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Benefits of smoking cigarettes? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Lappland@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] Lappland@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It does I started to look cool and because my girlfriend wanted me to lose weight, I mean all the people and icons back in the fifties did it and they were fine.

[–] TrenchcoatFullofBats@belfry.rip 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, those people and icons from the fifties were all totally fine. Here's a list of some people who died from throat or esophageal cancer or heart attacks caused by smoking (which causes blood clots) or emphysema:

Humphrey Bogart
Spencer Tracy
Sammy Davis Jr
Gary Cooper
Walt Disney
Groucho Marx
George Harrison
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Clark Gable
Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
Lana Turner
Robert Mitchum
Babe Ruth
Joe DiMaggio
Dean Martin
Betty Grable
Yul Brynner
Buster Keaton
Ed Sullivan
All 4 actors who portrayed the Marlboro Man
Nat King Cole
Tallulah Bankhead
Johnny Carson
Duke Ellington
King Edward VIII
King George VI
Michael Landon
Lemmy Kilmister
Andy Kaufman
Vincent Price
Jean-Paul Sartre
Rod Serling

[–] Aatube@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

nah they weren't fine, shirley temple is the first example that comes to mind