[willy_k]

Not very surprising, considering it’s the same companies using the same playbook. I’m not so sure that being obese is healthier than smoking, being obese might not give you cancer but it will certainly mess with your heart, and I would not be surprised if someone who smoked for the same amount of time someone else was obese ends up having a better prognosis after quitting.

[fortran77]

Obesity is associated with many forms of cancer. See https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/o...

[consteval]

To be fair, the real risk of smoking is not actually lung cancer. Most smokers don't get lung cancer.

It's heart and lung damage. Congestive heart failure, heart attacks, COPD, etc. A lot of these are slow, painful, and terminal.