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===2021: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9238180/ Internalized stigma among cancer patients enrolled in a smoking cessation trial: The role of cancer type and associations with psychological distress]===
===2021: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9238180/ Internalized stigma among cancer patients enrolled in a smoking cessation trial: The role of cancer type and associations with psychological distress]===
*To balance these factors, complementary campaigns can address the role of media and the tobacco industry in promoting smoking, making it clear that smoking is not solely driven by personal decision making, emphasize that smoking is a physical and behavioral addiction and not a personal moral failing, '''use person-first language (people who smoke vs. smokers)''', emphasize the positive benefits of quitting, and acknowledge that quitting is difficult and may take multiple tries but there are treatment strategies that can help. [emphasis added]
*To balance these factors, complementary campaigns can address the role of media and the tobacco industry in promoting smoking, making it clear that smoking is not solely driven by personal decision making, emphasize that smoking is a physical and behavioral addiction and not a personal moral failing, '''use person-first language (people who smoke vs. smokers)''', emphasize the positive benefits of quitting, and acknowledge that quitting is difficult and may take multiple tries but there are treatment strategies that can help. [emphasis added]
===2021: [https://www.lungcancercoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Great-Britain-national-data-pack-FINAL.pdf Great Britain: symptom awareness and attitudes to lung cancer Findings from a global study]===
*One in four (25%) people in the UK agreed that they have less sympathy for people with lung cancer than other forms of cancer. Globally, one in five (21%) people agreed that they have less sympathy for people with lung cancer than other forms of cancer.


===2020: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7733058/ Changing the Language of How We Measure and Report Smoking Status: Implications for Reducing Stigma, Restoring Dignity, and Improving the Precision of Scientific Communication]===
===2020: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7733058/ Changing the Language of How We Measure and Report Smoking Status: Implications for Reducing Stigma, Restoring Dignity, and Improving the Precision of Scientific Communication]===