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Referring to alcohol or cannabis as social lubricants has been criticized because they have negative effects on empathy.

I feel like weed does the opposite to that lol
to me at least 🤷‍♀️

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    Disclaimer: smoking is a nasty habit, and it’s better to never start than to try to quit.

    That being said, it’s pretty crazy how smoking cigarettes brings people together. I’m very reluctant to talk to people I don’t know, but if I go out for a smoke and I see a few other people smoking outside, they instantly became my new best friends.

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      Nicotine addiction isn’t a habit, it’s an addiction. If you smoke, quitting is the number one thing you can do to improve your health. In the US you can call 1-800-QUIT-NOW or visit Lung.org for free evidence-based resources to help with quitting.

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        I struggle with nictotine addiction and i know they arent great for my oral health or heart still, but as an asthmatic, the nicotine pouches like zyns have been huge for my daily health. Still trying to quit, but in te mean time, i can breath. Kind of

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      I don’t really smoke anymore, but the smoking ban in the UK (no smoking indoors from 2007) created the concept of the smoking area outside a pub/club and some of my best friendships in life ultimately started in that Petri dish

      A smoking area outside anywhere in the northwest of the UK about 10-15 years ago was just peerless in calibre

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      When I was in highschool (just before they banned public smoking in IL) the kids that smoked all hung out in the same place outside.