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Originally posted by ISUKappa
I think the biggest issue is society's current views on smoking. It is beat into peoples' head from the time they're wee children that smoking is a dirty, disgusting, unhealthy and evil habit. Peoples' gut reactions on smoking will usually stem from this view.
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I'll buy that. I grew up in a family where everyone smokes, especially on my father's side. To this day, I'm the only person in my immediate family and the only one on my father's side who hasn't smoked.
Although I wish my parents wouldn't smoke (after seeing my grandfather go through emphysema), I've never looked at it as "disgusting, dirty" or anything like that. When you grow up seeing your whole family smoking, that changes your perception.
As an aside, I've always found it kind of odd that I never picked up the habit.