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Old 01-31-2014, 07:21 PM   #40
Clodfobble
UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
 
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Originally Posted by tw
Cigarette smokers may know cigarettes kill. But impulses from the primitive brain can be too powerful... So powerful that destructive behavior is actually desired.
Correct. They weren't brainwashed by advertisements into believing it was healthy to smoke. They knew that was a lie. They chose, due to what you are calling their "primitive" brain, to smoke even though it hurt them.
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