did you know that (or do you dispute this):
half (45 percent) of all smoking-related deaths occur at age 75 or higher. The odds of a life-long smoker dying prematurely of a smoking-related disease, then, are about 12 to 1.
Controlling for “confounding factors”—such as the fact that smokers tend to exercise less, drink more, and accept high-risk jobs—reduces the estimated number of deaths by about half again. Instead of 400,000 smoking-related deaths a year, a more realistic estimate is around 100,000.
2007-12-10
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