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In some studies, at the end of them, I see:

"quitting smoking reduces your chance of dying from all causes."

So if I quit smoking I'm less likely to get hit by a bus?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

realizes a nuke is coming starts smoking stops smoking

Hahahahaha. I am GOD

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

It means your life expectancy immediately increases. There are some things that, depending on your age, improving won't improve life expectancy. ie, a 99 year old doing something that reduces their risk of colon cancer but nothing else will not reduce their chances of dying because something else will kill them first with 100% certainty.

Quitting smoking decreases risk of death for absolutely everyone in every circumstance

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

It references general body health and the sorts of things that make you age and die. Heart health, lung condition, oral health, stroke risk, skin quality, etc. All of that stuff is affected negatively by smoking. Stopping nearly instantly makes these things better, and they improve over time. So basically if you stop smoking, any way you could die of natural causes drops.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Ever heard of what they had to do to take Rasputin out? I think its that

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

If you got hit by a bus your chance for recovery would be better as a non-smoker than a smoker.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Also you're more likely to be milling around outside

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I first read it as "dying for a cause". I guess cigarettes make you more revolutionary or something

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, down with patriarchy!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Patriarchy is for sure a cause many people die from, so maybe it's time to fight and die for ending it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Smoking causes death in many ways.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

If it was R.J. Reynolds Tobacco and Philip Morris they would prepend that statement with

"A federal court has ordered Philip Morris USA and R.J. Reyolds Tobacco to state:"

I laugh every time I see that weak ass statement displayed in convenience stores.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Buses drive outside.

People tend to step outside for a smoke.

So yeah, you actually might be more likely to get hit by a bus if you smoke, your smoking spot is anywhere near a bus route, and you are ducking out there 2-4 times a day to stand there smoking while you play with your phone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Could happen

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Basically yeah, obviously no. Cause of death isn't broken down nearly as far as people think it is. You can check it out on the CDC's Web portal. So while you can get the results for motor vehicle accidents, you may not get the results for motor vehicle versus pedestrian.

So all they're actually claiming is that in the statistics, people who quit smoking are less represented in every category.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd think it would be pretty hard for one person to die from all of them

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Oh yeah? Try and stop me!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah sure, when you get a coughing fit so hard that you can barely breathe and a bus crashes into ya.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Dying from all causes sounds like a really rough last page.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Doctor, what did he die of? ... Everything!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes. Everyone knows the bus comes when you light a cigarette.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

One of my "modern" folk song is about exactly this phenomenon.

Edit: here it is, if someone is interested, it's an old-styled, descending, parlando rubato hungarian folk song. I noted it down using solmization.

         A
  2/4||: la,/8 mi/8 mi/8 re/8 | mi/4+ mi/8 | ti,/8 do/8 re/8 mi/8 | ti,/4 la,/4 | ti,/2* :|
         B
     ||: do/8 do/8 ti,/8 la,/8 | mi/8 re/8 do/4 | ti,/2* | do/8 do/8 do/8 re/8 | mi/8 re/8 do/8 | ti,/2* |
         C
     || so,/8 so,/8 so,/8 so,/8 | so,/4* do/8 ta,/8* | la,/2** ||

(the comma after the solmization indicates the note being in a lower octave. Plus sign after a not length value means it's dotted. Asteriks means fermata. Also, there is one strange solmization note (used in relative solmization) which I marked as "ta", it's a flat ti.)

And the lyrics (in hungarian)

"Várakozom én a százötvenegyes buszra, ( A )
Kezemben készen a sodort cigaretta, ( A )
Meg is gyújtom azon nyomban, ( B )
Szippantok belőle hosszan, ( B )
Ah, de megjött már az a busz." ( C )

Which translates to this (I used ChatGPT for the translating, told it to be a bit more... free or poetic or idk):

"Standing at the stop, the one-fifty-one in sight,
In my hand, a cigarette rolled tight.
I light it up, breathe in the smoke,
A long, deep breath, with every toke,
Ah, but now the bus is here, just right."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wow, that song totally rocks 🤘

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

🤘 thanks dude

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Lights Cigarette

Immediately assassinated by Truck-Kun

Gets Isekai Anime with Absurdly Specific Title

Profit?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

"The Time I Got Isekai'd For Smoking And Turned Into A Level 100 Smoke Demon"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

How did truck-kun hit me while I was out here in international waters? Damn.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago
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