I don’t get why people still smoke tbh. I understand vaping (though for disclosure, I vape), but I don’t understand smoking.

I can understand vaping because you can control your nicotine intake, you can control how it tastes, how much vapor is produced, you can make your own ejuice, there’s evidence that it’s less harmful than smoking (less harmful, not “harmless” just “less harmful”), it doesn’t usually smell like shit, it doesn’t color the walls, doesn’t coat your lungs with tar, is probably more environmentally friendly if you have a refillable vape instead of one of those shitty disposable ones (at the very least you won’t leave butts everywhere)…

There are probably other upsides to vaping over smoking that I’m forgetting, but like, why would you smoke when vaping exists? I can understand an occasional cigar, cigarette, hookah or pipe, but I can’t understand doing it regularly. Even if we pretend the health impact is the same, you’re still gonna smell like some kind of metallic garbage and ruin your possessions and home.

I’m not saying non-smokers should vape, I just don’t understand why smokers refuse it.