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NEW YORK -- For the first time in years, more than 1 million New Yorkers are smoking, according to data released Monday, marking a disturbing rise of tobacco use in the city that pioneered a number of anti-smoking initiatives that were emulated nationally.
Sixteen percent of adult New Yorkers smoked in 2013, up from 14 percent in 2010, which was the city's lowest recorded rate, according to the findings released by New York City's Department of Health.
Well, well, well. More evidence that societal engineering doesn't work. Unfortunately, nanny state liberals won't stop until everyone acts and does what they think is appropriate. For smokers, that means not smoking.
The war on smokers in New York City will never end, I'm afraid, despite its lack of results.
So a 2% increase from the lowest recorded rate in New York history that is an extra approximately 20 people form the 1,000 person survey. Not normalized for background (recent transplants), new smokers, or anything...just raw numbers. According to the study the first increase in a very long yearly decrease in smoking rates (decades).
I think you are more than a bit premature in declaring liberalism dead
Also, don't you have anything better to do than sift through small newspaper publications online?
Well, well, well. More evidence that societal engineering doesn't work. Unfortunately, nanny state liberals won't stop until everyone acts and does what they think is appropriate. For smokers, that means not smoking.
The war on smokers in New York City will never end, I'm afraid, despite its lack of results.
It is basically the 2nd lowest in history instead of the lowest....
I will note that several of the articles I read cited the deep budget cuts as perhaps being a factor (i.e., advertising the risk of smoking, free nicotine patches, etc).
Well, well, well. More evidence that societal engineering doesn't work. Unfortunately, nanny state liberals won't stop until everyone acts and does what they think is appropriate. For smokers, that means not smoking.
The war on smokers in New York City will never end, I'm afraid, despite its lack of results.
I'm def Ok with smoking, just keep it outside. Tho the ban against E cigs inside I DO have a problem with.
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Well, well, well. More evidence that societal engineering doesn't work. Unfortunately, nanny state liberals won't stop until everyone acts and does what they think is appropriate. For smokers, that means not smoking.
The war on smokers in New York City will never end, I'm afraid, despite its lack of results.
Get a clue, it's not liberals who continually make lame attempts at societal engineering such as whining about who's sleeping with whom.
It's basic psychology- the more big government tells people not to do something the more likely they are to do it (see: prohibition).
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