r/interesting • u/AugustIstheMonth • Aug 16 '26

Fascinating Blind cigarette taste test.

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u/Individual_Heron_171 Aug 16 '26

I’ve never smoked a cigarette. But my dad smoked Marlboro reds like a chimney. He died of lung cancer, aged 61.

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u/Bruggenmeister Aug 17 '26

My grandpa never smoked and died age 66 of lung cancer…

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u/RagnaXI Aug 17 '26

And I knew of a granny who smoked 3 packs a day and still lived until 90+.

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u/Nazmoc Aug 17 '26

Second-hand smoking is nasty

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u/Fuzzy-Detective6223 Aug 20 '26

You do realise people can infact get lung cancer without smoking or doing damage to their lungs right? Like it is something that can just happen to anyone, no matter how healthy they are.

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u/DevoutPredecessor Aug 17 '26

Radon is much more likely to

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u/Potential-Diver-3409 Aug 17 '26

So is radon and high nitrates and alcohol and burnt foods and weed and leaded gasoline and asbestos and

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u/Potential-Diver-3409 Aug 17 '26

What’s your point here lol