# What is worse: tobacco or sausages (opinion question)

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**Created:** [August 27, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-worse-tobacco-or-sausages-opinion-question/970437 "2022-08-27T16:36:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-worse-tobacco-or-sausages-opinion-question/970437/9 "2022-08-27T21:48:54Z")

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> Smoking only about one cigarette per day carries a risk of developing coronary heart disease and stroke much greater than expected: around half that for people who smoke 20 per day. No safe level of smoking exists for cardiovascular disease. ([Source](https://www.bmj.com/content/360/bmj.j5855#:~:text=Conclusions%20Smoking%20only%20about%20one,smoking%20exists%20for%20cardiovascular%20disease))

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> This is particularly relevant because heart disease — not lung cancer, as many people think — is the greatest health risk associated with smoking. Heart disease causes nearly half of all smoking-related deaths, according to _The_ _BMJ_ . ([Source](https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/even-one-cigarette-a-day-is-too-many))

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