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People just stand farther away from smokers, even outdoors. Because smokers stink. And if your having trouble breathing cause of the Covid, you will go to even

People just stand farther away from smokers, even outdoors. Because smokers stink. And if your having trouble breathing cause of the Covid, you will go to even greater lengths to not get close to smokers. But also, people with chronic respiratory problems, ie pretty much all smokers, you won’t notice you have mild Covid. Everyday of being a smoker is like having mild Covid, so less likely to get tested etc. Lastly smokers are on average lower IQ, lower SES, etc. very hard to control for that health research. I think we do know that lower SES communities were less likely to seek health care including vaccines and testing.

eurasiantiger 4y ago
> smokers are on average lower IQ Source? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18606723/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18606723/ > Results: Lower IQ measured at ages 18 to 20 was weakly associated with increased prevalence of smoking, independently of indicators of mental illness and social misbehavior measured in late adolescence. By contrast, smoking cessation later in life among those who smoked at ages 18 to 20 was not associated with IQ. Among smokers, lower IQ was significantly associated with a lower level of smoking after adjusting for other factors. > Conclusion: Low IQ was associated with an increased prevalence of smoking in adolescence. However, the main part of this association disappeared after adjustment for measures of mental health and social function in early life. IQ was not associated with likelihood of quitting smoking.