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Smoking Is a Dying Habit. Not in Germany. (www.wsj.com)

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Health experts think low tobacco prices, a general tolerance of smoking and changes brought by the pandemic may explain the uptick in cigarette use.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You are detached. Its still cool for many groups of adolescents, at least here in Germany. Can't comprehend it, but it's real.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Probably just an American. It's not cool to smoke here any more it's cool to rip a fat vape. The amount of smokers has gone down but the amount of nicotine users is probably relatively unchanged.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Smoking went into decline long before vaping started to really take off in the US.

I dunno about Germany, if that's what you meant.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You're not wrong but the decline sharply excellerated after vaping took off. All the information is public.

I don't smoke or vape for the record I Just believe in harm reduction for those who use drugs.