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by Alex3917 3514 days ago
Keep in mind that the majority of tobacco deaths aren't cancer related.
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Heart disease?
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/heal...

There's a good table of this about halfway down the page.

Looks like cancer is the single largest cause, accounting for about 2/5ths of the deaths.

So a plurality. GP is splitting hairs then.