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• Ajen@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  7 minutes per puff? Who says that?

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  • dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s a very rough approximation which was used in anti-smoking campaigns, at least in the 90s/00s.

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    • Ajen@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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?

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      • dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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• Johnmannesca@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I think it’s logarithmic

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