TIL of the Japanese Smoking paradox. The rate of lung cancer is lower in Japan than in the US despite a higher rate of smokers in Japan User nbcte760, in the Today I Learned (TIL) subreddit, 02 Mar 2017
TIL American men are over 10x more likely to get lung cancer than their Japanese counterparts, despite Japanese men being more likely to smoke cigarettes. This is known as the Japanese Smoking Paradox. User Moonbroth, in the Today I Learned (TIL) subreddit, 30 Jun 2016