Do you comsume any tobacco products (e.g. "smoking") or alcoholic beverages? Why or why not?
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Inspired by another question on this community about "the first time you drank alcohol", so I was just feeling like I'm the odd one out here.
I personally have never smoked (neither tobacco nor weed), never drank any alcohol. (Parents also don't do smoking, or drinking, or gambling so I kinda got lucky with the environment I grew up in, I guess...) Is that unusual? Gen Z btw.
I don’t because I like money, and I don’t think my life would get any better from smoking and drinking.
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There doesn't appear to be too many bad examples in here, so allow me.
I smoked cigarettes for a long time and, at 59, got to experience lung cancer. I'm currently 62 and still dealing with it. I'd probably be dead now if the mass in my lung hadn't adhered to the back of my chest cavity and eroded into one of my ribs causing a ridiculous amount of pain. Lung cancer usually goes undetected until it spreads to other places, like the brain, so I guess I got lucky. It did pop up on an adrenal gland, but we nuked that one too. I have another small mass in my other lung that will probably have to be radiated too. I'm also dealing with emphysema and a mouth half full of fucked up teeth. (So glamorous!)
Having no wind in my sails and trying to talk around and eat with both upper and lower partials just sucks all around. I'm only 62, but I feel like I'm 82, and I only have myself to blame.
I understand the taking responsibility part, but I think you can spare a little blame for the companies who sold those products knowing full well how addictive and dangerous they are.
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Inspired by another question on this community about "the first time you drank alcohol", so I was just feeling like I'm the odd one out here.
I personally have never smoked (neither tobacco nor weed), never drank any alcohol. (Parents also don't do smoking, or drinking, or gambling so I kinda got lucky with the environment I grew up in, I guess...) Is that unusual? Gen Z btw.
Nope. In both cases it's expensive and bad for you, and it can be hard to stop once you start.
Smoking makes you gross to everyone on top of it, and school was pretty good at explaining all this at length. When I see or hear about someone in our generation who's a smoker I wonder WTF their reasoning was.
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Inspired by another question on this community about "the first time you drank alcohol", so I was just feeling like I'm the odd one out here.
I personally have never smoked (neither tobacco nor weed), never drank any alcohol. (Parents also don't do smoking, or drinking, or gambling so I kinda got lucky with the environment I grew up in, I guess...) Is that unusual? Gen Z btw.
I no longer willingly consume cancer-causing substances.
Health is something you only need to lose once, and you're life is forever changed for the worse.
And neither alcohol or tobacco products bring even an ounce of benefits that could outweigh their risks.
Plus, tobacco products cause you to smell like absolute shit, and alcohol turns people into idiots or lunatics.
And I also couldn't imagine pissing away money on something so unnecessary.
FWIW, I was a pack-a-day smoker and drank alcohol, so I know both sides. I regret it in hindsight, but teens so stupid things, and that was my stupid thing.
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Inspired by another question on this community about "the first time you drank alcohol", so I was just feeling like I'm the odd one out here.
I personally have never smoked (neither tobacco nor weed), never drank any alcohol. (Parents also don't do smoking, or drinking, or gambling so I kinda got lucky with the environment I grew up in, I guess...) Is that unusual? Gen Z btw.
You mentioned your generation so ill put myself as xennial.
I dont use tobacco at all. Never seen the appeal of it myself.
I have a beer on occasion and sometimes use wine in cooking.
I use weed regularly for sleep and shoulder pain
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Inspired by another question on this community about "the first time you drank alcohol", so I was just feeling like I'm the odd one out here.
I personally have never smoked (neither tobacco nor weed), never drank any alcohol. (Parents also don't do smoking, or drinking, or gambling so I kinda got lucky with the environment I grew up in, I guess...) Is that unusual? Gen Z btw.
I'm on the Gen Z/Millennial border for reference.
I've done a few puffs of cigars at big celebrations with friends/family, but I've never smoked a whole cigar or used any other tobacco. Never really cared much for the idea, and the little bit I did try didn't make me want to do more.
I'll drink when I'm at a social gathering, but it's rarely ever enough to get drunk. I don't like beer, which is frequently the only alcohol offered, so there are quite a few times where I don't drink anything. I never really drank outside of social situations before, but I've recently started to appreciate the taste of good bourbon, so I'll occasionally pour some at home.
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Inspired by another question on this community about "the first time you drank alcohol", so I was just feeling like I'm the odd one out here.
I personally have never smoked (neither tobacco nor weed), never drank any alcohol. (Parents also don't do smoking, or drinking, or gambling so I kinda got lucky with the environment I grew up in, I guess...) Is that unusual? Gen Z btw.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Millennial here. I like not being a public nuisance and having functional lungs, a liver, and what little of my mental faculties I haven't lost to mental illness, so no I don't partake
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Inspired by another question on this community about "the first time you drank alcohol", so I was just feeling like I'm the odd one out here.
I personally have never smoked (neither tobacco nor weed), never drank any alcohol. (Parents also don't do smoking, or drinking, or gambling so I kinda got lucky with the environment I grew up in, I guess...) Is that unusual? Gen Z btw.
I stopped smoking. I drink beer and whiskey.
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Inspired by another question on this community about "the first time you drank alcohol", so I was just feeling like I'm the odd one out here.
I personally have never smoked (neither tobacco nor weed), never drank any alcohol. (Parents also don't do smoking, or drinking, or gambling so I kinda got lucky with the environment I grew up in, I guess...) Is that unusual? Gen Z btw.
Millennial here. Never smoked, never tempted to either. Don’t like the taste of alcohol unless it’s in deserts, so no temptation there. Tried weed once, also that is not for me. Heck, I even avoid caffeine most days so I don’t build up a tolerance for days when I actually need it.
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Inspired by another question on this community about "the first time you drank alcohol", so I was just feeling like I'm the odd one out here.
I personally have never smoked (neither tobacco nor weed), never drank any alcohol. (Parents also don't do smoking, or drinking, or gambling so I kinda got lucky with the environment I grew up in, I guess...) Is that unusual? Gen Z btw.
wrote last edited by [email protected]It's more common for younger generations to abstain. I don't want to do it because it's harmful for your body and mind and is addictive. I do drink for social reasons once or twice a year though.
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No fast food then either huh? Good on you.
Fast food is still mostly food. Cigarettes are pure poison and alcohol has negligible nutritional value (and I doubt that's why anyone is buying it). You have a point but you're being obtuse about it.
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Inspired by another question on this community about "the first time you drank alcohol", so I was just feeling like I'm the odd one out here.
I personally have never smoked (neither tobacco nor weed), never drank any alcohol. (Parents also don't do smoking, or drinking, or gambling so I kinda got lucky with the environment I grew up in, I guess...) Is that unusual? Gen Z btw.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Yes, both.
Nicotine: will hit my wife's vape or buy a pack of nicotine pouches during the week. At the weekend I'll buy a pack of cigarettes becauss I like smoking at the pub. Main deterence is how expensive it is but I feel like I'd only get a 10 deck at the weekend if they still sold them in the UK. Healthwise, living in the city is roughly equivalent to smoking a few cigarettes a day so I think I'm just tinkering around the edges.
Alcohol: I'll have a beer or some wine most days. More when I'm out at the weekend. Probably drink too much but I enjoy it. Social activity.
Edit - millenial
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I never smoked. No desire to do so. Too many adverse effects and too expensive compared to psychiatric drugs.
I used to drink a little bit, specifically liqueurs like Disaronno and RumChata. I just liked the taste, honest! Can't drink those anymore because of my meds
. Oh well.I saw people in public doing chewing, it was gross because they are constantly spitting, even saw her doing it once
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I've tried smoking cigarettes and cigars a few times, tastes like shit. If I go out with friends to a shisha bar however, I'll probably smoke with them. Haven't done so in years though. As for weed, I don't care for it enough to smoke regularly. I won't say no if I'm out with friends, but I won't seek it out myself.
As for drinking, I'll have a beer on the weekend, I'll buy some white wine 3 or 4 times a year, and have cocktails on special occasions. I suppose I'm a social drinker.
The smoke from normal cig, of second hand makes me almost nauseous, because my sense of smell is so acute it's more sensitive, I also have nasal allergies.
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Inspired by another question on this community about "the first time you drank alcohol", so I was just feeling like I'm the odd one out here.
I personally have never smoked (neither tobacco nor weed), never drank any alcohol. (Parents also don't do smoking, or drinking, or gambling so I kinda got lucky with the environment I grew up in, I guess...) Is that unusual? Gen Z btw.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Grew up in a house with 3 smokers. I breathed second hand smoke for more than 30 years. (Total, not consecutive)
I won't ever smoke cigarettes, smoke cigars occasionally, (been more than 4 years, but I still have a bunch in my humidor.
I will say that after I finally left that environment, it took about 6 months to realize what cigarettes actual smell like on clothes from the perspective of someone who isn't noseblind to the smell.
Good damn I didn't know how I just have smelled to other people, doing smoke around other people who don't want to be around it please, that caused me more problems than I ever knew
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i drink cigs and smoke beer
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Inspired by another question on this community about "the first time you drank alcohol", so I was just feeling like I'm the odd one out here.
I personally have never smoked (neither tobacco nor weed), never drank any alcohol. (Parents also don't do smoking, or drinking, or gambling so I kinda got lucky with the environment I grew up in, I guess...) Is that unusual? Gen Z btw.
I watched 2 grandparents die of lung cancer.
My mom has COPD, and has never smoked.
I have had breathing problems since I was young.It's all because my grandparents smoked.
I have never and will never smoke.
Alcohol has too many calories.
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Fast food is still mostly food. Cigarettes are pure poison and alcohol has negligible nutritional value (and I doubt that's why anyone is buying it). You have a point but you're being obtuse about it.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I'm not being obtuse about it.
If you want to be supercilious about not consuming poison (specifically alcohol here) which can be responsibly consumed to some limited personal / social benefit, it is on the same footing as fast food.
“I don't ingest poison“ from somebody with a BMI of 50 is hypocritical yum yucking and isn't a good look.
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Wait. Let's do this the honest way instead.
OPs comment rubs me the wrong way because after my second kid was born I went through some shit and had a period of alcohol dependence. That was and is not always easy to manage if you don't have an interest in abstinence. It's easy to judge people for ingesting poison, which is objectively true, but it is off-putting to get a lesson on the virtues of health from people who can't put down the controller, or the sandwich, or the vape.
Yeah I read too much into it and knee jerked. OP is phrased in a way that is sneakily general and impersonal using passive voice which may or may not have been intentional, but it read as high and mighty to me and that is irksome when I can remember a period of every day battles with the stuff.
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Who is drinking because they think it makes them look cool? Drinking at home isn't to impress others.
Groups of teenagers on a Friday night in the late 90s/early 00s.
