Smokers worse off in life evaluation, mood, depression, basic access
November 18, 2009Smoking is strongly related to well-being regardless of income, according to Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index data from 2008 and 2009. Compared with nonsmokers, smokers are less likely than non-smokers to be “thriving," report fewer positive emotions, and are more likely to report depression.
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Only a small minority believes smoking should be made illegal in the United States
June 22, 2009More Americans disapprove (52%) than approve (46%) of the new law expanding the federal government’s power to regulate tobacco products. Also, only a small minority of Americans (17%) support a total ban on smoking.
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June 22, 2009Fifty-two percent of Americans disapprove of the new law that gives the federal government power to regulate the manufacturing and marketing of cigarettes and other tobacco products, while 46% approve.
More than half of smokers earn less than $36,000 per year
April 1, 2009The 62-cent increase in federal cigarette taxes taking effect Wednesday is nearly three times as likely to affect low-income Americans as it is to affect high-income Americans. That’s because 34% of the lowest-income Americans smoke, compared with only 13% of those earning $90,000 or more per year.
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April 1, 2009The financial strain of the new increase in federal cigarette taxes will affect lower income Americans the most as they are much more likely to report they smoke than their higher income counterparts.
July 29, 2008Data-driven insights into Americans' economic outlook, plunging consumer confidence in Germany, how religion affects smoking in the United States, and battling terrorism in India.
Majority blame smokers, rather than tobacco companies, for smokers’ health problems
July 28, 2008Most Americans would likely agree in principle with efforts by multibillionaires Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg to reduce smoking worldwide, as 82% consider smoking very harmful.
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July 24, 2008Among the 21% of Americans who say they smoke, 74% say they would like to give up smoking, and 67% say they are addicted to cigarettes.
About one in five American adults now smoke
July 24, 2008Just 21% of U.S. adults today say they smoke cigarettes, down from about one in four at the start of the decade and a high of 45% in the 1950s.
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July 21, 2008Forty percent of Americans view a person that smokes more negatively, while 29% view a significantly overweight person more negatively.
