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On some level people start smoking because it's dangerous and bad for your health. They want to signal to others that they have a risk-taking personality, rebel
by aianus 11y ago
On some level people start smoking because it's dangerous and bad for your health. They want to signal to others that they have a risk-taking personality, rebel against their parents, etc.
- smt88 11y agoThat's true of some people, but not everyone. People also become addicted to exercise, gambling, sex, and lots of other things, but it's not because those things make them look dangerous. It's because those things create a pleasure response in the brain. Even when smoking wasn't considered dangerous at all, people willingly started doing it. The danger factor is more recent (the last 80 years or so).