It's not that surprising. Smoking has been on the decline in the USA for decades (The article is from Australia though). Getting fat on the other hand.. Well, that has been on the rise for decades. Archive: https://archive.today/psI4t From the post: >>Living with overweight or obesity has overtaken tobacco smoking as the leading risk factor contributing to disease burden in 2024, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The Australian Burden of Disease Study 2024 estimates the millions of years of healthy life Australians lose because of injury, illness or premature death – measuring over 200 diseases and injuries. This report also provides estimates of how much of this disease burden can be attributed to 20 individual risk factors such as alcohol use, physical inactivity, poor diet, overweight or obesity and tobacco smoking. Overweight, including obesity, overtook tobacco use as the leading risk factor in 2024, driven by a substantial fall (41%) in the burden attributable to tobacco use since 2003.