Is it me or is smoking cigarettes becoming cool again?

Or maybe they're waking up to the fact that living to extreme old age isn't always a good thing.

Gosh, I hope not. It’s vile. Don’t do it, OP!

That said, one can only imagine the havoc they’ll find vapes cause in the years to come, too, and they seem to have been marketing them to the young’uns in the style of lollipops.

Is it about cult appeal? Or is it just that you want the product, a picture on the front isnt going to change that

I ate a whole easter egg yesterday. The 'traffic light' system on the front did not deter me

I also dont need to see a picture of a big fat lump on the front to deter me either as I see that most days in the mirror!!! lol.

Not something I've noticed, are these young uns all a bit thick? Do they think a cure for lung cancer has been found?

Its interesting because I love old films and when I watch modern films its jarring to me that you dont see any smokers. Because in the real world you do.

Wouldn’t have made a difference to me! I smoked because I enjoyed smoking and because I was addicted to nicotine!

I love smoking

I haven’t noticed this personally but I’m not exactly surrounded by hip young people. I’d be very disappointed if it’s true though.
Watching old tv programmes (and not that old…) it’s jarring how many people smoke. It’s one thing that makes sci-fi films like aliens look really weird now. I thought how good it is that smoking has become so unacceptable (but clearly I was wrong).

Ha ha, I've never been cool in my life, and now I'm in my 50s that ship has not only sailed but capsized without a trace.

Smoking for me was always about enjoyment of the cigarette, not the aesthetic.

Nope, I cannot say I have noticed this at all in my area, the North East of England.

Most people on the estate seem to start vaping in the summer between Year 6 and Year 7 is the biggest trend I have observed over the last few years here, so similar to a lot of kids I grew up with in 1980s Ireland who started smoking by 12/13.

Snap. If I want to lose weight I need to smoke. It works better than anything I’ve tried for weight loss.

The current gory warning pictures have acquired something of a cult appeal, so a rethink might be a good idea.

Well grab it while you can, you're the new cool young thing!!

I was on the bus yesterday with a terrible migraine, woman comes and sits behind me reeking of fags. I thought I was going to throw up.

Don't think so. I smoke cigarettes and can't say I have noticed any admiring glances when I have one in public 😆

Having just buried my father in law after watching him slowly lose his life to COPD I really hope not.
I thought there was going to be a law change banning anyone born after 2009 buying cigarettes.

Yes I certainly notice it a lot in central London among younger people, women in particular.

Also in France, often quite shocked at the number of women, young women again, smoking heavily, like chain smoking. Naice looking young women. Not so much men which I find a puzzle.

Probably not helped by the thousands of posts claiming vaping is worse/it's like having a dummy/it's completely untested like vaccines and suchlike.

Maybe if packets & anti-smoking campaigns used phrases like SMOKERS STINK or SMOKING IS STUPID as well as the health warnings they’d feel less cool. Or maybe that would increase the attraction, I don’t know.

Smuggling fags will be the next top job.

Vapes should be tax free if smoking cigs re emerges. I know vaping is not the greatest thing since sliced bread, but it is nothing compared to cigarettes. I use neither BTW but hate the smell of cigarettes, it lingers forever, but the fruity smell of vapes dissipates quickly enough.

I'll get the rage posts soon enough I suppose for even saying this. You'd be afraid to open your mouth these days unless it's on message and PC. Hmph.

I’ve been rewatching This Life and they all smoke constantly. Is it the obsession with all things 90s that’s leading this I wonder.

Well it just goes to show what stupid sheep a lot of people are if they think smoking is " cool"

It's a filthy habit .

If these ignorant people want to waste a lot of money killing themselves then I would say let them get on with it. But. It's the fact they cause illness and death and misery to other people who breathe in the fumes of their disgusting habit that makes me so angry.

Personally I certainly think people who smoke should be refused NHS care unless they agree to give up this totally uncool, unattractive habit.

I used to love a ciggie. I think it looks cooler than sucking on a vape. They're like the adult version of dummies.

I recently saw a video of Lily Allen on a catwalk, smoking. It looked so, so skanky, really nasty. I could almost smell that stale ashtray smell through the screen 🤮.

Yes I’m afraid it is. My husband and I don’t smoke and we came from a generation where our whole family smoked…parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, everyone it seemed. Our now adult children both smoke and when we “moan” about it, they say they don’t know anyone who doesn’t, it every circle they move in, everyone smokes. And it’s true, whenever I’m in social situations with that age group, they all do.

I can’t fathom it, I really can’t. But I think the being super skinny comment is interesting, I hadn’t thought about that.

Not something I’m seeing personally. I can only think of one person I know personally who smokes and he won’t smoke in front of anyone because he’s so embarrassed by it.

My dd is a teen. She does have a few not super close friends who vape, none that smoke. She thinks even vaping is disgusting.