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Can cigarettes be used in a healthy way? Eh, only in very specific scenarios but those are generally the exceptions that prove the rule.
For most people, the best thing that porn can do for you is "not hurt you that bad." Pornography certainly doesn't promote health (porn and mastuabration are two different things), and you'd be hard-pressed to find a doctor or medical study that encourages pornography consumption. If you don't need it, you're not missing anything by not watching it, but if you do, be very careful of how much of it you watch, what type of content you find yourself watching, and be aware of the negative effects that pornography can have on mental and sexual development.
Comparing a carcinogen to a video.
Pp boy coming with generalizations and no actual facts or research
Gonna have to bite and ask what very specific scenarios smoking could be healthy?
Cigarettes aren't the best treatment for anything and the potential benefits never outweigh the harm but cigarette smoking treats some types of ulcers, colitis, and a few other lower GI issues. It may also prevent or reduce the severity of Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's dementia, endometrium cancer, uterine fibrosis, and endometriosis. It also negatively correlates with DVT and may make you more likely to survive if you have a heart attack.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8746297/
Probably should've said "nicotine" instead of cigarettes because the benefits only come from the nicotine. Nicotine is a mild stimulant that's scientifically shown to have mood-boosting effects, even on non-smokers and can help relieve high blood pressure. Obviously it's not the best at either of these, but those are some medically beneficial side-effects.
I mean yeah I vape, that makes sense because it wasn't the nicotine itself which was killing my lungs.
Apparently nicotine itself is as bad for you as caffeine, the worst thing about it is it's insanely addictive without giving much of a high or anything in return...
People are completely missing your point but I agree. It's not beneficial. Even in the best case it's just going to be neutral.
Well if you're not aroused before and are aroused after, and your goal was to masturbate, that's hardly neutral.
Well it's positive from hedonistic point of view but so is getting high. I'd still claim that there's no physical or psychological health benefits to it. In the best case it simply just doesn't harm you.