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It does reduce smoking by one smoker.
by wolco 6y ago
It does reduce smoking by one smoker.
- triceratops 6y agoA statistically insignificant reduction to the world population of smokers. Without laws to prevent tobacco marketing to minors, the cigarette industry could add 100x as many customers in a day.
- ISL 6y agoNot for that smoker. They'll (statistically) live longer.
- triceratops 6y agoYou're restating a point I already made: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24203338 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24203338 You should still stop smoking (for your own good)
- wolco 6y agoAnything you do is statistically insignificant when compared to the world's population. But if one person in an average household quits that is a 25% reduction. In the end that person and those around benefit.
- triceratops 6y agoYou're restating a point I already made: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24203338 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24203338 You should still stop smoking (for your own good)
- dwighttk 6y agoThere are 4 smokers in an average household?!
- dylan604 6y agoso does someone dying from lung cancer caused by a lifetime of smoking. tears in the rain