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Originally Posted by moeloubani
Ruins 12 young lives every day? What kind of BS stat is that? LOL
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It came from same place as the "3000 children start smoking every day" statistic we've been hearing for decades.
It was made up.
The only difference is, it's been well-documented by now that the "3000 children" was made up.
When people who are "anti-anything" (usually because they're benefitting in some way) --- they find it awfully easy to find a random statistic somewhere, embrace it and extend it to be "truth" - and promulgate it. That's what happened with "3000 children" and I have no doubt it's the same thing for "12 young lives."