Hacker News with Generative AI: Smoking

Single cigarette takes 20 minutes off life expectancy, study finds (theguardian.com)
Smokers are being urged to kick the habit for 2025 after a fresh assessment of the harms of cigarettes found they shorten life expectancy even more than doctors thought.
Health, Smoking, Life Expectancy, Research
38 points by isaacfrond 19 days ago | 85 comments
Greeks Are Defying an Indoor Smoking Ban (nytimes.com)
Greeks smoke more than most other Europeans, and even 14 years after Greece banned smoking in indoor public places, it is not uncommon to see people light up in bars and clubs.
Greece, Public Health, Smoking, Culture
12 points by ivewonyoung 19 days ago | 0 comments
Being overweight overtakes tobacco smoking as the leading disease risk factor (scimex.org)
Living with overweight or obesity has overtaken tobacco smoking as the leading risk factor contributing to disease burden in 2024, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Health, Public Health, Obesity, Smoking, Australia
317 points by giuliomagnifico 38 days ago | 347 comments
In the moral panic over vaping, we risk forgetting that cigarettes kill (theguardian.com)
Bans and taxes on the most popular and effective aid for giving up smoking could lead to a major health crisis
Public Health, Smoking, Vaping, Policy
4 points by throwaway55479 69 days ago | 0 comments
Regardless of age, quitting cigarette smoking will add years to your life (newatlas.com)
A new study has found that, whether you do it at 35 or 75, quitting cigarette smoking will add years to your life.
Health, Smoking, Longevity
29 points by yusufaytas 101 days ago | 48 comments
No smoking in your own home, California city orders residents (thetimes.com)
Smoking, Public Policy, California, Law
16 points by voisin 144 days ago | 26 comments
Pac-Man on a vape: electronic cigarettes target youth as gaming devices (tobaccocontrol.bmj.com)
Smoking, Vaping, Youth, Marketing, Gaming
9 points by geox 182 days ago | 5 comments
How to get 7th graders to smoke (experimental-history.com)
Smoking, Education, History
205 points by HR01 248 days ago | 252 comments
Smoking Is Awesome [video] (youtube.com)
Smoking, Health, Video, Controversial Topics
16 points by TheFreim 252 days ago | 3 comments
Asian American women are getting lung cancer despite never smoking (nbcnews.com)
Health, Cancer, Asian American, Smoking, Women
148 points by panabee 267 days ago | 146 comments