Is smoking–or alcoholism–responsible for misbehaviors?
Alcoholic Myth-of-the-Month (a "half-truthâ€): Smokers are more likely to get into trouble than non-smokers.
"Researchers found that Navy recruits who smoke before enlistment are nearly twice as likely to be expelled for behavioral issues. The study of 6,950 Navy recruits entering active duty in 2001 also found that smokers were five times more likely than nonsmokers to have skipped classes in high school and five times more likely to have been arrested or detained by police for non-traffic offenses. ‘Smoking suggests other types of problematic behavior,' said Eli Flyer, one of the study's authors and a former senior analyst for the Department of Defense.â€
So wrote Charles Duhigg in the Los Angeles Times, April 25, 2005 in "Beyond a craving: Despite all ...
