• Sneezycat@sopuli.xyz
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    8 months ago

    I’d like to see the dose from smoking cigarettes everyday. Maybe I’ll get a scare!

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      8 months ago

      Unlikely. If you’re not scared of all the non-radioactive poisons in cigarettes, you’re not gonna be scared from the radiation. According to this, about 360 µSv each year for a pack a day smoking. Comparative things are in the green section, e.g. yearly dose from potassium in body.

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      8 months ago

      I found this: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672370/#:~:text=In estimating the radiation dose,is 252 μSv in total.

      It gives an effective dose of 252 μSv per year, which according to the chart puts it in the green section. Right around the EPA’s yearly release limit from nuclear power plants, but below what you’d get from your bodies own natural potassium or even getting apparently a single mammogram. Not good, but I guess not horrible, though I imagine it adds up over time and the harm from cigarettes may be more chemical than radioactive. Smoking isn’t worth it.