Yosarian2 comments on Measuring lethality in reduced expected heartbeats - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Yosarian2 04 January 2014 02:46:38PM *  1 point [-]

This may imply that if we get decent anti-aging tech, smoking won't be a serious risk.

Not necessarily; more likely, it just means that damage is cumulative over time. Most people don't start smoking when they're 45, so it's not really a direct comparison.

Also, smoking seems to negatively affect brain health as well, which is problematic since reversing brain degradation might be harder then other types of anti-aging technology.