Cigarettes are a form of population control.?

Question

If you think about it, it might be very true.

Each year, a staggering 440,000 people die in the US from tobacco use. Nearly 1 of every 5 deaths is related to smoking. Cigarettes kill more Americans than alcohol, car accidents, suicide, AIDS, homicide, and illegal drugs combined.

Source: American Cancer Society

Answer 1

Cigarettes are a form of commerce. They aren't a disease & smoking isn't a disease either as some would claim. Death is a true population control measure. The inability to quit smoking is a LACK of willpower, nothing else.

Answer 2

It is markedly ineffective if that were the use. Lung cancer occurs in 0.9% of smokers. Yes folks, less than one percent. Look it up. Lung cancer, however is less common absent this environmental factor. Three fourths of those with lung cancer had smoked for a significant portion of their lives.

I think automobiles, and the lack of proper response to drunk driving is more suspect. A better culprit: managed ("mangled" or "mis-managed") health care that disallows screening tests for most things.