In some studies, at the end of them, I see:
“quitting smoking reduces your chance of dying from all causes.”
So if I quit smoking I’m less likely to get hit by a bus?
Buses drive outside.
People tend to step outside for a smoke.
So yeah, you actually might be more likely to get hit by a bus if you smoke, your smoking spot is anywhere near a bus route, and you are ducking out there 2-4 times a day to stand there smoking while you play with your phone.
Ever heard of what they had to do to take Rasputin out? I think its that
It means your life expectancy immediately increases. There are some things that, depending on your age, improving won’t improve life expectancy. ie, a 99 year old doing something that reduces their risk of colon cancer but nothing else will not reduce their chances of dying because something else will kill them first with 100% certainty.
Quitting smoking decreases risk of death for absolutely everyone in every circumstance
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You should ABSOLUTELY quit smoking. Also, you should stop getting hit by buses. Neither one are good for you.
I have cut down on my bus addiction. I feel much better now.
Bus force trauma.
I first read it as “dying for a cause”. I guess cigarettes make you more revolutionary or something
Yeah, down with patriarchy!
Patriarchy is for sure a cause many people die from, so maybe it’s time to fight and die for ending it
Less likely to die from being hit by a bus*
If it was R.J. Reynolds Tobacco and Philip Morris they would prepend that statement with
“A federal court has ordered Philip Morris USA and R.J. Reyolds Tobacco to state:”
I laugh every time I see that weak ass statement displayed in convenience stores.
If you gor hit by a bus your chance for recovery would be better as a non-smoker than a smoker.
It references general body health and the sorts of things that make you age and die. Heart health, lung condition, oral health, stroke risk, skin quality, etc. All of that stuff is affected negatively by smoking. Stopping nearly instantly makes these things better, and they improve over time. So basically if you stop smoking, any way you could die of natural causes drops.
Dying from all causes sounds like a really rough last page.
Doctor, what did he die of? … Everything!
Basically yeah, obviously no. Cause of death isn’t broken down nearly as far as people think it is. You can check it out on the CDC’s Web portal. So while you can get the results for motor vehicle accidents, you may not get the results for motor vehicle versus pedestrian.
So all they’re actually claiming is that in the statistics, people who quit smoking are less represented in every category.
I’d think it would be pretty hard for one person to die from all of them
Oh yeah? Try and stop me!
Smoking causes death in many ways.
As a former ICU nurse I can tell you that someone who has been taking good care of their body, is fit and healthy, has a better chance of survival and less complications while recovering as someone who didn’t. No matter the injury.
If you get hit by a bus and your lung is compromised it has a harder time compensating for the injury if it was already damaged.
So yes. You might have a better chance to survive a car crash if you haven’t been smoking.
Wild and well put, thanks!
You might have a better chance to survive a car crash if you haven’t been smoking.
That’s probably why I’ve survived so many car crashes.
It sounds a bit like your poor driving is the cause for you to survive so many car crashes.
But not poor enough to cause any fatal crashes. There’s a driving skill sweet spot where you have maximum crash survival.
You can have one fatal crash. As a treat.
There’s your problem. I haven’t survived a car crash since I started smoking!
That’s interesting. I hadn’t thought of that. Thanks.
