Its also about a close cousin to trolling, in the constellation of motivations that make right-wingers such baffling and exhausting people: Toxic masculinity
It is still possible either: (1) that the supposed effect is really the cause, or in this case that incipient cancer, or a pre-cancerous condition with chronic inflammation, is a factor in inducing the smoking of cigarettes, or (2) that cigarette smoking and lung cancer, though not mutually causative, are both influenced by a common cause, in this case the individual genotype
I personally have first-hand experience of someone who has smoked for most of their (very short) life
"I got the script and I was like, 'Wow, this is literally about a bunch of kids playing baseball.'" But being a sports guy who cried watching Field of Dreams, Leary took the part against his better judgment
Dramatic, and bold
###### This research was funded by the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development