# Why do people take up tobacco smoking?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-take-up-tobacco-smoking/762328>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 10, 2016, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-take-up-tobacco-smoking/762328 "2016-08-10T11:10:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-take-up-tobacco-smoking/762328/52 "2016-08-11T20:17:35Z")

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Can you prove that it still is? 😃

Oh, right:

> [@Preacher -- The New Show / Old Comic Now Airing on AMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preacher-the-new-show-old-comic-now-airing-on-amc/755371/35):
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> Big Tobacco carefully hides it’s funding

:dubious: How convenient. :rolleyes:

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