If you quit smoking, you substantially increase the odds that you die in a car accident (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by bayaz@kbin.social to c/showerthoughts@kbin.social

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You could replace "car accident" with pretty much any non-smoking-related cause of death, but car accident is one of the most likely (in the USA) and sounded the weirdest when it occurred to me.

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[-] kobra@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Conversely, you substantially reduce your risk of dying to a heart attack or cancer by no longer wearing seat belts while driving!

[-] bayaz@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

All the time I spent thinking about this, and it never occurred to me to flip it around. I love it!

this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2023

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