[djf]

Smoking is the number one cause of preventable deaths in the Unites States...

I believe this is wrong. Pretty sure I heard that obesity and it’s complications have surpassed smoking by a significant amount.

[neverdem]

"Smoking is the number one cause of preventable deaths in the Unites States..."

I believe this is wrong. Pretty sure I heard that obesity and it’s complications have surpassed smoking by a significant amount.

I think that they mean that in the sense that smoking starts as a choice, even if it becomes an addiction. Obviously, not eating is incompatible with life.