Thursday, May 22, 2008

more from the mouth of the south

I've recently become an advocate for the anti-smoking cause. (see a few posts below) And there was an excellent article in the Timez this morning, that examined a study on the social aspects of quitting.

"Education also played a role. Those with more education were more highly influenced by their friends, and their friends were more likely to influence them. And some social contacts were more influential than others. A spouse’s quitting was more powerful than a friend’s, and a friend’s quitting was more powerful than a sibling’s. If someone you name as a friend quits, that has more of an effect than if someone who names you as their friend quits. Co-workers had an influence only in small firms where everyone knew one another. The effects were greater among casual smokers than heavy smokers."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/22/science/22smoke.html?ref=us

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