Pink Floyd Wrote The Wall High on Cigarettes | Joe Rogan & Tommy Lee

Joe Rogan Experience #2520 - Tommy Lee Does smoking actually make you sharper — or is it just killing you slower? Joe Rogan and Tommy Lee dig into one of the most contrarian conversations on smoking and creativity you'll hear on JRE. Tommy opens up about quitting cigarettes, relapsing because "they just go together" with drinking, and getting full lung scans that came back clean. Joe pulls real numbers: only 10-20% of smokers ever develop lung cancer, with many studies landing around 15% — way lower than most people assume. They break down how Mediterranean diets high in olive oil and polyphenols may blunt some of cigarettes' damage, though diet can't cancel out the risk entirely. Then the conversation flips into cigarettes and cognitive function — Tony Hinchcliffe and Stephen King both credit nicotine for sharper thinking, and Joe drops the wild detail that Pink Floyd were smoking heavily while writing The Wall. Is there a real link between smoking and creativity, or is this just smokers rationalizing the habit? Tommy and Joe go back and forth on whether cigarettes deserve their reputation as purely destructive. Subscribe and hit the notification bell for more JRE highlights. ⏱ TIMESTAMPS BELOW