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jkahrs595 • today at 1:49 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Did people stop smoking as soon as they learned it was bad for them or did they stop smoking when it became a social faux pas?

Feel free to give cuddles and hugs and ask nicely for people to change their ways, but I’ll do something else thank you.


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jgwil2 • today at 3:44 PM

I think you've got cause and effect quite mixed up: smoking became a social faux pas precisely because people learned how bad it was for them.

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