Are smokers the most hypocritical group in society?

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Smokers literally tell their children

"You should never start smoking."

Then the question

"Why did you start smoking then?"

I even heard stories of smokers beating their children when they catch their children smoking.

And to make it even dumber, smokers often smoke in same room where their small children are, not only poisoning them but also increasing chances of addiction and health problems.

Whats even dumber is that children of smokers are more likely to be smokers themselves, but smokers still refuse to "quit smoking to decrease chances of their children smoking".

So smokers are bad.

But are they stupid?

The most common argument of smokers, when I point out that smoking is unhealthy, is them saying "There was this guy who smoked a lot and lived 100 years." and "I only smoke a little.".

The first claim is so stupid that it literally causes physical pain in my brain.

The second claim is usually a lie, because when smokers say they only smoke a little, they actually compare themselves to biggest smokers they know.

For example, if I smoke 40 smokes a day, but someone else smokes 80, then I "only smoke a little.".

If this proves anything, its that smoking literally kills some parts of your brain so in some cases you cannot even form an argument as the damage is that severe.
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"The researchers considered factors like genetic predisposition to smoking, smoking, and brain volume. They concluded that genetics may lead to smoking but that smoking significantly drives brain shrinkage."

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@Best.Korea
Depends on the person but in general if you're not living very healthy gradually diminishing your life, having a standard of preserving life is in conflict.

People that do drugs and alcohol surely believe in not murdering but yet are doing something unjustified unto themselves and associate with others often doing the same not discouraging it. They're not discouraging themselves.

When you're not looking at this on a grand scale, you don't realize the inconsistency. You don't look at gradual diminishing akin to rapidly doing so.

I think back to this scene in Lean On Me where the Joe Clark character was telling the Sams character about smoking crack. You smoke crack, why not jump off this roof?

You want to kill yourself. Smoking crack kills your brain cells. He said why f*** around with it? Don't slow it up. Do it expeditiously and jump. The Sams character said he didn't want to kill himself.

People argue that people can live long without cancer. Perhaps there are outlier situations where the body can do a good job with battling it off. 
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@Mall
I dont mind living unhealthy.

I was just mocking smokers for assaulting people who actually wanna live healthy.
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Sometimes humans do crazy stuff.
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Perhaps one day you'll get amusement out of just proclaiming truth alone.
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Best.Korea said:
I even heard stories of smokers beating their children when they catch their children smoking.

And to make it even dumber, smokers often smoke in same room where their small children are, not only poisoning them but also increasing chances of addiction and health problems.
There are two types of smokers.
Some smokers don't want their children addicted to nicotine. They tend to smoke in private.
But there are other smokers who don't really care.
You are trying to lump these two groups of people together into one category.
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@7000series
There are two types of smokers.
Some smokers don't want their children addicted to nicotine. They tend to smoke in private.
But there are other smokers who don't really care.
You are trying to lump these two groups of people together into one category.
They are in same category.

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@Best.Korea
There are not any smokers who will both:
  1. Beat their children when they catch their children smoking.
  2. Smoke in the same room where their small children are.
1 and 2 are mutually exclusive.
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@7000series
I disagree.

I think they are the same group of people, but you are allowed to disagree.
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@Best.Korea
Well give me an example then.
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@7000series
I dont need to.
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@Best.Korea
So you're just out here throwing around unjustified claims? On a debate site?
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@7000series
Yes.

I dont need to justify my claims.
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1st amendment!!!
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@7000series
Also, smokers are more likely to be child molesters.
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@Best.Korea
I thought you supported pedophilia?
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@7000series
No, I just argue that child marriages should be legal in most cases because there is too many arguments supporting that conclusion. Its basically a truism.

But society doesnt support pedophilia, but still supports smoking, but smoking supports pedophilia, so society is a bit inconsistent in their values.
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@7000series
There are not any smokers who will both:
  1. Beat their children when they catch their children smoking.
  2. Smoke in the same room where their small children are.
there genuinely are btw especially if they shifted during the child's life but even if they didn't there really are people that way who don't give that much of a shit about the passive smoking damage to their kids but would care if the kids actively did it and wasted their pocket money on it etc.