Why Can’t Smokers Quit: Part II
Updated: 2023-11-21 15:29:00
: : skip to main skip to sidebar Tobacco Truth Tobacco Control has morphed into a crusade intent on demonizing both tobacco users and the industry supplying them . This blog examines and comments on scientific issues surrounding tobacco policies and . fallacies Tuesday , November 21, 2023 Why Can’t Smokers Quit : Part II Last week I introduced our new study of persistent smokers in five waves of the FDA’s Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health PATH . Study I explained that menthol cigarettes and vaping had almost no effect on persistent smoking or quitting in this population , which was followed for about six . years This week I’ll discuss some differences that distinguish persistent smokers from . quitters Over 85 of persistent smokers puffed every day , a much higher rate than among
: : skip to main skip to sidebar Tobacco Truth Tobacco Control has morphed into a crusade intent on demonizing both tobacco users and the industry supplying them . This blog examines and comments on scientific issues surrounding tobacco policies and . fallacies Wednesday , November 15, 2023 Why Can’t Smokers Quit : Part I Along with my research colleague Nantaporn Plurphanswat , I recently published a study entitled Why can’t smokers quit Longitudinal study of smokers in the US using the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health PATH waves 1 to 5 It was published in Addictive Behaviors Reports We attempted to determine the factors that may be associated with persistent . smoking There have been many other studies of this subject , but most have only involved a single cross-sectional .