Smoking is not declining in poor communities as it is in more affluent ones . Writers : Big Tobacco targets low - income neighborhoods , with cheap cigarettes . They say stresses of poverty and unemployment cause people to turn to smoking . Writers : Smoking should be coping , until social stresses of poverty are overcome .
Smoking is not declining in poor communities as it is in more affluent places . Writers : Big Tobacco targets low-income neighborhoods , sells cheap cigarettes . They say stresses of poverty and hopelessness cause people to turn to smoking . Writers : Smoking will be coping strategy until social ills of poverty are overcome .