Spurious

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correlates with

US cigarette consumption

r = -0.98498% · 2006-2014
Languages on Google TranslateUS cigarette consumption

These two datasets have a 98% correlation over 2006-2014. Remember: correlation does not imply causation. But it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively.

Data Sources

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US cigarette consumptionpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
spuriouscorrelation ≠ causation

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