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Comment author: [deleted] 30 March 2014 08:42:20AM *  0 points [-]

and a clear majority (67% to 82%, depending on the country) reported an intention to quit within the next year


[a]bout 10% or more of smokers did not believe that smoking causes heart disease

Muhammad Wang fallacy. Those numbers sum up to less than 100%, so it's well possible that all (or nearly all) smokers aware that smoking causes heart disease (would claim they) want to quit.