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Smoking is not binary either; there's a world of difference between a couple cigarettes a week while at the bar vs. a pack a day every day.


Funnily enough, there isn't (that is, there is some, but not so much as you would thing). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2865193/

It's the reason I've personally ceased my "smoking when drinking" habit.


That study is for “4-7 cigarettes per day”. Still quite heavy.


And there's a world of difference between not inhaling smoke vs only inhaling smoke when you're drinking.

Inhaling smoke isn't good for you.


> Inhaling smoke isn't good for you.

Sure. Neither is being overweight, which is just as measurable as nicotine use. (Probably more measurable, since you can't easily lie about being overweight.)


How do you know that?

(Also, if true, that still makes smoking not a binary)




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