I honestly think that it has more to do with disabled people, especially blind people, being treated like children. I picked up smoking in high school because I could sneak around and smoke without my parents being aware I was gone, and my friends smoked.

On the other hand, as soon as I became blind, I was constantly watched by my mother, like I was a little baby deer instead of an adult. She also would never drive me to the store to buy cigarettes, and I didn't live within a comfortable walking distance.

For what it's worth, all the blind people I know who use any variety of nicotine use either vapes or cigarettes, and I've only ever known like 3-5 people, sighted only, who use smokeless tobacco. It's not that bad, but it is inconvenient to want to spit and not be able to without seeming gross.

smokeless tobacco is rare (like seriously rare, it's the sort of thing you'd have to order online from specialist stores) in the UK. I'm totally blind and a smoker, though I've cut down massively now and mainly vape. It had nothing to do with a lack of pleasure from smoking however, vaping is just cheaper.

Hmmm I don’t know really . It would be interesting if someone investigated this correlation for sure .
But i happen to be surround by a lot of blind people , and I’ve noticed the people who have the least eyesight smoke more haha
I live in Spain , and smoking is quite common anyway .

Smokers get a dopamine rush off those first hits, don't kid yourself. I had a coworker who'd go out and get that buzz, come back all happy, make some calls and sell stuff. Damn.

I was envious and took up nicotine gum thinking it was safe, only to realize it probably aggravated my incipient macular degeneration.

OK this easily wins the award for weirdest post I’ve seen on this sub so far 😂