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re: Is society actually healthier since cigarette smoking was restricted / banned?
Posted on 2/5/26 at 10:55 am to weagle1999
Posted on 2/5/26 at 10:55 am to weagle1999
Longer lifespan, but more electric scooters at Walmart.
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Posted on 2/5/26 at 10:55 am to weagle1999
We are, undoubtedly, not healthier.
That also doesn't mean it was a bad decision to move away from smoking as a society.
That also doesn't mean it was a bad decision to move away from smoking as a society.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 10:57 am to weagle1999
well cancer deaths are down significantly so maybe the answer is yes for at least cancer
Posted on 2/5/26 at 10:59 am to weagle1999
quote:I think it's very likely that a large part of the anxiety pandemic is due to people no longer smoking.
Is society actually healthier since cigarette smoking was restricted / banned?
Posted on 2/5/26 at 10:59 am to weagle1999
That's a part of it, obviously.
But expected lifespan continues to increase, up to 79.0 currently.
But expected lifespan continues to increase, up to 79.0 currently.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 10:59 am to weagle1999
Idk but one year one of my old companies started firing people for accessing porn on company devices and the next year their main issues were harassment and mental wellness. Well duh you took away peoples stress outlet. HR head didn't think that joke was as funny as I did.
But anyway people may be healthier but they aren't as chill.
But anyway people may be healthier but they aren't as chill.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 10:59 am to weagle1999
yes for me, because I don't have to smell that nasty arse rancid shite everywhere indoors. The smoking sections of restaurants and planes was like having a peeing section of a pool.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 11:00 am to Salmon
And yet, facts tell a different story.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 11:02 am to Loup
Its because the smoke kills the cilia in your throat and airways that are necessary for respiratory defense/immunity
Posted on 2/5/26 at 11:05 am to weagle1999
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Is society actually healthier since cigarette smoking was restricted / banned?
No. The food is probably more poisonous than it was back then. Cancer rates sure didn't plummet.
This post was edited on 2/5/26 at 11:06 am
Posted on 2/5/26 at 11:06 am to N2cars
quote:
And yet, facts tell a different story.
Being able to keep people alive longer due to modern medicine doesn't necessarily mean we are healthier as a society. It just means we can keep unhealthy people alive longer.
So not sure what "facts" you are using.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 11:09 am to weagle1999
I kept hearing about how Europeans are so much healthier than Americans but good lord there are a lot of people who smoke and if they don’t smoke they’re vaping.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 11:10 am to weagle1999
Pick your poison, smoking or HFCS.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 11:13 am to weagle1999
No, and it's because the tobacco companies like RJ Reynolds knew the end was coming for smoking. So they took their piles of cash and bought companies like Nabisco. Then turned loose the best scientists money can buy (the same ones that understood what made smoking addictive) and turned them loose on food products. So that Cheez-it has just right texture, size, crispness, salt, and cheese coating that makes you want more.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 11:14 am to bad93ex
I can tell you from personal experience there aren’t as many of them waddling around.
Holy cow coming back to the US after being gone awhile is a sobering experience on the obesity levels of Americans.
Especially black women. I bet 85% of them are obese or morbidly obese.
Holy cow coming back to the US after being gone awhile is a sobering experience on the obesity levels of Americans.
Especially black women. I bet 85% of them are obese or morbidly obese.
This post was edited on 2/5/26 at 11:16 am
Posted on 2/5/26 at 11:25 am to choupiquesushi
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The smoking sections of restaurants and planes was like having a peeing section of a pool.
This is hilarious!
Posted on 2/5/26 at 11:26 am to Harry Caray
Agreed, smoking indoors needed to go. However, i doubt cancer diagnosis have decreased at all. The American lifestyle will always lend itself to different types.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 11:46 am to Sal Minio
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The smoking sections of restaurants and planes was like having a peeing section of a pool.
Back when there were smoking sections in restaurants, two, three decades ago, when we went to New England and there were lines out the doors of some restaurants, we'd ask to be put on the no smoking list, and every damned time we were seated immediately. A major eye opener for us.
Posted on 2/5/26 at 11:57 am to Salmon
People are drinking much less.
People are using tobacco much less.
Earlier detection of cancers, much better treatment options; cancer deaths continue to fall
Lifespan expantcy recently raised to 79.0.
The above are facts, and are easily verifiable.
What facts is your opinion based on?
People are using tobacco much less.
Earlier detection of cancers, much better treatment options; cancer deaths continue to fall
Lifespan expantcy recently raised to 79.0.
The above are facts, and are easily verifiable.
What facts is your opinion based on?
Posted on 2/5/26 at 11:59 am to weagle1999
quote:
Is society actually healthier since cigarette smoking was restricted / banned?
Probably, but its also not as cool as it used to be
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