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> I would think that if a third of the population has a tattoo, we'd actually know with almost certainty what the effects are. I wouldn't count on it. It took
by copperx 3y ago
> I would think that if a third of the population has a tattoo, we'd actually know with almost certainty what the effects are.
I wouldn't count on it. It took us 100 years to find out smoking was extremely bad, even though the majority of the population was doing it.
- bongoman37 3y agoWe knew smoking was bad for a long time. It took time to push through tobacco industry's lobbying and massive amounts of advertising convincing people against what they could evidently see in front of them. I don't think tattoo industry has remotely near that level of push.
- wkat4242 3y agoYeah it's very telling of the power this industry has that smoking is still not banned in most countries. And that new techniques with no existing user base like vaping were not stopped before they ever started.