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Smoking: we know, so what



>I still favour my proposal of a genetic 
>study. I mean, questions like "why there are more
>men smoking than women" is rather boring. Psychologists
>and sociologists may want to muck around with this
>sort of answers. OK, let us say we find the answer, 
>then so what? :)

Ba'c na`y tuye^n true^`n cho genetic qua' -di.

Suppose we know that women smoke less than men
because they have less socio-economic power, then we 
know that as their socio-economic power increases
their smoking will increase, then we know they are
an emerging market for tobaco companies, then we know
to pre-empt their marketting activities, then we know
to pay more attention to preventing teenage/school girls
from taking up smoking, etc.

Anyway, you "so what" question applies to your
any genetic answer that you can come up with too.

Huy


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