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I’m really not a fan of smoking cigarettes at all (although cigars are nice every once in a while), but I do wonder if a study has ever incorporated the social

I’m really not a fan of smoking cigarettes at all (although cigars are nice every once in a while), but I do wonder if a study has ever incorporated the social aspects of smoking. Social life does have an effect on life expectancy, although probably not enough to make up for the loss of life caused by smoking. The only real appeal of smoking to me was the fact that one has an instant social situation with other smokers. Nowadays, non-smoking strangers with time to kill end up staring at their phones. Although I wonder if smokers also do the same thing…

amarcheschi 2y ago
Well, to have a full understanding you should also factor in the life loss by second hand smokers who involuntarily breath smoke
- keiferski 2y ago
  I was referring to the life lost by the individual smoker, not life lost at large.
  - irjustin 2y ago
    How would you do this? You can't A/B test an individual's death.
    - keiferski 2y ago
      I guess you could have smokers self-evaluate their social lives and see if any patterns emerge. “When you smoke, do you do it alone or with others?” Etc.
- imjonse 2y ago
  And let's not forget the social aspects of being second hand smokers connecting emotionally with others in the same unfortunate position and whom they would not connect with otherwise :)
giuscri 2y ago
as someone that quit almost 1 year ago, I can tell you that yes smokers could stare at their screen instead of talking to you when going out to have a puff