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The difference is that the average smoker dies at 80, and the average alcoholic dies at 35.


Source? 35 feels realllly young, but I guess it depends on what’s considered an “average” alcoholic. If someone is spending their entire day drinking string liquors everyday, I can maybe see that.


I was being approximate, but here is the more nuanced explanation:

"This study found an average of 93,296 alcohol-attributable deaths (255 deaths per day) and 2.7 million YPLL (29 years of life lost per death, on average) in the United States each year."

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6930a1.htm

Whereas smoking reduces life expectancy by "only" ~12 years.


80 sounds old for smoking to.




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