I wonder if the sharp decline has to do with cellphones...
By that I mean...some people smoke to give them something to do with their hands when they’re bored, and smoking “looks cool” and can be a social thing. But now we have phones that we can use to kill 5 minutes here and there, and handling a cigarette while surfing the phone is probably just too much of a hassle to even bother with.
Just a theory.
What means this? Only 15 percent of adults smoke now? Hard to believe. But I live in PA so maybe the forest is unlike the trees.
Because they’re vaping. Too bad for the nannies.
Went back to college, and again, didn't smoke. (Cigarettes, that is.) Would smoke the wacky weed and hash. (it was the late 60's, early 70's, after all) One day, while playing poker in the fraternity house, I asked to take a drag on an Old Gold filter cigarette. I took the drag like a doob and got higher than a kite on that cigarette. I quit the drugs and started smoking cigs. Cigs, at that time, were 20 cents a pack and weed was $20 a lid. So, it was an economic decision, that I would come to regret.
I quit five years ago. Made up my mind I was going quit. So, I put on a patch and took Nicorette lozenges. Tag team the addiction and try to make it easier on myself. Within a week the patch went away. But, to this day, I'm still sucking on those lozenges. Better than smoking!
Yep. Anyone want to guess why there is so much obesity now?
Nobody like smoking carpet glue, the cheap pre-existing flame retardant used in the required Fire Safe Cigarettes.
And use the use of once non-existent Vapes is going where?
Been a recovering tobacco addict since 1999. Still want a cigarette every day. Smoked 2-3 packs a day for 40 years. Convinced I’d be dead today if I had not stopped.
Over thirty years ago, I cut back to 1/2 pack or less. A year ago I cut back from 4-5 cig. per night, to zero, zip, nada.
Two by-products of quitting.
One, weight gain of about 15 pounds.
Two, changed my life rhythms to awaken earlier, and go to sleep earlier. This was a surprise. Recently I learned that cigarettes are a stimulant, keeping the night-smoker like me awake until later.
Overall I am glad I quit, but I admit to having enjoyed certain aspects of smoking. Smoking probably killed my father.
When I signed up and for a few years after, there was a particularly nasty "smoker's Mafia" that would gang up on any thread criticizing smoking.
I never see them anymore, nor most of the participant names I recall. Hope they are all in good health and still with us.
Now if only the pole-smoking rate were reduced...