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by RacfeelBudkind 1883 days ago
> Do you want them to ban bacon ... Where's the line?

There's a factor 30 of leeway on where to draw the line:

> How many cancer cases every year can be attributed to consumption of processed meat and red meat?

> about 34 000 cancer deaths per year worldwide are attributable to diets high in processed meat.

> ...

> about 1 million cancer deaths per year globally due to tobacco smoking

https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/cancer-carcinogenic...