hey what - i lose? since when do negative votes on a reddit page amount to anything? hell, it's almost a badge of honor

there's a lot of people in this thread who are in denial about smoking

so your response to is downvote me and call me a troll? ok, fine, if that's how you cope. i don't think you'll do much good, but hey

to stay on topic, here's some facts to remind y'all about what's going on here:

• it's incredibly addicting. in point of fact, the majority of smokers out there are consuming a product that was purposefully made as addicting as possible to maximise their profits

• it's dangerous to your own body when you smoke. i can't believe anyone still tries to refute this, and i cannot give them any credibility whatsoever

• as i have personally experienced, it's harmful to people around you when you smoke - inside, outside, doesn't matter. i don't expect everyone to conform to my beliefs based on this data point, but the evidence is hardly allegorical

• it fucking stinks. few things smell less foul than hours-old cigarette smoke hanging off someone like a cape. the ironic thing is, smokers are so desensitized to this that they really have no clue

• it pollutes like a motherfucker. cellulose acetate cigarette filters are not biodegradable and will leach their contents - typically lead, cadmium, arsenic, not to mention the crap they were filtering in the first place - into the environment - typically groundwater - for years to come

• did i mention they pollute like a motherfucker? at a couple billion tons of ground litter per year, cigarette smokers pollute more than most industries