How Big Tobacco Preys on the Mentally Ill

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<p>‘Talk abo t crazy: Eve after the tobacco i stry was cor ere i to reveali g i 2007 that it ha targete me tally ill people for eca es with fake scie ce a free cigarettes, the p ffi g co ti e apace.</p>
<p>Some thi gs i cha ge. Shri ks rarely ha o t cigarettes a y more as a rewar for goo behavior, a psych war s are ow soli ly smoke-free (except i a few hol o ts). B t me tally ill a lts still smoke o e thir of all cigarettes i the U ite States—schizophre ics* ma y more tha their share—a there’s o simple reaso why.</p>
<p>“The effects [of the targeti g] are lo gsta i g,” says Sta for psychologist J ith Prochaska, the researcher who g p the offe i g i stry oc me ts i 2007, veili g campaig s first evise i the 1950s a e ri g all the way thro gh the 1990s.’</p>
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