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title: "Why do people smoke when they know it's bad for them?"  
description: "Why do people smoke when they know it's bad for them?"  
author: "ramesh kumar"  
published: 2018-01-02  
updated: 2018-01-02  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32340/why-do-people-smoke-when-they-know-it-s-bad-for-them  
category: "health"  
tags: ["smoking and tobacco use"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why do people smoke when they know it's bad for them?

Why do [people](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2295/more-people-need-to-monitor-this-crucial-metric-for-heart-health) smoke when they know it's bad for them?

## Answers

### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani

## “ADDICTION”

![Why do people smoke when they know it](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/58f850d4-ac2f-4a31-a38e-d9b967d41397/images/5f41258b-6cab-49da-a492-13282cac3c20.png)**\**

**Well, I just want to share answer which I got when I interacted** **some chain-smokers** and asked them the same question most of them replied: **“yaar aadat pad gayi hai ab choot nhi rhi hai”.** \
**People get addicted to it and its one of the biggest reason why they smoke knowing it's harming them inside**. There are people who treat cigarette smoking as a stressbuster and smoke to make their body active at the time of performing any activity which requires physical or mental strength. ![Why do people smoke when they know it](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/58f850d4-ac2f-4a31-a38e-d9b967d41397/images/f38df6bd-7b4c-48bc-922b-ad7927ef24c0.png)\
**However, cigarette smoking or any type of smoking only affects a human body in harmful ways.** Till now I didn’t find any intellectual saying anything ardent about smoking. \
**read this to know its worse effects: [Whys smoking is really bad for your health](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32338/is-smoking-really-bad-for-your-health)**


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