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Originally Posted by Azure
So is fast food.
822 people die per day from obesity related problems, while 13,500 die from smoking problems.
Kicker is....the latter is falling, while the former is rising.
How soon until the trend changes, and how soon until a sin tax is put on fast food?
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Well, the latter would have to fall a lot before it's "only as bad" as obesity. Those numbers, to me, make the opposite point--that as bad a killer as obesity is (And you'll get no argument from me that it's a major problem), smoking is almost 17 times as harmful.