• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Literally yes, it is, in plenty of scenarios. Smoking, for example, causes cancer. So if you get cancer as a result of smoking… that was preventable.

    And deaths from cancer even more so. A lot of cancers can be extremely survivable if caught early.

    Although the article talks about much more than just cancer.

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      3 months ago

      Oh. Good to know lung cancer is only caused by smoking. I’ll let the doctors know, thanks.

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        3 months ago

        Again you’re trying to sound clever but instead sounding… well… I’ll let you work that one out on your own.

        I didn’t say lung cancer was only caused by smoking. I said smoking causes cancer (and not just in the lungs, btw).

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        3 months ago

        They didn’t say cancer was only a result of smoking, but that smoking could cause cancer. You beat down a scarecrow of their argument, well done /s