s. o. damocles

You stupid pig-ignorant addicts --
1600 - SMOKER PSYCHOLOGY SMOKING AND SOCIOECONMIC STATUS
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Abstract
This confidential Philip Morris internal report on "smoker psychology" explores
the relationship between socioeconomic status and smoking. It finds that:

"Lower class panelists smoke more and are much more likely to be smokers than
upper class panelists..."

It also found that lower class people tend to smoke nonfiltered cigarettes (tend
to "avoid health filters") and that they also tend to avoid 100
millimeter-length brands.

The writers also observe that lower class people have more incidence of poor
mental health, hypothesizing that people use smoking as a "strategy" to combat
the stress of low class status as well as poor mental health:

"...the incidence of poor mental health is greatest among the lower class...To
the extent that smoking is one of the available strategies people can adopt to
combat stress, we therefore would expect greater incidence of smoking among the
lower social classes."

The study also finds a correlation between lower class and poor physical health,
but avoids directly confronting the possibility that smoking could account for
this, preferring to attribute poor physical health status to simply to BEING a
member of the lower class:

"...because the incidence of smoking differs between the social classes, we
would find our research literature filled with obervations suggesting that
smoking is related to poor health. The literature does show this, and it may be
wrong...At least part of the reported statistical relationships between health
variables and incidence of smoking can probably be accounted for in this
fashion. The smoking and health relationships may be at least in part due to
social class differences rather than to smoking per se."

Despite Philip Morris' internal findings of higher smoking rates among lower
socioeconimic classes, as well as its findings that this group also has a higher
incidence of both poor mental and physical health, it continued to promote its
deadly and addictive products heavily among these groups. One must question
whether this violates state charters for incorporation, which generally require
that a corporation does not harm the population.

Here is what Colorado's state constitution says about revoking corporate
charters:

"Section 3. Power to revoke, alter or annul charter. The general assembly shall
have the power to alter, revoke or annul any charter of incorporation now
existing and revocable at the adoption of this constitution, or any that may
hereafter be created, whenever in their opinion it may be injurious to the
citizens of the state, in such manner, however, that no injustice shall be done
to the corporators."

Would it be just or unjust to Philip Morris to revoke its corporate charter if
it was shown to have knowingly degraded the health of Colorado's least well-off
citizens to achieve higher profits?

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A survey of the socioeconomic status of...panelists reveals that

1) Lower class panelists smoke more and are much more likely to be smokers
than upper class panelists...

...Social class influences cigarette type very little except for lower class
tendencies to smoke nonfilters and avoid health filters and 100 mm brands.

...Social class of respondents cannot be ignored in studying smoking behavior.

...Kinsey reports have shown that the sexual standards and behaviors of the
classes differ; even casual observation shows that the classes have different
likelihood of attending specific protestant churches (the funamentalist churches
appeal of the lower classes, and the Methodist and Episcopal to the upper
classes); many consumer studies reveal differences among classes in preference
for private brands vs. tradenames, for type of retail stores frequented, and for
concern with the appearance of their homes...

...A few recent studies have suggested that (as a consequence?) there are
personality test score difference between the social classes, so that lower
classes appear more anxious than upper classes. As a corollary to this
observation, we note that still other investigatons report that the incidence of
poor mental health is greatest among the lower class...To the extent that
smoking is one of the available strategies people can adopt to combat stress, we
therefore would expect greater incidence of smoking among the lower social
classes.

...The naive experimenter who ignores social class and measures only
intelligence test scores of...[smokers and nonsmokers] will therefore conclude
"that smokers have lower intelligence test scores than nonsmokers." This is
true, but it is a nonsense statement. It implies that smoking is somehow related
to intelligence test score. Within each social class however each smoker has
exactly the same score as each nonsmoker. What the naive researcher is seeing is
the confounding effects of different social class intelligence socres and
different proportions of smokers...

As a second hypothetical example, suppose that some index of poor health is
related to social class in such a way that the well-paid, well-educated white
collar workers enjoy better health than poorly paid, poorly educated laborers.
Then, because the incidence of smoking differs between the social classes, we
would find our research literature filled with obervations suggesting that
smoking is related to poor health. The literature does show this, and it may be
wrong.

At least part of the reported statistical relationships between health
variables and incidence of smoking can probably be accounted for in this
fashion.

The smoking and health relationships may be at least in part due to social
class differences rather than to smoking per se.

It must be cautioned that this observation does not mean smoking is
independent of health problems...

Company
Philip Morris Cos., Inc.
Author
Johnson, M.E. (Philip Morris)
Ryan, F.J. (Philip Morris)
Recipient
Fagan. R
Fountaine, S
Graham, R
Osdene, T
Resnick, F
Seligman, R
Thomson, R
Udow, A
Wakeham, H
Litigation
United States
Type
Report- Scientific
Subject
Health effects
Mental health
Smoker psychology

dib

Duh. I've dealt with enough smokers to confirm that all of the above is true.
I also must say that they are also the most ignorant, ill-mannered, and just
generally pathetic group of people I've ever encountered. And keep in mind
that I am an avid user of recreational drugs, but have never seen a drug so
incredibly addictive and life-destroying as tobacco. Even the most hardcore
heroin or crack addict can't possibly use the drug every 5 minutes, but that
is exactly what tobacco addicts do. I just got done babysitting my insane
brother, and ALL he did was smoke. I mean he smoked another fucking
cigarette within 5 minutes of finishing the previous one, filling the
apartment with noxious fumes 24 hours a day. I have never seen a smoker who
showed any concern for the comfort of the non-smokers around him, they seem
to have this attitude that they have some sort of god-given right to smoke
as much as they wish around anyone including children. They scoff at
suggestions that their secondhand smoke might be harmful, not even bothering
to consider that just maybe it STINKS and that is sufficient reason not to
subject others to it. Maybe they'd like it if I cut a big beefy fart in
their faces - after all, there's no scientific evidence that farts cause
cancer. Anyway, I just consider tobacco smokers to be absolute trash, not
even worth associating with. If I had my way I'd round them all up, stick
them in gas chambers, and gas them to death with lethal amounts of tobacco
smoke, it seems like the only fate they deserve.

jts

That was a little harsh! I like the 'big beefy fart' reference though. Nice
touch.

bugman

Nice


Welcome to crazyworld.

tcg

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Yawn.............

jebediah springfield

And a Happy Holocaust to you too !

BTW. there's no "lethal amount of tobacco smoke". The more the better.

marky

bothering


Fact is...you don't know what will happen to you if you don't give up your
stinky addiction...to hate...

You stink!

s. o. damocles

Sez the pathetic tobacco addict!

marky

Sayeth the pathethetic hateth mongereth...