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Smoking Is a Dying Habit. Not in Germany. (www.wsj.com)

submitted 10 months ago by tal@kbin.social to c/europe@feddit.de

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Health experts think low tobacco prices, a general tolerance of smoking and changes brought by the pandemic may explain the uptick in cigarette use.

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[–] Pog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I got started because my parents were careless and thought itd be funny to force me to smoke cigs when I was 7, they got me hooked on tobacco, weed, and alcohol which ruined basically my entire childhood and teenage years.

I'm a firm believer that a lot of the time kids get started because of abuse or neglect from the parents. Please blame the parents and not the kids. I promise you they dont know any better.

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 45 points 10 months ago

That's not careless, that's child abuse.

[–] xilliah@beehaw.org 5 points 10 months ago

Why would anybody possibly blame the kids, or you? That's fucked up.