Astounding Beer Research

[Broothru]

“A sobering discovery has led to Cambridge University academics calling on the government to stop serving beer in pints to reduce Britain's alcohol intake. A study found that beer consumption dropped by 10% when pubs shelved pint glasses and served customers with glasses two thirds the size instead.”

They’re gonna’ need a bigger glass!

 

[Agent]

They probably kept charging the usual pint price just to keep suspicions down.

 

[MaxStout]

Perhaps they should get rid of their truth-in-advertising law, pour into these, and call them "pints," like they do in the U.S.

 

[Broken Crow]

A study by behavioural scientists and not bio-med? Sounds suspiciously sponsered by the chains that have taken over the UK pubs wanting to raise profit margins.

 

[MaxStout]

A call for shrinkflation, under the guise of "reducing alcohol intake." They get to charge more per ounce, and look like the good guys. Brilliant.

 

[pvpeacock]

Sounds like California's raising the cigarette tax exponentially "to curb smoking" (good) when the real reason was for increased tax revenue (bad).

 

[mac_1103]

Sounds like California's raising the cigarette tax exponentially "to curb smoking" (good) when the real reason was for increased tax revenue (bad).

Well, they've got to pay for all that cancer treatment somehow...

 

[day_trippr]

I'd say CA and the other states that are hammering tobacco usage are doing the right thing compared to the states that DGAF...

Lung cancer incidence by state...

 

[shoengine]

I'd say CA and the other states that are hammering tobacco usage are doing the right thing compared to the states that DGAF...

Lung cancer incidence by state...

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To be fair, demographics play a role as well...

I thought alcohol intake was trending down after the return to office initiatives. Apparently not?

 

[hottpeper13]

My doctor asked how many beers I drink a day and i told him, I have a 4 tap kegerator and have 4 beers a day. He suggested I use a smaller glass, now i have 6-7 glasses a day. Didn't work!

 

[Broothru]

My doctor asked how many beers I drink a day and i told him, I have a 4 tap kegerator and have 4 beers a day. He suggested I use a smaller glass, now i have 6-7 glasses a day. Didn't work!

 

[rlrohan]

I used to smoke long long time ago and quit when we started having kids. It was a great health and economic decision. Now I have way more money for brewing!

 

[bwible]

I'd say CA and the other states that are hammering tobacco usage are doing the right thing compared to the states that DGAF...

Lung cancer incidence by state...

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Yet they’re making weed legal everywhere. Smh

 

[mac_1103]

Yet they’re making weed legal everywhere.

Well they're not making tobacco illegal anywhere, so there's that.

 

[rlrohan]

Well they're not making tobacco illegal anywhere, so there's that.

They’ll never make tobacco illegal. There’s too much tax money to collect. Same goes for why pot is being made legal. Alcohol is in the same category. Protected just because there is so much tax to collect.

 

[GoeHaarden]

I'd say CA and the other states that are hammering tobacco usage are doing the right thing compared to the states that DGAF...

Lung cancer incidence by state...

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To be fair, a lot of U.S. coal has been mined in those regional hotspots shown on your map. You could probably overlay a map of where our coal mines are located and it would paint the same picture. Kind of interesting actually. I'm pretty sure CA stopped mining in the 40-50's. Just food for thought, and a shout out to my Appalachian brotheren...thanks for the energy!!

 

[Broothru]

To be fair, a lot of U.S. coal has been mined in those regional hotspots shown on your map. You could probably overlay a map of where our coal mines are located and it would paint the same picture. Kind of interesting actually. I'm pretty sure CA stopped mining in the 40-50's. Just food for thought, and a shout out to my Appalachian brotheren...thanks for the energy!!

Also considerable radon gas present that gets trapped in basement areas. Tasteless and odorless, as well as non-flammable. But is considered to be a major contributor to lung cancer. Overlay maps of radon areas match up with locations with major coal mining areas, especially those areas with deep shaft mines.

 

[GoeHaarden]

Also considerable radon gas present that gets trapped in basement areas. Tasteless and odorless, as well as non-flammable. But is considered to be a major contributor to lung cancer. Overlay maps of radon areas match up with locations with major coal mining areas, especially those areas with deep shaft mines.

True. True. Had a radon mitigation system in my previous house and my levels were still borderline unsafe.

 

[mac_1103]

Smoking and second had smoke are responsible for 480,000 deaths in the US each year. That's 15% of all deaths from all causes. The correlation of cigarette smoking with lung cancer is probably greater than the correlations of all of those other things combined. If you smoke, you will get lung cancer, unless you die of COPD or heart disease first.

 

[Broothru]

Smoking and second had smoke are responsible for 480,000 deaths in the US each year. That's 15% of all deaths from all causes. The correlation of cigarette smoking with lung cancer is probably greater than the correlations of all of those other things combined. If you smoke, you will get lung cancer, unless you die of COPD or heart disease first.

For people mining coal, smoking caused cancers are exacerbated by radon exposure, as well as coal dust induced black lung disease. Lots of coal dust and radon down in those shafts, plus lots of miners who started smoking in their early teens.

As crazy as it may seem, WW2 saved my Dad, and probably me, from a life in the mines. A few of my cousins, not so much.

 

[mac_1103]

Mining coal is obviously a very dangerous occupation in terms of both acute risks and chronic diseases, especially the way it was done in the past. But there are fewer than 40,000 coal miners in the US today. Almost 50 million Americans use tobacco.

 

[GoeHaarden]

Mining coal is obviously a very dangerous occupation in terms of both acute risks and chronic diseases, especially the way it was done in the past. But there are fewer than 40,000 coal miners in the US today. Almost 50 million Americans use tobacco.

Right, but maybe there is a demographic correlation to the regions where these coal and industrial cities reside. Rurality and poverty, both of which are usually traits of coal mining regions, show an increased likelihood of tobacco smoking. Hmm. I think we're on to something.

Man we're getting deep here.