Iirc nicotine binds to the same receptors as oral estrogen. So I guess it's just nicotine and possibly only if you're doing pills? But I've never smoked so I've never delved too deep into it so I recommend you do a more thorough investigation.

I'm about as anti-smoking as it gets, and whaaaaat the hell is this.

People shouldn't smoke because smokers' lives have worth that they shouldn't let be destroyed at the hands of the tobacco industry, not because it makes them "losers". What the actual fuck is this shit.

I’m going to start smoking again just to spite you.

I genuinely can't tell if this is a ragebait or you genuinely think that.

I could agree with "people who make smoking their lifestyles and portray it as a cool thing to do", but almost no smoker wants to be a smoker

Technically correct, but is it right to say it?

Same situation applies in other situations, and it isn't limited to addiction.

as someone who has tried smoking without a filter, they definitely do something other than brown (i have since quit)

Marlboro is a major producer of cigarettes. Cigarettes, and tobacco products as a whole, are expensive, smelly and are proven to increase cancer risks due to the inhalation of carcinogens as the cigarette is lit and then inhaled. The burning of cigarettes also creates tar that is then inhaled, so there is literally black sludge that slowly accumulates in ones lungs as one inhale the smoke.

Reading all that, you might wonder how one could "love" it. Thing is, Tobacco products are incredibly addictive, once you start smoking cigarettes it is incredibly hard to stop. People start by only doing it with friends once a month or so, many people say it has a relaxing effect, especially when taken in a social circle, but then their brain craves it twice a month, and suddenly they want to do it every day or more often. It's as we grown ups say, "a hooker who takes all your money but wont love you back".

Cigarettes also make hrt less effective.

This is then revealed to be a breaking point for the portrayed smoker, evidently a hormone replacement therapy user. See, hrt is helping a lot of people growing into a body they feel comfortable in. It's like puberty, but a more controlled process some people really want to do to feel comfortable in their body. This meme is showing that this desire is so great they even give up something that is incredibly hard to quit, because this step in their life is so important to them. The same way some people love to stay fit to feel good about their bodies, hrt users expend real effort to get to a body they don't hate when necessary.

Nah, when I was smoking I was truly enjoying the process. It was bad, obviously, but I fucking loved it. It was also a period where smoking was cool, so not only it was pleasant, but I looked cool doing it. And because it worsens your sense of smell, even downsides weren't perceived badly.
I'm so glad it's finally over, but I'm glad about it now, not then.

It’s like anything that makes us feel good. Smoking genuinely makes users feel good.

Well, you started smoking at some point for some reason. Either social pressure or you liked it.

Not calling you stupid, or saying that you are entirely wrong, but maybe consider that another smoker is at a different spot than you, right now. We humans like to repeat the mistakes of others.

I want to congratulate you for stopping!

the humble Wikipedia disambiguation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HRT

in this case, what is meant by HRT is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-affirming_hormone_therapy

Ah yes, hrt, a super niche and unknown concept. Very unheard of and obscure. I'm sure most people don't get it.

idk