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===2023: [https://www.virginiamercury.com/2023/03/14/youngkin-says-he-will-sign-legislation-ending-higher-insurance-premiums-for-tobacco-users/ Youngkin says he will sign legislation ending higher insurance premiums for tobacco users ]=== | ===2023: [https://www.virginiamercury.com/2023/03/14/youngkin-says-he-will-sign-legislation-ending-higher-insurance-premiums-for-tobacco-users/ Youngkin says he will sign legislation ending higher insurance premiums for tobacco users ]=== | ||
*“Tobacco users tend to have lower incomes, which is often a barrier to coverage,” Barber said. “Charging them more to access the care they need … is harmful and inequitable. The VPHA is cautiously optimistic that this barrier will go away, and people will be able to afford quality coverage and get the care they need for their tobacco use and beyond.” | *“Tobacco users tend to have lower incomes, which is often a barrier to coverage,” Barber said. “Charging them more to access the care they need … is harmful and inequitable. The VPHA is cautiously optimistic that this barrier will go away, and people will be able to afford quality coverage and get the care they need for their tobacco use and beyond.” | ||
===2020: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827320302354 Occupying multiple stigmatized identities: Smoking and unemployment stigmas among the unemployed]=== | |||
*Study findings support the need to examine stigma – in particular, multiply occupied stigmas – as an important social determinant of health. Stigma may relate to job-seekers’ employment opportunities, efforts to quit smoking, and physical and mental health. Greater attention to multiply occupied stigmas and experimental investigations to identify novel strategies to reduce stigma are warranted. | |||
*The association of smoking and unemployment stigmas with depressive symptoms is consistent with prior findings of an association between lung cancer stigma and the severity of depressive symptoms | |||
===2018: [https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-40480-001 A qualitative review of tobacco research related to public and structural stigma.]=== | ===2018: [https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-40480-001 A qualitative review of tobacco research related to public and structural stigma.]=== | ||
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