Claim: This man who bought a car with the money he saved after he quit smoking has lost his life in a car accident.
Fact-check: This Turkey man who bought a car with the money saved after he quit smoking has not lost his life in a car accident - FACTLY
Verdict: the name of the person in the post is mehmet tok; he is from turkey. based on news reports from 2017, he saved money for eight years, which he used to spend on smoking. he started this after doctors advised him to quit smoking when he visited a hospital with a heart condition. mehmet tok, who is in the air conditioning service business, has an active facebook account on where he last posted on 18 september 2022. a news report by demirören news agency, also features his story. it was posted on their youtube channel in 2020. hence the claim made in the post is misleading.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Varun Borugadda
Date published: 2022-09-29T12:04:02