Inspired by another question on this community about “the first time you drank alcohol”, so I was just feeling like I’m the odd one out here.
I personally have never smoked (neither tobacco nor weed), never drank any alcohol. (Parents also don’t do smoking, or drinking, or gambling so I kinda got lucky with the environment I grew up in, I guess…) Is that unusual? Gen Z btw.
I watched 2 grandparents die of lung cancer. My mom has COPD, and has never smoked. I have had breathing problems since I was young.
It’s all because my grandparents smoked.
I have never and will never smoke.
Alcohol has too many calories.
Grew up in a house with 3 smokers. I breathed second hand smoke for more than 30 years. (Total, not consecutive)
I won’t ever smoke cigarettes, smoke cigars occasionally, (been more than 4 years, but I still have a bunch in my humidor.
I will say that after I finally left that environment, it took about 6 months to realize what cigarettes actual smell like on clothes from the perspective of someone who isn’t noseblind to the smell.
Good damn I didn’t know how I just have smelled to other people, doing smoke around other people who don’t want to be around it please, that caused me more problems than I ever knew
Millennial here. Never smoked, never tempted to either. Don’t like the taste of alcohol unless it’s in deserts, so no temptation there. Tried weed once, also that is not for me. Heck, I even avoid caffeine most days so I don’t build up a tolerance for days when I actually need it.
I stopped smoking. I drink beer and whiskey.
Congrats d based
Millennial here. I like not being a public nuisance and having functional lungs, a liver, and what little of my mental faculties I haven’t lost to mental illness, so no I don’t partake
Elder millennial. I think we were the last gen where cigarettes, booze, and drugs were seen as “cool”. Younger people seemed to have figured it out early how much of a fucking waste of time and money all three are.
Who is drinking because they think it makes them look cool? Drinking at home isn’t to impress others.
Groups of teenagers on a Friday night in the late 90s/early 00s.
I agree with you on the nicotine and alcohol, but you will have to pry my pot from my cold dead hands.
I’d agree with the “cool” factor for drugs and booze, and maybe it’s regional or class-based, but cigarettes always seemed trashy when I was growing up
Yes, both.
Nicotine: will hit my wife’s vape or buy a pack of nicotine pouches during the week. At the weekend I’ll buy a pack of cigarettes becauss I like smoking at the pub. Main deterence is how expensive it is but I feel like I’d only get a 10 deck at the weekend if they still sold them in the UK. Healthwise, living in the city is roughly equivalent to smoking a few cigarettes a day so I think I’m just tinkering around the edges.
Alcohol: I’ll have a beer or some wine most days. More when I’m out at the weekend. Probably drink too much but I enjoy it. Social activity.
Edit - millenial
I’m on the Gen Z/Millennial border for reference.
I’ve done a few puffs of cigars at big celebrations with friends/family, but I’ve never smoked a whole cigar or used any other tobacco. Never really cared much for the idea, and the little bit I did try didn’t make me want to do more.
I’ll drink when I’m at a social gathering, but it’s rarely ever enough to get drunk. I don’t like beer, which is frequently the only alcohol offered, so there are quite a few times where I don’t drink anything. I never really drank outside of social situations before, but I’ve recently started to appreciate the taste of good bourbon, so I’ll occasionally pour some at home.
I no longer willingly consume cancer-causing substances.
Health is something you only need to lose once, and you’re life is forever changed for the worse.
And neither alcohol or tobacco products bring even an ounce of benefits that could outweigh their risks.
Plus, tobacco products cause you to smell like absolute shit, and alcohol turns people into idiots or lunatics.
And I also couldn’t imagine pissing away money on something so unnecessary.
FWIW, I was a pack-a-day smoker and drank alcohol, so I know both sides. I regret it in hindsight, but teens so stupid things, and that was my stupid thing.
I drink beer cuz look around.
You mentioned your generation so ill put myself as xennial.
I dont use tobacco at all. Never seen the appeal of it myself.
I have a beer on occasion and sometimes use wine in cooking.
I use weed regularly for sleep and shoulder pain
I don’t because I like money, and I don’t think my life would get any better from smoking and drinking.
It’s more common for younger generations to abstain. I don’t want to do it because it’s harmful for your body and mind and is addictive. I do drink for social reasons once or twice a year though.
Nope. In both cases it’s expensive and bad for you, and it can be hard to stop once you start.
Smoking makes you gross to everyone on top of it, and school was pretty good at explaining all this at length. When I see or hear about someone in our generation who’s a smoker I wonder WTF their reasoning was.
I use vapes because it’s how I quit smoking and there’s still something comforting/de-stressing about the ritual. I use pretty strong juice but I don’t get nic fits if I go a while without it like I did when I smoked, which leads me to believe nicotine isn’t the only addictive thing the latter.
I drink alcohol because caffeinated programmer needs to stop going brrr at some point, not the healthiest life decision but who the hell cares it’s not like I’m ever going to have enough money to retire
