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Originally Posted by cdcox
In 1965 52% of males and 34% of females in the US smoked. Warning labels were implemented in 1966. In 2007, 24% of males and 18% of females in the US smoked. I think the effort to inform the public about the dangers of smoking (while allowing individuals to make their own personal decisions), of which warning labels was only one arm of the campaign, is clearly one of the things government got right.
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You know, I have heard these statistics before, and I think they are absolute bullshit.
If only 24% of all males are smokers, every damn one of them must live within a 100 mile radius of me.
I just do not believe those numbers for one second (Yes, I am a non-smoker).