Nicotine - Stigma: Difference between revisions
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*Smokers face similar kinds of regulation outside health insurance. Some employers refuse to hire nicotine users of any kind. As one set of authors explain, workplace bans, “by sanctioning discrimination, abrogate smoker’s rights as ‘ordinary citizens’ by placing ‘them’ in a category that separates smokers from ‘us’(non-smokers). | *Smokers face similar kinds of regulation outside health insurance. Some employers refuse to hire nicotine users of any kind. As one set of authors explain, workplace bans, “by sanctioning discrimination, abrogate smoker’s rights as ‘ordinary citizens’ by placing ‘them’ in a category that separates smokers from ‘us’(non-smokers). | ||
===2016: [https:// | ===2016: [https://researchonline.stthomas.edu/esploro/outputs/graduate/Smoking-Cessation-and-the-Role-of/991015131652903691 Smoking Cessation and the Role of Stigma: A Systematic Review]=== | ||
*What emerged from this review is current anti-smoking campaigns are not effective for smokers who are living in poverty. These findings suggest that anti-smoking campaigns need to limit stigma and build programs that are effective for all socio-economic classes. | *What emerged from this review is current anti-smoking campaigns are not effective for smokers who are living in poverty. These findings suggest that anti-smoking campaigns need to limit stigma and build programs that are effective for all socio-economic classes. | ||
*Anti-smoking campaigns have been used for the last three decades, and while there has been a decrease in smokers across the US, the number of smokers living in poverty has remained relatively unchanged. The research points to the use of stigma as a possible reason for smokers who are living in poverty to not stop smoking. The use of stigma to help a population, who may be stigmatized for multiple reasons, has shown through the research, to be a poor tool in moving them towards a smoke free life. The use of stigma in public health campaigns may lead to making things worse for smokers who live in poverty through discrimination in hiring policies and other unintended consequences. | *Anti-smoking campaigns have been used for the last three decades, and while there has been a decrease in smokers across the US, the number of smokers living in poverty has remained relatively unchanged. The research points to the use of stigma as a possible reason for smokers who are living in poverty to not stop smoking. The use of stigma to help a population, who may be stigmatized for multiple reasons, has shown through the research, to be a poor tool in moving them towards a smoke free life. The use of stigma in public health campaigns may lead to making things worse for smokers who live in poverty through discrimination in hiring policies and other unintended consequences. | ||