ATLANTA — Americans with disabilities smoke more than everyone else, according to the first national study to compare smoking rates between the two groups.
About one in four disabled people are smokers, compared to about one in five among the non-disabled, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday.
More people with disabilities also said they'd seen a doctor or nurse recently, and had been advised to quit cigarettes, the CDC study found.
Having such national data is helpful, but the results aren't surprising, said Kenneth Warner, a leading tobacco researcher who is dean of the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
The disabled population included people with mental illness and drug and alcohol addictions — groups known to have higher smoking rates. "It is very believable," Warner said, of the CDC study's findings.
More than 10 million Americans with disabilities smoke, according to the study authors. Full Story - Rock & Gem Magazine - Kool Cigarettes - Dutch Gardens
About one in four disabled people are smokers, compared to about one in five among the non-disabled, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday.
More people with disabilities also said they'd seen a doctor or nurse recently, and had been advised to quit cigarettes, the CDC study found.
Having such national data is helpful, but the results aren't surprising, said Kenneth Warner, a leading tobacco researcher who is dean of the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
The disabled population included people with mental illness and drug and alcohol addictions — groups known to have higher smoking rates. "It is very believable," Warner said, of the CDC study's findings.
More than 10 million Americans with disabilities smoke, according to the study authors. Full Story - Rock & Gem Magazine - Kool Cigarettes - Dutch Gardens
