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*From legislatures to schools to workplaces, as well as in scientific discourse and clinical practice, the past few decades have seen a move away from labels such as “user,” “addict,” or “alcoholic,” for their lack of precision, negative connotation, and the way they equate the person with behavior or condition. Despite this, “smoker” remains in use in tobacco research, as well as in clinical settings and public health policy.

===2022: [https://oyston.com/blog/pws/ PWS – People Who Smoke]===

===2022: John Oyston: Blog: [https://oyston.com/blog/pws/ PWS – People Who Smoke]===

*The word “smoker” is a disparaging term, like “addict” or “alcoholic”

*The use of a label such as “smoker”, “addict” or “illegal” divides people up into “us” and “them”. It is a slippery slope toward calling certain groups or tribes “vermin” or “cockroaches”

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 *From legislatures to schools to workplaces, as well as in scientific discourse and clinical practice, the past few decades have seen a move away from labels such as “user,” “addict,” or “alcoholic,” for their lack of precision, negative connotation, and the way they equate the person with behavior or condition. Despite this, “smoker” remains in use in tobacco research, as well as in clinical settings and public health policy.
-===2022: [https://oyston.com/blog/pws/ PWS – People Who Smoke]===
+===2022: John Oyston: Blog: [https://oyston.com/blog/pws/ PWS – People Who Smoke]===
 *The word “smoker” is a disparaging term, like “addict” or “alcoholic”
 *The use of a label such as “smoker”, “addict” or “illegal” divides people up into “us” and “them”. It is a slippery slope toward calling certain groups or tribes “vermin” or “cockroaches”