Shelia Duffy argues that tobacco use is a key driver of health inequalities The current economic climate is creating a range of challenges for families and communities up and down the UK, felt most acutely in the most deprived areas. With new concerns dominating the agenda it can be difficult to find time to talk about the impact of smoking on Scotland’s poorer communities – even without the lingering myth that tobacco is a prop which people fall back on in difficult times, and ‘one of the only pleasures left’ for people on lower incomes (as ex Cabinet Minister John [...]
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