Jeramus t1_j2fj3am wrote
Reply to comment by r3dl3g in ELI5: It’s quite clear that alcohol and cigarettes are bad for our health, why are they still around? by kinotico
Support your last sentence.
Alcohol use causes about 140,000 deaths each year in the US. https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/features/excessive-alcohol-deaths.html#:~:text=More%20than%20140%2C000%20people%20die,in%20the%20U.S.%20each%20year.
Cigarettes cause 480,000 deaths in the US each year. https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/tobacco_related_mortality/index.htm#:~:text=Cigarettes%20and%20Death,-Cigarette%20smoking%20causes&text=More%20than%20480%2C000%20deaths%20annually,including%20deaths%20from%20secondhand%20smoke)
Over 600,000 deaths a year is far more than a rounding error.
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