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excerpt from a conversation with my girlfriend today:
her: heh yeah today i was walking by some people in the lunch room talking about smoking and someone was like 'there's absolutely no reason to smoke, none whatsoever'
me: hah...fuckin bullshit
her: exactly. i was this close to going over and just yelling 'except it chills you out and makes you look really fucking cool'
i really really really hate people that say there's no reason to do something
whether it be heroin, smoking cigarettes, or anything for that matter
i've been in conversations where people say that there's no reason to do something, and almost 100% of the time, thats bullshit
for a really interesting read: http://www.acponline.org/journals/n...97/nicotine.htm
when people bitch at me for smoking, i'm gonna refer them to this from now on i think
| quote: | An even more important reason for the link between depression and smoking may stem from the pleasure that smoking can bring. As Dr. Fowler's research suggests, smoking triggers higher dopamine levels in the brain; elevated levels of dopamine have been linked to feelings of well-being and pleasure and have been found in users of heroin and cocaine. Such emotions may be particularly welcome by individuals suffering from depression. Interestingly, newer antidepressants such as phenelzine sulfate act as MAO inhibitors and help regulate dopamine levels.
The link between depression and nicotine raises critical red flags for physicians helping depressed patients stop smoking. Dr. Glassman warned that these individuals, for example, successfully quit about half as often as non-depressed smokers and are two-and-a-half times more likely to become depressed when they do eventually quit. In addition, Dr. Glassman said that these patients can develop major depression when their nicotine levels drop too dramatically. Even when placed on nicotine patches, he explained, some depressed patients become suicidal because their nicotine levels drop too quickly. As a result, some patients require antidepressants in addition to nicotine replacement therapy. |
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OMG are you both still twelve or something to actualy think smoking makes you look cool 
