searing hot saturday take: we’ve underestimated the effect smoking bans had on rising obesity rates and I’m not sure this is as clear of a tradeoff as we think it is
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That’s a cute take, but if you look at the entirety of the literature on this subject, being a smoker is *way* worse for your health than being overweight. But I appreciate the second-order thinking
to clarify, both lead to bad health outcomes, smoking almost decidedly more so. the point here is if you did a factor analysis of things driving obesity rates, smoking bans would be higher than almost anyone would guess and the outcomes gap smaller.
