Handicapped People Don't Have The Same Incentive As Mobile People To Quit Smoking

Sunday, July 13, 2014 - 10:20 in Mathematics & Economics

Researchers have found that people with mobility impairments, such as using special ambulatory equipment and having difficulty walking one-quarter mile without equipment, under age 65 have significantly higher rates of smoking than those without mobility impairments and smokers with mobility impairments were less likely to attempt quitting . Evidence-based advertisements about health are not working among people who already don't feel like smoking will make their quality of life worse.   read more

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