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by hueving 4293 days ago
I'm not sure I understand. Are you implying there is evidence showing that smoking one cigarette causes you to be permanently unhealthy?
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His claim is the opposite of that.

Smoking one cigarette does not make you unhealthy. Smoking one cigarette does make you slightly less healthy.

Think of it as death by a thousand cuts. Lopping off the tip of my finger won't likely kill me, though it does hurt. Keep lopping though, and eventually I am less and less healthy, until at some point, I am dead.