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[โ€“] kbal@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago

It says that the prevalence of smoking has continued to decline, making the headline a little misleading. I suppose what they mean is that enough people still smoke that changing that is one more potential way to further increase life expectancy โ€” but if they simply said that directly it wouldn't be a surprise to anyone.