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Re:Smoking, alcohol and high BMI are leading risk factors fo... by weberer on Friday August 19, 2022 @11:46AM (#32522483)
So a significant amount, but most people would say that's an acceptable risk to continue their lifestyle. For comparison, living in an urban environment has a RR of 1.20 to 1.40 for lung cancer.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3703988

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Re:Smoking, alcohol and high BMI are leading risk factors fo... by novok on Friday August 19, 2022 @02:17PM (#32524395)
That data is looking over a 1985-1990 / 1950-1990 time period. I wonder what the numbers are now with modern emissions improvements 30 years later, which are pretty big now!

And with electric car & electric heat pump transitions, how much better will it get on top of that going forward?

Also urban people tend to be wealthier, and also live longer.

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