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minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agointeresting & weird since tobacco is exhorbitantly expensive. How can poor people afford it?
minus-squaredubyakay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoThey take on more crushing debt, steal, beg, lie. Look at the stats on smoking and income in Canadian provinces. The two are like inverse of each other.
minus-squareAbucketofpuppies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoMaybe you swapped the cause and effect. Instead of “How do poor people smoke” you could ask “Why are smokers poor”. And then you’ve already answered your question
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoOne problem causes the other until it’s impossible to determine which problem came first. It’s a snake eating its own tail.
The poor (statistically)
interesting & weird since tobacco is exhorbitantly expensive. How can poor people afford it?
They take on more crushing debt, steal, beg, lie.
Look at the stats on smoking and income in Canadian provinces. The two are like inverse of each other.
Maybe you swapped the cause and effect. Instead of “How do poor people smoke” you could ask “Why are smokers poor”.
And then you’ve already answered your question
One problem causes the other until it’s impossible to determine which problem came first. It’s a snake eating its own tail.