(Almost) As Bad As Smoking - Revision history

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Eggs (again) - April 2017

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	However it often isn't as the following show.		However it often isn't as the following show.
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		+	== Lonliness (again) 2023 ==
		+	{{quote\|1=WASHINGTON (AP) — Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking up to 15 cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually, the U.S. surgeon general said Tuesday in declaring the latest public health epidemic.<ref><[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/loneliness-poses-health-risks-as-deadly-as-smoking-u-s-surgeon-general-says Loneliness poses health risks as deadly as smoking, U.S. surgeon general says] - [PBS]</ref>}}

	== Living in a City (air, again) 2019 ==		== Living in a City (air, again) 2019 ==

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	{{quote\|In the future, incense might need to carry a health warning, just like tobacco. That’s the conclusion of researchers who for the first time have compared the effects of burning incense indoors to inhaling tobacco smoke.<ref>[http://www.sciencealert.com/incense-could-be-more-harmful-than-cigarette-smoke-researchers-find Incense could be more harmful than cigarette smoke, researchers find] - Science Alert</ref>}}		{{quote\|In the future, incense might need to carry a health warning, just like tobacco. That’s the conclusion of researchers who for the first time have compared the effects of burning incense indoors to inhaling tobacco smoke.<ref>[http://www.sciencealert.com/incense-could-be-more-harmful-than-cigarette-smoke-researchers-find Incense could be more harmful than cigarette smoke, researchers find] - Science Alert</ref>}}
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		+	== Sugar - 2014 ==
		+	{{quote\|1='Sugar is the new tobacco': Cuts to amounts hidden in food could halt obesity epidemic, claim doctors<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/sugar-new-tobacco-cuts-amounts-hidden-food-could-halt-obesity-epidemic-doctors-claim-9047785.html 'Sugar is the new tobacco': Cuts to amounts hidden in food could halt obesity epidemic, claim doctors] - The Independant</ref> }}
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		+	Maybe, but difficult to blame it since sugar consumption has declined since 1980<ref>[https://velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.com/2014/11/calorie-consumption-revisited-no-3-sugar.html Calorie consumption revisited (no. 3): Sugar ] - Velvet Glove, Iron Fist</ref>...

	== Sitting down - 17 Jun 2014 ==		== Sitting down - 17 Jun 2014 ==

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	However it often isn't as the following show.		However it often isn't as the following show.
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		+	== Living in a City (air, again) 2019 ==
		+	{{quote\|1=THE air pollution that city dwellers are exposed to is as bad for the health as smoking a packet of cigarettes a day, a shock report warns.
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		+	Breathing in fumes from traffic, planes, power plants and industry on a long-term, regular basis is causing growing numbers of urban non-smokers to develop chronic lung disease, experts say.
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		+	Just a decade of city living was found to do the same damage as 29 years of puffing on 20 cigarettes daily.<ref>[https://www.metro.news/city-living-bad-as-20-fags-a-day-scale-of-damage-caused-by-air-pollution-exposed-in-shock-report/1674505/ City living bad as 20 fags a day: Scale of damage caused by air pollution exposed in shock report] - The Metro</ref>}}
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		+	10 years of smoking == 30 years of 20-a-day - that's more like 60-a-day, not 20...

	== Porn - October 2018 ==		== Porn - October 2018 ==

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	However it often isn't as the following show.		However it often isn't as the following show.
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		+	== Porn - October 2018 ==
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		+	{{quote\|Pornography causes so much harm it should be treated like cigarettes and reckless driving, MPs demanded last night.
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		+	Members of the Commons women and equalities committee said porn should receive as much public funding as other major health issues.<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6304743/Porn-harmful-cigarettes-treated-major-health-crisis.html Porn is as 'harmful as cigarettes' and must be treated as a major health crisis with new restrictions on social media, MPS warn] - [[Daily Mail]]</ref>}}
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		+	{{quote\|The report recommended the Government should “take an evidence based approach to addressing the harms of pornography, similar to the huge investment there has been over many years in tackling road safety, or preventing public health problems caused by lawful behaviour such as smoking”.<ref>[https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7557572/porn-harmful-smoking-public-health-issue/ Porn is ‘as harmful as smoking’ and must be treated as major public health issue, MPs warn] - [[The Sun]]</ref>}}

	== Air - October 2018 ==		== Air - October 2018 ==

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	However it often isn't as the following show.		However it often isn't as the following show.
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		+	== Air - October 2018 ==
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		+	{{quote\|“The world has turned the corner on tobacco. Now it must do the same for the ‘new tobacco’ – the toxic air that billions breathe every day,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO’s director general. “No one, rich or poor, can escape air pollution. It is a silent public health emergency.”
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		+	[...]
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		+	Globally, with smoking on the decline, air pollution now causes more deaths annually than tobacco. However, researchers think the harm known to be caused by air pollution, such as heart attacks and lung disease, is only “the tip of the iceberg”.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/27/air-pollution-is-the-new-tobacco-warns-who-head Air pollution is the ‘new tobacco’, warns WHO head] - [[The Guardian]]</ref>}}

	== Plastic bottles - May 2018 ==		== Plastic bottles - May 2018 ==

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		+	== Plastic bottles - May 2018 ==
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		+	{{quote\|Wayward pupils sneaking a cigarette behind the bike shed could soon be joined by another group of reprobates at a leading private school.
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		+	Brighton College has banned disposable plastic bottles and said that it would punish those caught using them in the same way as it dealt with smokers.
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		+	The ban extends to plastic straws and non-biodegradable cups and will apply to staff as well.<ref>[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/brighton-colleges-plastic-ban-will-treat-disposable-bottles-like-cigarettes-mhvm86znj Pupils using plastic straws and bottles will be punished like smokers at Brighton College] - The Times</ref>}}

	== Plus-size Models - August 2017 ==		== Plus-size Models - August 2017 ==

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 Such a shame about all those people in wheelchairs who are going to die of lung cancer then...
-== Indoor Suntanning - April 2014 ===
+== Indoor Suntanning - April 2014 ==
 {{quote|...we show that the number of skin cancer cases due to indoor tanning is higher than the number of lung cancer cases due to smoking in the same regions..<ref>[https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/fullarticle/1818976 International Prevalence of Indoor Tanning] - JAMA Network</ref>}}
 == Taking your kids to McDonalds - [[Chris Brewis]]; Independant member of Lincolnshire county council - 25 Sep 2012 ==

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	Such a shame about all those people in wheelchairs who are going to die of lung cancer then...		Such a shame about all those people in wheelchairs who are going to die of lung cancer then...
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		+	== Indoor Suntanning - April 2014 ===
		+	{{quote\|...we show that the number of skin cancer cases due to indoor tanning is higher than the number of lung cancer cases due to smoking in the same regions..<ref>[https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/fullarticle/1818976 International Prevalence of Indoor Tanning] - JAMA Network</ref>}}
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	== Taking your kids to McDonalds - [[Chris Brewis]]; Independant member of Lincolnshire county council - 25 Sep 2012 ==		== Taking your kids to McDonalds - [[Chris Brewis]]; Independant member of Lincolnshire county council - 25 Sep 2012 ==

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		+	== Plus-size Models - August 2017 ==
		+	{{quote\|Health officials in Australia have expressed concerned over "drastically overweight" models being "glorified" on the runway.
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		+	The Australian Medical Association NSW President, Brad Frankham, told the Daily Telegraph he believes it sends a dangerous message that's as damaging as promoting models who are severely underweight.
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		+	Dr Frankhum also stated that he believes there is a "fine line" between being "confident" and promoting something he considers unhealthy.<ref>[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11898474 Health officials: Plus size models as bad as promoting smoking] - nzherald.co.nz</ref>}}

	== Eggs (again) - April 2017 ==		== Eggs (again) - April 2017 ==

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 An organisation that claims to be on the "frontlines fighting to protect farmed animals" highlights, and possibly deliberately misinterprets, some dodgy research that melds quite closely to their stated ideals:
-{{quote|Because egg yolks are loaded with cholesterol, a known risk factor for coronary artery disease and heart attacks, they are as dangerous as cigarettes according to scientists.<ref[http://www.mercyforanimals.org/heres-why-eating-1-egg-per-day-is-just-as Here’s Why Eating 1 Egg per Day Is Just as Bad as Smoking 5 Cigarettes] - Mercy for Animals]}}
+{{quote|Because egg yolks are loaded with cholesterol, a known risk factor for coronary artery disease and heart attacks, they are as dangerous as cigarettes according to scientists.<ref>[http://www.mercyforanimals.org/heres-why-eating-1-egg-per-day-is-just-as Here’s Why Eating 1 Egg per Day Is Just as Bad as Smoking 5 Cigarettes] - Mercy for Animals</ref>}}
 == Lonliness/No Friends - August 2016 ==