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[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Huh I'm surprised smoking has only declined by 25% in the lat 20 years. I'd have guessed at least 50%.

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The decline in smoking started well before 20 years ago, smoking rates used to be like 50% of the adult population, now it's down to 10%ish.

However, based on online graphs, it seems like it has been closer to 50% over the last 20 years.

https://uwaterloo.ca/tobacco-use-canada/adult-tobacco-use/smoking-canada/historical-trends-smoking-prevalence https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/can/canada/smoking-rate-statistics

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Lies, damn lies, and statistics, eh? Thanks for the sources!

[–] knexcar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well it feels like more people are smoking weed than they used to.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

And the myth than weed is not addictive still rages on the internet.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

20 years ago was 2005. It declined heavily from the 80s.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

20 years ago was 2005

[Matt Damon ageing GIF]