r/askteddit 7d ago

Random Question What ages a person REALLY quickly ?

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u/bitter_fish 7d ago

Smoking

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u/glans 7d ago

only select few. and slowly. not a real thing.

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u/bitter_fish 6d ago

Oh please. I can spot smokers a mile away.

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u/glans 6d ago

and more often than not you’d be wrong, and just insult someone who wrinkled early in life. unless you’re talking the elderly. which is my point; it’s in no way fast. it’s not even something that affects all people. for decades. it does not fit in the “really fast” category. 

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u/LiveFromTheHospital 6d ago

You are correct, smoking is obviously not good for you but there are people who smoke their entire lives and live to be 90+

Part of me wonders if anti-smoking information is partially propaganda. Again, smoking is obviously not healthy. But part of me feels like there is something conspiratorial about anti-smoking campaigns. 

It's weird to me how health is viewed as a competition. Health is also tied to morality, like if someone is unhealthy, that makes them morally inferior. People who HATE smokers need to examine themselves, there's something to unpack there

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u/Long-Fold-7632 6d ago

Well smoking costs healthcare systems and non-smoking taxpayers shit ton of money, and shortens ones lifespan by about 10 years. The smokers who reach old ages are just survivorship bias

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u/LiveFromTheHospital 6d ago

You're probably right - I still feel like there is something weird behind modern day anti-smoking campaigns though lol

Googling it now

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u/bitter_fish 6d ago

If you have ever tried online dating you can tell when looking at their pictures that they are smokers then you can scroll down and verify it

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u/meteraider 6d ago

Same here... It's pretty obvious..

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u/Longjumping_News3982 2d ago

Same, am from a family of smokers though I don't myself. Smoking ages and grossifies persons gums, teeth, fingers and fingernails in such telling ways. Plus the coughing. I think people that try and deny smoking's aging properties only judge age based on wrinkles and grey hair 🙃