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===2020: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827320302354 Occupying multiple stigmatized identities: Smoking and unemployment stigmas among the unemployed]===
===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.
*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.
*In addition to the health and financial harms associated with smoking, the “smoker” label today may also carry stigma
*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
*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