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Re:Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of dea... by DanBC on Sunday February 25, 2018 @06:29AM (#16458422)
There are still wide health inequalities in the UK.

Poor people eat worse food; don't get as much exercise; and smoke more.

You can predict average life expectancy by post-code, and that's based on socio-economic factors.

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Re:Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of dea... by taway_1212 on Sunday February 25, 2018 @06:57AM (#16458491)
> Poor people eat worse food; don't get as much exercise; and smoke more

How is choosing to smoke more an inequality?

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Re:Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of dea... by tibbetts on Sunday February 25, 2018 @07:13AM (#16458536)
That’s the kind of thing that population health researchers study.

Answers include availability, lack of availability of healthier alternatives, targeted marketing, being missed by anti-smoking campaigns, and peer group influences.

While smoking may be a personal choice, it is not made in a vacuum.

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Re:Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of dea... by biehl on Sunday February 25, 2018 @07:13AM (#16458538)
Smoking is “reward now, pay later”

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal....

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Re:Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of dea... by arethuza on Sunday February 25, 2018 @07:10AM (#16458523)
I suspect because if your peer group smoke it is much more difficult to choose to not to smoke?
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