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The article is bollox and I don't need to look at it. It's probably aimed at the American market where if you drink 2 beers you are an alcoholic.
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I like how the infographics totally miss the point of info graphics too
If you have to caption each image on the graphic then you might as well have just listed them as bullet points.
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The graphic that shows how they calculate the numbers shows it's complete bollocks.
By the same logic, if I drive my car at 150mph to work every day I'll likely die by the time I'm 40 - so if I go out for a spin tonight at 150 mph I'll lose 15 years.
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I went through that list and according to that bollocks I died 173 years ago!
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Read doodab's thread from the beginning, that'll put some real life perspective on it...
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Are you chronic?
Surprised I made it past 30.
How many years is drinking, drugs and smoking shaving off YOUR life? | Daily Mail Online
graphics are fun, nanny saysHow many years are your bad habits shaving off YOUR life? Terrifying graphic reveals how one cigarette cuts 14 minutes, while an alcoholic drink could cost almost 7 hours
New website has calculated the cost of an addiction in years and hours
Smoking a pack of 20 cigarettes a day cuts ten years off a person's life
Drinking two or more alcoholic drinks every day cuts 23 years off a life
Cocaine addicts lose up to 34 years, with each dose costing 5.6 hours
Methadone users cut their lives by 38 years, and die at an average age of 41
A heroin addiction will cut 42 years off a person's life, killing them at age 38
Lifetime methamphetamine users lose 42 years, each dose costing 11 hoursTags: None
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