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> Also alcohol companies as well. Indeed, death in the US due to alcoholism is about 88,000 a year it is the #3 leading preventable cause of death. [1] Tobacco
by spicymaki 7y ago
> Also alcohol companies as well.
Indeed, death in the US due to alcoholism is about 88,000 a year it is the #3 leading preventable cause of death. [1]
Tobacco related deaths is #1 (preventable) by 480,000. [2]
Obesity is #2 for completeness.
I have loved ones that have died or are dying from one or a combination of these vices.
[1] https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/brochures-and-fact-sheets/alcohol-facts-and-statistics https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/brochures-and-fact-sh...
[2] https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/tobacco_related_mortality/index.htm https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/heal...