That's not necessarily the cause here.

While rates in the US may be rising, they are still below countries like Japan, Italy, France, and the UK.

selfmodruntime 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

All of those countries (except the UK) have a ton of people who are cigarette smokers. For comparison, a third of french adults smoke tobacco. Most US adults who use nicotine don't do so via tobacco, with Japan (the third lowest in the group) having double the cigarette smokers than the US and France having 3-4 times as many.

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traceroute66 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> While rates in the US may be rising, they are still below countries like Japan, Italy, France, and the UK.

Average life expectancy in Japan is 85 with average 88 female and 82 male.

Meanwhile US is 79 (avg), 81 (f), 76 (m).

So I suspect diet and lifestyle is still more likely to kill you in the US.

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