I can't lie I thought smoking looked cool until I was 5, when my dad started smoking. I caught asthma and still suffer from it even after 18.
it's true it's disgusting as you say, but it is a crime in a way, because the smoke created off the tip (sidestream smoke) is more harmful than what you're smoking. in other words, it is more harmful for people around than the person smoking.

This is kind of frustrating in a sense. Its not so much that you do it because youre killing youself. You crave it, You dont HAVE to, but you see some and your brain clicks and tells you to get it. Its a dopamine rush and your body craves the feel of it, its not as if you can just stop. Ive tried 3 times, all times failed, even used vices and it just finally gets rough and it happens again.