The anti-smoking “experts” refuse to differentiate between having a cigarette or two a day vs a pack or two a day.
In the real world that makes a big difference—and most people are entirely capable of controlling their “addiction” to nicotine.
In other words, why some people have longevity genes and others don’t. Most centenarians can do pretty much anything with protective genes that delay aging and offering protection against age-related diseases or they would not have made it that far.
“The anti-smoking “experts” refuse to differentiate between having a cigarette or two a day vs a pack or two a day.”
I smoke the Marlboro Red 72’s and they’re shorter than a standard length of cigarette, so if I smoke them about 3/4 of the way down and average 2 1/2 of those a day like that...I’m not really “killing” myself or addicted to nicotine, right?
For data analysis purposes, the CDC considers you a smoker if you have had more than 100 cigarettes in your life time.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/tobacco/tobacco_glossary.htm
And even then, a lot of those people didn’t want to smell like an ashtray all day, and also wanted to be able to taste their foodand drink normally.