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But it won't reach the 465k deaths a year that the CDC says are directly from smoking. Nobody making that illegal or shutting down economies over it. I think
by sparrish 6y ago
But it won't reach the 465k deaths a year that the CDC says are directly from smoking.
Nobody making that illegal or shutting down economies over it.
I think it's strange what is decided as dangerous.
- Tokkemon 6y agoYou can't spread smoking deaths to innocents. At least not in the same way (second hand smoke is dangerous but not like a virus).
- kevinventullo 6y agoThere have been plenty of laws enacted to make smoking more difficult or outright banned. It used to be very common for people to smoke in bars!
- CivBase 6y agoTo be fair, a tobacco-related death is almost always the result of the victim's own decisions and the government sees to it that everyone knows the risks before making the choice to smoke. More importantly, cancer is not so easily transmitted from person to person.
- spekcular 6y agoAn enormous amount of public health resources are devoted to deterring smoking. It's illegal indoors most places, and outdoor smoking bans are not uncommon. We've certainly decided it's dangerous and attempted to stop it!
- arbitrary_name 6y agoSmoking is banned in most public spaces when the smoker is at risk of harming others via second hand smoke. The taxes on tobacco are also extremely high to restrict usage. There are bands on tobacco advertising. The government invests in anti smoking ads and cessation programs. You really didn't think twice before hitting reply, did you?
- jmull 6y agoI don’t know what country you’re from, but there are very significant restrictions on smoking in the US and numerous social and health policies designed to reduce smoking. Smoking is overwhelmingly considered dangerous. Pretty poor counterpoint.
- nerpderp82 6y agoThis is exactly why capitalism fights single payer healthcare to aggressively when it would be in every corporations best interest to offload those costs. They gain two things, 1) control over the worker and 2) externalize costs for selling addictive, unhealthy products.
- gdulli 6y agoInaction on smoking is tragic, and it serves more as cautionary example to avoid inaction elsewhere than justification for inaction. I'll take a better response to covid than to smoking even if that's technically an inconsistency. Right?
- thebruce87m 6y agoWe have less COVID deaths because of lockdowns and other mitigations so it’s a bit strange to compare the numbers like that. It’s a bit like arguing against seatbelts because of the current car accident fatality rate.