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submitted 11 months ago by Lappland@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

My girlfriend has threatened to break up with me several times now unless I cut down to a pack a week. I'm not addicted but it does help me get through my day. I keep trying to tell her that but she doesn't believe me and keeps saying that it's actually bad. I want to prove to my girlfriend that smoking cigarettes is actually good for you so that she can stop judging me over it but I can't find any info online to back that up. Can anyone help me find some resources that list the health benefits of cigarettes? Like how nicotine kills germs or anything like that?

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[-] pinwurm@lemmy.ml 32 points 11 months ago

You want to kill germs? Use mouthwash. There’s pretty much nothing beneficial about smoking cigarettes.

Even when you take the health considerations out of account, you will reek. I assure you, nobody wants to spend time around a partner that emits a nauseating scent. It’s a bad habit in every sense of the term.

Yes - nicotine can be a quick stress reliever. That’s about al it’s good for.

I understand that you need something to help you get through the days, but there are tons of other things that you could do.

Heck, even switching to vaping will improve your health outcomes considerably. And you won’t smell.

I don’t know why you’re fighting your girlfriend on this, it seems like she’s genuinely concerned and you’re being so stubborn as to look online to justify your addiction. Yes, you are addicted. You smoke more than a pack a week and refuse to quit or offer a compromising alternative. If I was her, I’d leave you.

[-] Lappland@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

She keeps asking me to switch to vaping and even though I like cigarettes I might do that eventually if she's actually serious about leaving me. I just need to find the cartridges with the best nicotine so I can still get the health benefits from it.

[-] elkaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 11 months ago

"so I can still get the health benefits from it"

Seriously, you aren't getting healt benefits. You might feel better but that is the nicotine, it's a psychological effect not something that is improving your physical health in any discernable way.

Just understand, people don't smoke because it's good for their bodies, people smoke because it feels good, it's an important distinction.

[-] NotOverSeether@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

health benefits cannot be psychologically, only physical

Lemmy's most intelligent user.

[-] elkaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago

It really isn't, at least in the way the term is used. For example, would you describe the feeling you get after snorting cocaine as a "health benefit" just because you feel better momentarily???

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