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Have you looked at this from her standpoint? Cigarettes cause cancer, and second-hand smoke can lead to cancer as well, or at least serious health issues. Her being with you in the long run may mean she might get it, or you get it, or both of you get it. All outcomes are really bad for both of you, physically, emotionally/mentally.
Iβm not sure how serious you two are. But if you are, maybe start to work on it. If you say you can stop, prove it to her and yourself. If you say you donβt have an addiction, test that theory, for both you and her. If you want to meet her half-way, maybe consider cutting back or switching to vape.
that's great advice "don't smoke this natural substance instead inhale this concoction of mystery chemicals assembled as cheaply as possible in a country that can't even make safe baby formula"
I'll trust mother nature over whatever give vape users (vapists?) popcorn lung.
You know what's also a natural substance? Snake venom.
I get what you're saying about how vape juice is produced, but tobacco isn't automatically better just because it's natural.
The difference is people have been smoking tobacco and pot for centuries with no issues.
Actually, people have been smoking pot and tobacco for millenia. Moses saw God in a burning bush, do you think that bush was lavender?
But when your life expectancy is 50, odds are something else will get you before the cancer and lung failure do. Life expectancy now is over 80. That's 30 extra years for all that tar in your lungs to bring you to your knees.
how is tobacco worse than pot, they're both burning plants. Is pot smoke magically more safe than tobacco smoke?
Because pot doesn't have nicotine and nicotine is carcinogenic. Tobacco also has several other carcinogenic substances that are not present in most other plants. Not all leaves are created equal.
But you're right, both are burning plants, which means both coat the inside of your lungs with tar. Best to avoid smoking them.