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If you are limited in your life about the types of things you can do for fun because of your income or disability, Leventhal explained, it is understandable why you would turn to a product that instantly and reliably delivers pleasure, like a cigarette. Yet instead of addressing the social determinants and structural drivers of smoking to bring down the numbers of smokerswhich means ongoing investments into physical and mental health care, drug treatment, housing, and jobs with a living wagewere offered a ban that costs the government nothing and doesnt address root causes, along with a hefty dose of paternalism and menthol shaming

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2004 [accessed 2012 June 15]

Unfortunately, a great majority of people perceive cigarette filters as having the same benefits as other types of filters