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Tobacco kills around 480,000 but you don't see that on the WMD list. That's because this has nothing to do with mortality; it's all about political expedience.
by bigfatkitten 2y ago
Tobacco kills around 480,000 but you don't see that on the WMD list.
That's because this has nothing to do with mortality; it's all about political expedience.
https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/tobacco_related_mortality/index.htm https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/tobacco/data_statistics/...
- dzhiurgis 2y agoYou can't OD on tobacco. Your drink can't be spiked-to-death by a cigarette. The reason I avoid America isn't fucked up border search or lack of freedom of speech for visitors or armed MAGA-heads. It's the disgusting and dangerous streets and crime everywhere.
- ein0p 2y agoTechnically you can OD on tobacco, too. It's just that it never happens. So stats include all sorts of "tobacco deaths". Got emphysema? Tobacco death. Got lung cancer? Tobacco death. COPD or heart disease? You've guessed it, as long as you smoke, everything is a "tobacco death". And look, I'm not saying that tobacco is not harmful, it is. I'm saying that if we're going to compare the numbers we need to understand what we're comparing.
- jmye 2y ago> It's the disgusting and dangerous streets and crime everywhere. You should avoid Australia, too - those drop bears are just as likely to get you as “all the crime everywhere” in the US.