• @Death_Equity
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        84 days ago

        Especially since the damn nanny state outlawed laudanum.

    • That’s the most believable.

      The cigarette companies will eventually cough up for the cure for cancer that’s being withheld to keep money flowing into the cancer treatment industry, and then smoking will become fashionable again.

      • folkrav
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        34 days ago

        To be honest, if the health issues that came with cigarettes ever got some kind of permanent cure, I definitely could see it happening. I quit years ago, when we were starting to think about having kids, but if it wasn’t for the health risks, I’d probably still smoke today. I actually enjoyed smoking, weirdly…