There was another one a little while ago that said "even 1 drink a day isn't safe!" ... With a 1 in 1000 chance of dying to some alcohol related cause.

These never give any kind of timeline to the risk, too. Like is that a 1 in 25 chance of dying slightly sooner than normal but with alcohol related to that death or a 1 in 25 chance your life will be cut drastically short? My guess would be a mix.

Even with smoking, I remember seeing a stat of something like a 1 in 2 chance of developing a major smoking-related illness in your life. Which means half of smokers do it without any major consequence. Though I also think these studies miss something on the other side: everything adds up and if smoking makes your lungs slightly weaker, that could still be the difference between life and death if you end up with pneumonia or something that would have otherwise just brought you to the brink before recovery. Those 90 year old smokers are just lucky to avoid the major and minor issues.

Though there's always a chance that smoking took the fall for the oil industry because car exhaust isn't good to inhale either.