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'Let them smoke and die': How Aussies reacted to smoking cancer link in 1964 (www.abc.net.au)
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[โ€“] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is so crazy. I still don't understand how people can have such little regard for their future selves.

[โ€“] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

tbf smoking is really great, it's just sad that in 60 years computers have gone from the size of a room to fitting in your pocket with a 10 million times the power but cigarettes are still shit for us