and why should those stooopid cows be any more likely to smoke than all the normal people in the same area that out number them 9 to 1??? because they're all mentally ill maybe???
Posted on 12/23/2014 3:25:44 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The federal government is spending over $33,000 to figure out whether same-sex couples live closer to tobacco retailers, theoretically making them more likely to smoke.
A National Institutes of Health (NIH) project, entitled, “Relationship Between Tobacco Retailer Density and Sexual Minority Couples,” reasons that since many gay and lesbian couples live in cities, they may be close to stores that sell cigarettes, such as 7 Elevens.
“Tobacco use is substantially higher among sexual minorities than among heterosexuals,” the grant states. “The reasons for this persistent disparity remain unclear, but the high toll of death and disability from tobacco use creates substantial health inequalities in cancer.”
“Same-sex couples’ movement within the U.S. results in same-sex couples concentrating in more urban neighborhoods where there may be more tobacco retailers,” the grant continued. “Living near a tobacco retailer has been associated with decreased success in quitting tobacco. The presence or absence of overlapping patterns of same-sex couples and tobacco retailers have not been explored.”
The $33,341 study is cross-checking a “high quality list” of nearly 100,000 tobacco retailers from 97 U.S. counties with census data to determine whether same-sex couples live nearby.
“Sexual minorities are more likely to use tobacco products than heterosexuals,” the grant said. “The reasons for this disparity are unknown; however, where people live and their proximity to tobacco retailers can influence decisions to quit smoking.”
“This study examines overlapping patterns of tobacco retailers and same-sex couples to examine the potential role of tobacco retailer density in sexual minority tobacco disparities,” it added.
Joseph Lee, a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is leading the project.
Lee has surveyed gays, bisexuals, and lesbians at bars in West Virginia to see if they smoke, and picked up cigarette butts outside of community colleges for his prior tobacco research.
LGBT Nanny State PING!
DANG!
Wrong way to look at it.
“Feds pay $33,000 to employ a useless unemployable liberal arts major”
Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em...
A large percentage of government studies are obviously just not so thinly disguised payoffs to the academic community for supposedly objective research supporting the liberal agenda.
This is worth studying at such a price? Who knew?
and why should those stooopid cows be any more likely to smoke than all the normal people in the same area that out number them 9 to 1??? because they're all mentally ill maybe???
They have a high desire to be accepted. They smoke to fit in and be accepted. Whether it is to reduce appetite so as not to become over weight or just because it is that others are doing it.
You see it every where that they want to be accepted and is why they criminalize or try to criminalize anything that does not support their self image.
In other words they are not right in the head and can not accept their selves.
“Living near a tobacco retailer has been associated with decreased success in quitting tobacco.”
Which begs the question, does living near a gay bar in any way decrease success in quitting pole smoking?
Well they are fags.
What? Heterosexuals are in the majority? Could have fooled me what with all the other side’s demands and that they’re everywhere, they’re everywhere.
You know what they say about guys that smoke
They are probably confused about the term, ‘fag’.
$33 Large and change for picking up butts? What's the problem? Just keeping the area clean is worth the money. Besides, if gay couples live too close to tobacco shoppes, they could be in grave danger from second-hand smoke. Also, our Federal government must develop data that can establish federal guidelines for safe sex instruction in elementary schools throughout the country. Part of Common Core. For example, how should gay couples maintain the equipment? .... Also used by the Team Obama Communications Squad:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tobacco_smoke_enema_device.jpg
Inquiring minds need to know.
Give us back our money, Joseph.
Q: "Mademoiselle Fifi, after having sex with a client, do you smoke?"
A: " Mon Docteur, I do not know. I have never looked."
As a practical matter, when you're participating in anal orgies at the bath house, you'r probably not too concerned about lung cancer.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.