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Also Japan's tobacco consumption rank is 33, while the US' is 68, and yet it's average life expectancy is much longer (4 vs 58)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_consumption_by_count...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_ex...

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There is a huge stigma against being fat in Japan. The government has instituted a policy that fines every member of a team if anyone is overweight which leads to heavy peer pressure to lose weight. This has lead to an adult obesity rate below 4%, in the US it's 30%.

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