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Originally Posted by Kean 
...and finally, though this is not an official reason but my personal experience and what I believe to be the personal experience of so many other people, one of the behaviors smoking induces in the smoker is arrogance. Nearly all people whom I know who are smokers (including my very good friends, etc.) are generally more arrogant than the average person.
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Heh, I can get on board with everything else you said (in both of the posts you made to me), but this one sort of jumped out at me outta nowhere.
I'm trying to think of all the smokers I know, and I can't think of anybody who I know who smokes who is arrogant. Actually, this is a trait that I've seen more in non-smokers than smokers. At least in the sense of when it comes to smoking. Non-smokers can really look down their nose at you and be uppity and downright rude to you if they see a cigarette in your hand. *shrug*
I'd also like to point out that a lot of smokers use it for a crutch. Which means they think they are inadequate in some way, so they use the cigarette to try and make up for that inadequacy (it doesn't, but the temporary high it gives makes them think it does).
The part about altering the brain was good stuff. Really made me think.