Dansariki wrote:2) Looks quite cool, quite sexy, is less (at this age) harmful than alcohol or several other fancies of ours, and, at $10 every ten days or so, is hardly bankrupting. Lots of things kill you - I don't drive, one of the biggest killers in the world; nor do I bike, run regularly, or swim every day, which injure more often than smoking, and yet more crap is given for that.
(Yes, yes, secondhand smoke voids my argument completely, but we don't smoke around those who don't like it)
First - it won't look so sexy when you have yellow teeth, terrible breathe, not to mention tons of potential cancers from just slight indulging.
Second, it being less harmful than other drugs is hardly an excuse. It's still incredibly harmful. Your excuses for swimming, running, biking and driving is also pathetic. They won't guarantee your death unless you're looking to get hit or drown. I can tell you right now that smoking long term will.
Third, the money you spend is your choice. Still, let's put that ten dollar every days into perspective. That's about a dollar a day. 365 dollars every year. Unless you're Bill Freaking Gates, every cent counts, especially how you're just beginning to forge out a life for yourself. That money can buy food for a month (at least for me) or pay the bills, or buy anything not found in the diamond shop. Yes, it's hardly bankrupting, but it quite simply could be put to better use than killing yourself.
Next, what happens with most (not all) but most smokers is they gain an addiction to nicotine that begins to grow in hunger. This may quickly grow to consume several packs a week. Then it could noticeably take a chunk out of your bank account.
However, let's say you're one of the few that can control their smoking. if this continues for even just 5 years, that's nearly $2000. Ten years? Twenty? In proportion to the potential salary you could be making, this is still manageable. But let's reverse it - if you save that for fifty years until you retire, that's $18250. Putting that money into a fund that grows could grow it even more. Just a simple savings account could push that to over $20 000. So, look sexy with a cigarette (which is hardly the view nowadays - most will honestly find it disgusting) for short term or later do whatever the hell you want with $20 000. Can you say that you can blow off $20 000 now and not worry about it?
This is your life, I don't wanna be a prick and dictate what you should do. But the benefits of dropping tobacco overwhelm keeping this habit.
Just some wishful thinking.
