[JLS]

PEOPLE with mental illness are three times more likely to smoke, and experts say not enough is being done to help this vulnerable group quit.

What stupidity. The people with mental illness may be self medicating. Certainly that the anti-depressant Zyban / Wellbutrin has a side effect that some people treated with it stop smoking has to indicate that possibility. Not to mention that if they have metal health issues help with that immediate concern is more important than help with quiting smoking.

[tiki]

They are also using current statistics to come up with their conclusions. Societal disdain, being told the medical reasons, price and inconvenience have made many, many people quit smoking. I would expect that a few of those things make no difference to the mentally ill.

I just looked and in 1965 47% of the US population smoked. So if that was average everywhere and now ONLY 40% of the mentally ill smoke, on average, 7% have been affected by price, fear and peer pressure.