# Why does anyone today under seventy years old smoke cigarettes?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 13, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-anyone-today-under-seventy-years-old-smoke-cigarettes/960990 "2022-03-13T20:57:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-anyone-today-under-seventy-years-old-smoke-cigarettes/960990/36 "2022-03-17T00:20:56Z")

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I feel like the answer to this thread is largely the same as the answer to [What happened to "credibility"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-credibility/961029)

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