The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the results of their latest headcount of American cigarette smokers and found that more of them have learned to just lie to their doctors about the amount they smoke.
The amount of proud idiots who still tell their physicians that they smoke more than 30 cigarettes a day are down to a mere 8.3 percent. Meanwhile, casual smokers have retreated into the closet with the “one-a-dayers” — only 78.2 percent foolishly admit to smoking every day, and of those that do, over 21 percent were able to at least claim they smoke less than 10 cigarettes a day.
Medical professionals are encouraged by these latest numbers, but are concerned that the rate of smokers learning to lie is slowing. Dr. Tim McAfee, director of the CDC Office on Smoking and Health, believes that intensified efforts to make adults feel guilty about their health decisions could raise this five-year period’s rate of closeted smoking.
“We know what works: higher tobacco prices, hard-hitting media campaigns, graphic health warnings on cigarette packs, and 100 percent smoke-free policies, with easily accessible help for those who want to quit,” said Dr. McAfee.
Over the course of my lifetime I’ve noticed that smokers lie (in general) more than non smokers. Some of them also act totally upset when you prove to them they are lying as if they are still innocent. For example: I live in a smoke free building but smokers will lie about their smoking habits just to move in, then they smoke inside the apartment and it sifts up into my apartment. Each time they claim the land lord never told them about the policy. However it was clearly stated in the newspaper ad and in the lease they signed. And both the land lord and the assistant did mention it to them. I also noticed that when ever I had a job of any kind the smokers took 3 times more breaks but lied about how many breaks they took, while non smokers like me took fewer breaks and worked harder. I also noticed that smokers like in relationships more often. Now keep in mind this is from my own observations throughout my entire life and i’m now in my 40s. I truly believe that smokers lie more, and recent studies have shown that smokers may have lower IQs than non smokers.