{"id":6152,"date":"2025-01-14T11:57:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T09:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/kurinnya-znyzhuye-zarobitky-molodyh-praczivnykiv\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T13:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T11:24:07","slug":"smoking-reduces-the-earnings-of-young-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/smoking-reduces-the-earnings-of-young-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoking reduces the earnings of young workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new study <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2025-01-reveals-people.html\">featured<\/a> in Nicotine &amp; Tobacco Research reveals that smoking tobacco during early adulthood can significantly undermine both earnings and career development\u2014particularly among individuals with lower educational attainment. The findings show that increases in the cumulative amount of cigarettes smoked, quantified in pack years, are linked to declines in annual earnings and shorter periods of employment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3484\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3484\" src=\"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/600-426-13-01-21-01.jpg\" alt=\"\u043a\u0443\u0440\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0442\u0430\u0431\u0430\u043a\u0430 \u0438\u043b\u0438 \u043c\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0445\u0443\u0430\u043d\u044b\" width=\"600\" height=\"426\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Sarah Richter from Pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Drawing on data from 3,596 Finnish Cardiovascular Risk Study participants, the researchers tracked information starting in 2001, when participants were between 24 and 39 years old. The pack-years metric captures the cumulative effects of smoking on overall health and productivity. Each additional pack-year correlated with a 1.8% dip in income and a 0.5% decrease in employment duration. In contrast, cutting smoking by five pack-years was linked to a 9% rise in revenue.<\/p>\n<p>The study also highlights notable disparities between smokers and non-smokers. Younger individuals\u2014especially those with lower education levels\u2014displayed the most substantial gap in earnings, whereas older workers showed a less pronounced difference. One possible explanation is that smoking, now less widespread among younger demographics, exerts a pronounced negative effect in contemporary society. Significantly, participants who quit smoking did not suffer these career-related drawbacks.<\/p>\n<p>Jutta Vainikainen, lead author of the study, emphasizes:<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-quote su-quote-style-default\"><div class=\"su-quote-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\u201cSmoking in early adulthood is strongly associated with long-term economic consequences, especially for people with lower levels of education. These findings underscore the importance of policies that address the hidden economic costs of smoking and encourage healthier behaviours.\u201d<\/div><\/div>\n<p>In light of these results, the authors stress the need to implement targeted smoking cessation initiatives among younger populations\u2014particularly within vulnerable communities. Such programs reduce the risk of cardiovascular and other illnesses and foster improved economic prospects for individuals over the long term.\u0443\u0447\u0447\u044e.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study featured in Nicotine &amp; Tobacco Research reveals that smoking tobacco during early adulthood can significantly undermine both earnings and career development\u2014particularly among individuals with lower educational attainment. The findings show that increases in the cumulative amount of cigarettes smoked, quantified in pack years, are linked to declines in annual earnings and shorter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6152","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news-en"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foliush-igor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}