I think it’s logarithmic
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dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 4 months agoOne inhalation on a single cigarette is said to reduce your life by 7 minutes. How does this apply here? Is the scale linear or exponential?
Johnmannesca@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Ajen@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
7 minutes per puff? Who says that?
dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 4 months ago
It’s a very rough approximation which was used in anti-smoking campaigns, at least in the 90s/00s.
Ajen@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
A lot of that was exaggerated. 7 minutes per puff really doesn’t sound realistic. But since it convinced people to stop smoking I guess everyone agreed it was OK?
dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 4 months ago
I really don’t have a clue, but calculating averages might yield results which don’t represent a directly applicable value. If some people lose tens of years due to dramatic complications, it could weigh up a lot for people who barely lose any life length.
Again, I’m just guessing wildly, but anything which scares people away from smoking is good in my opinion.