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"I know smokers and a lot of them says that they'd want to drop this shit, but they can't." Yes, they can.
by thrill 3y ago
"I know smokers and a lot of them says that they'd want to drop this shit, but they can't."
Yes, they can.
- tester756 3y agoDropping requires specific traits, mindset, strong discipline, etc. That's pretty high bar. Not everyone can, *especially when surrounded by smokers*.
- Taek 3y agoCapitalist society has intentionally trained the general population to believe in free will and the strength of the human mind, such that population members say "I'm better than being brainwashed by ads" and allowing corpos to get away with a lot, lot, lot more manipulative psychological than should be legal. Believing that smoking addiction is a mind-over-matter problem is one major extension of this.
- parineum 3y agoAnd that's why there's such a huge correlation between smoking and capitalism.
- december456 3y agoThere definitely should be a scientific limit for addictiveness, meth versus cigarettes for example. I dont quite care if somebody can scientifically stop taking an addictive substance with reasonable self-discipline but it becomes a problem and elimination of the freedom status if its too addictive that it effectively takes over your brain.
- readthenotes1 3y agoApparently nicotine is one of the most addictive substances out there. They can if they move to a magical place where they can get any I suppose.
- CapstanRoller 3y agoNicotine by itself is about as addictive as caffeine. Tobacco is very addictive due to the MAOI substances it contains.