[dirck]

Smoking remains the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the United States.

• 40% of cancer deaths are related to smoking • 80% of lung cancer deaths are related to smoking • 33% of heart disease deaths are related to smoking

There's over half a million deaths a year from smoking and 10% are second hand smoking related.

I’m not quite sure we can call this a win yet.

[collegeburner]

of course we can. big tobacco can't get away with lying about risks any more so new smokers know what they're getting into

the plain packaging stuff is moving past people taking informed risks (even if i think they're stupid ones) and towards overt control of behavior for technocratic reasons. which explains why there's way more uptake for it in europe and australia than here