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Re:Smoking “causes hundreds of DNA changes” by umanwizard on Friday November 04, 2016 @10:28AM (#12872779)
I smoke (trying to quit) and I don't think cigarette manufacturers are doing anything immoral. I enjoy smoking! Why else would I have ever tried it when I knew all the risks?

Nobody is getting tricked, here. People are selling a product that other people want.

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Re:Smoking “causes hundreds of DNA changes” by bbarn on Friday November 04, 2016 @10:54AM (#12873026)
Have you read "the easy way to stop smoking"? He makes a great point about the claim that smokers don't actually enjoy it. It's addiction, thinking you enjoy it is a mechanism of avoiding the guilt of the addiction. Or something like that, his argument was much more convincing.
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Re:Smoking “causes hundreds of DNA changes” by groovy2shoes on Friday November 04, 2016 @08:58PM (#12877510)
That's akin to saying "you don't actually enjoy eating food, you're just hungry". Addiction and enjoyment are not mutually exclusive.
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