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Re:The health benefits of better air by FridayoLeary on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @07:02AM (#26967963)
a bit off topic, but i can logically guarantee you that smoking takes at least 5 minutes off your life. It takes that long to smoke a cigarette...

You have to put things into perspective, why should you care less about living now then in 40 years in the future? Chances are your quality of life will only get worse etc.

Re:The health benefits of better air by learnstats2 on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @07:53AM (#26968295)
> Chances are your quality of life will only get worse etc.

The quality of your end of life gets (on average) much worse if you smoke.

Not only do you die 5 minutes earlier, but you also spend more additional time with disease impacting your quality of life, such as COPD.

Re:The health benefits of better air by airhead969 on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @07:15AM (#26968058)
Not if smokers multitask, like making your contact cleaner solution in the factory or making your delivery food.

IMO, all cigarettes should have cyanide added to them to reduce the costs to society by speeding-up the slow suicide and excess harm to others.

Re:The health benefits of better air by FridayoLeary on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @07:20AM (#26968093)
should all diesel cars have lead fumes pumped into the cockpit? Should all alcoholic drinks contain methanol?
Re:The health benefits of better air by airhead969 on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @07:50AM (#26968280)
Frivolous response.

Diesel vehicles are extremely hazardous causing great harm to millions but go under regulated because of money. ICEs should die.

Alcoholic drinks don't directly harm anyone else in their consumption and the QALY/micromorts involved are small.

Do you have any other rude, unscientific arguments?

Re:The health benefits of better air by beckingz on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @01:31PM (#26971953)
no need to label other people's comments as rude.

Also, the suggestion to make products more deadly so that they are used less seems like bad policy. Reduction of harms usually does not mean killing the patient.