Why is smoking prevalence higher among the lower socioeconomic groups?

Montroseee

Why is it? Surely money would be better spent on other things when it is in such short supply. It's incredible the difference, especially when it comes to women.


Page 12 of this PDF - http://www.nuigalway.ie/health-promotion/documents/M_Barry/2009_rep_slan_2007_smoking.pdf.

Ave Sodalis

OP, do you make it your life goal to go around finding as many stats that slate the "lower socioeconomic" groups as possible? Between this thread and the last...

Birneybau

Cos it's cool righ!

bnt

According to one study, it can be summarised as poor self-control. Both smoking and "lower socioeconomic status" are correlated with "a weakness for activities that are profitable most of the time yet hazardous eventually". Can you visualise the consequences, twenty years from now, of actions you take today?

dark crystal

What is it with you and lower socio economic groups? First, the benefit cheats at the school gates (where you told a few porkies about your own situation), then the obesity and now the smoking.

What's the fascination with people who earn less than you?

anncoates

Think OP has shot their load windup - wise.

Pity.

Doing quite well until this too.

eviltwin

Open what is the fascination with social class?

Chucken

Montroseee wrote: »

Why is it? Surely money would be better spent on other things when it is in such short supply. It's incredible the difference, especially when it comes to women.


Page 12 of this PDF - http://www.nuigalway.ie/health-promotion/documents/M_Barry/2009_rep_slan_2007_smoking.pdf.

May I suggest you go look up some funny pictures of cats or something?
You're obsessed I tell ya!
What age are you this week btw?

AboutaWeekAgo

Next thread "Lower social classes spend more time watching bad movies"

Chucken

Lower social classes own cats.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Most of the old boys in the Drones social club are tobacco smokers. They enjoy this lovely mild Turkish blend that only tobacconists and fine wine stores stock.

Gran Hermano

Montroseee wrote: »

Why is it? Surely money would be better spent on other things when it is in such short supply. It's incredible the difference, especially when it comes to women.


Page 12 of this PDF - http://www.nuigalway.ie/health-promotion/documents/M_Barry/2009_rep_slan_2007_smoking.pdf.

Did your lover abscond with a member of the lower social class?

goose2005

Being poor is crap.
So poor people seek out escapes more than the well off - booze, cigs, drugs, junk food etc.

Montroseee

anncoates wrote: »

Think OP has shot their load windup - wise.

Pity.

Doing quite well until this too.

If you don't like it move on, don't contribute or block me. Whether you like these are very real issues and I believe further understanding would go a long way towards improving them.

Penny Tration

Montroseee wrote: »

If you don't like it move on, don't contribute or block me. Whether you like these are very real issues and I believe further understanding would go a long way towards improving them.

So, I take it you're at least middle class, in a good job, good education, 2.5 kids and a husband?

Also, how old are you this time?

anncoates

Montroseee wrote: »

If you don't like it move on, don't contribute or block me. Whether you like these are very real issues and I believe further understanding would go a long way towards improving them.

Lol

Ave Sodalis

Montroseee wrote: »

If you don't like it move on, don't contribute or block me. Whether you like these are very real issues and I believe further understanding would go a long way towards improving them.

No, they are not "very real issues". They are a trend. Trends change. That's the way life goes. You drawing constant attention to nonissues is like reading the Daily Mail or some other rag. You don't happen to work for them, do you?

Skylinehead

Why are lower socioeconomic groups prevalent with Montroseee?

OP, don't start any more dole/class threads and don't troll this forum again.