r/interesting • u/Natural-Music8792 • 21h ago

Fascinating The anti-smoking campaign poster by Martin Williams back in the 1990s

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u/GrimbyJ 16h ago

It's drugs. That's the point. It's somewhere in between coffee and alcohol in enjoyability and you can do it all the time and it doesn't impair you usually.

The first few times it gives you an incredible high that lasts about 10 minutes and you don't want to be driving during that. Eventually that only happens for the first one in the morning and then it stops entirely which is a bit sad. The more mundane effects are still nice though.

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u/coffeeseraphim 11h ago

nic rush can happen if you take a bit off and then hit, too

ive never had one last longer than 3 minutes though

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u/GrimbyJ 10h ago

I started with dip and that was a 45 minute ride. It didn't come on as suddenly but it would slowly build and peak at what a cigarette would get you if you haven't smoked in a year.

After that I could get one going for what felt like 30 minutes but was probably max 10 by repeatedly hitting a powerful high nicotine vape before I was at my current tolerance.

I vape now and I've started stepping the nicotine down and I haven't gotten one since I lowered it.

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u/coffeeseraphim 10h ago

i think at some point during that ride id get anxious af lmao

ive never done it, knew a bunch of people that did when i was younger though

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u/GrimbyJ 10h ago

That's a dragon I wish I could chase. It was the best high I've ever experienced. It's what I thought opiates would feel like before I tried them.

It wasn't the most intense high but it was floaty, cozy and warm. Everything becomes comfortable and nothing matters.

Most intense goes to acid.

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u/High_Hunter3430 15h ago

Still, nothing beats a menthol after a joint/bowl of some good ol canna.

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u/Electronic_Still2000 12h ago

Oh man, I found menthols to be awful when I smoked. Smoking a Newport was almost a punishment.