On: Surprising public health benefit of unemployment?

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In fact what first comes to mind: no work, no commute, less car accidents. Are those accounted for in the study?

Also, smokers who get unemployed, will smoke more, out of boredom.

Just to say, I find the result of the study quite hard to believe.

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> Also, smokers who get unemployed, will smoke more, out of boredom.

Unemployed smokers will have less disposable income, and may not be able to afford to smoke more.

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How likely is it that smokers will smoke so much more during a recession, vs during a non-recession, that the effect shows up in nationwide mortality rates?