Peter Attia· MD
our evaluation was that that the harms of alcohol is considerably greater than the harms of tobacco
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our evaluation was that that the harms of alcohol is considerably greater than the harms of tobacco
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tobacco came out at about number six or seventh and the tobacco anti-tobacco got really agitated they say it is the most harmful drug because it kills more people and we said yeah but that's right it kills more people but they often die in their 50s and 60s alcohol is killing people in their 20s and that's more important we think our evaluation was that that the harms of alcohol is considerably greater than the harms of tobacco
yeah but that's right it kills more people but they often die in their 50s and 60s alcohol is killing people in their 20s and that's more important we think our evaluation was that that the harms of alcohol is considerably greater than the harms of tobacco