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smoking - yes, it's incontrovertible. drinking - less clear; mortality rates for teetotallers (total abstinence) are higher than for even moderate to heavy dr
by chrisweekly 6y ago
smoking - yes, it's incontrovertible.
drinking - less clear; mortality rates for teetotallers (total abstinence) are higher than for even moderate to heavy drinkers, and there are health benefits from eg 1-2 servings of red wine. IMHO the issue is the degree to which people slip from a drink or maybe 2, to 3 or maybe 4.
- strstr 6y agoMost people that are sick stop drinking. This polluted the early studies on alcohol safety. More recent studies have pointed in the direction of “no safe quantity of alcohol”.
- chrisweekly 6y agoThanks. Wish I had a citation handy; I do recall reading a decent one that accounted for that, looking at lifelong habits. (shrug)