In California, 12 Percent Of Cigarette Smokers Say They Are Not Smokers
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 15:40
in Psychology & Sociology
When is a smoker not a smoker? When they live in California and simply choose to self-identify as a non-smoker. Who are we to criticize the self-identify of people in a state where boys can just declare they are female and use a girl's restroom? Smoking has plummeted in the last few decades- health statistics, rampant sin taxes and billions of dollars in anti-smoking campaigns will do that - but University of California, San Diego School of Medicine scholars wonder about people who say they use cigarettes but didn't consider themselves to be "smokers" in the 2011 California Longitudinal Smokers Survey. read more