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Cigarette smoking causes about one of every five deaths in the United States each year.1,6 Cigarette smoking is estimated to cause the following: More than 480,000 deaths annually (including deaths from secondhand smoke) 278,544 deaths annually among men (including deaths from secondhand smoke) 201,773 deaths annually among women (including deaths from secondhand smoke)

Cigarette smoking causes premature death:

Life expectancy for smokers is at least 10 years shorter than for nonsmokers.
Quitting smoking before the age of 40 reduces the risk of dying from smoking-related disease by about 90%.

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/health_effects/tobacco_related_mortality/index.htm

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My point was that they're making fun of a guy who was skeptical about cigarettes being bad on a false premise (not enough data which at the time could have been argued, but it still went against common sense) , and they equated the false premise to skepticism of the vaccine.

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the irony flows from the smoker being skeptical about the vaccine.

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Not really, COVID is some man made biological plot device. The vaccine is unnecessary.

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you do realize there is much more knowledge in the public domain about the risks of smoking vs the risks of this experimental gene therapy.

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Dude, motor vehicles cause more deaths per state,city,county,country,than ANY other device on the planet,what's your solution for that?Ban cars?

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Dryer lint fires cause about 10 deaths per year. The NSA should monitor all our lint screens.