only makes it worse) I’ve mostly quit now for almost 8 months (i do smoke when i drink though which i’m trying to quit as well)

[Sparklight]

I can understand the past, but do not get it today.

[AngryCarl2]

tbh it's mostly peer pressure.