Harald Schmidt of the Perelman School of Medicine said policies targeting smokers disproportionately harms poor people because nearly half of unemployed people are addicted to nicotine. “You’re basically posing a double whammy on them,” he says. “It’s very hard for them to get work, and it’s even harder for people who are already in a vulnerable situation.”
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