>>4824
>what is the downside to this?
That it fucking sucks, the health detriments of smoking cannot be understated.
But I'll take you up on that stupid idea, if you actually want to smoke cigarretes for networking opportunities, I would recommend trying out vapes first, much less invasive and it doesn't kill your lungs with all the shit they put in the cigarettes. Try that out for a bit, probably with a one-use thing that they sell nowadays, when you're used to that a bit you can smoke 1 or 2 cigs, and then you're done. You can just keep cigs on you and smoke with people if you want to network. Don't even have to "resmoke" them every few weeks like you've said, since I'm pretty sure once you're used to it you can do it always (personal experience).
I genuinely advise against smoking EVER. Even vaping is probably bad enough. In general nicotine addiction is pretty fucking heavy and it takes a whole lot of mostly mental fortitude to get through it. I've gone through nicotine withdrawal multiple times, it fucking SUCKS. Not worth it.
>>4825
Also this, I've been going out with smokers on the breaks often, whether or not I've been smoking or what I've been smoking (vapes vs their cigs, since I never liked analogs) it wasn't a big deal tbh.