Smoking is a predictor for divorce

[Pliablemoose]

Ran across this bit of info recently...

Shared beliefs and values may bode well for a long, healthy marriage. But if your partner lights up, you had better watch out for the fire. New research found a 53% increased risk of divorce for smokers, regardless of gender, age, race, education or income. William J. Doherty, the study's co-author, emphasizes that smoking does not actually cause divorce. What it does mean, he speculates, is that "those who smoke have characteristics and life experiences that make them more divorce-prone than nonsmokers." The new findings reinforce 1997's long-term study that flatly reports smoking is a predictor for divorce.

Study/article

 

[bradruth]

Interesting. :thumbsup:

 

[eyecandy86]

wow.. that's interesting. makes sense.

 

[JulesMaximus]

These dumbassed studies are a predictor of stupidity.

 

[kobymu]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
These dumbassed studies are a predictor of stupidity.

:thumbsup:

 

[psiu]

Huh. So what does it mean it if I was a smoker when we met in 2000, a smoker in 2003 when we married, and I quit in 2004 and remain smoke free now?

 

[Cobalt]

Originally posted by: psiu
Huh. So what does it mean it if I was a smoker when we met in 2000, a smoker in 2003 when we married, and I quit in 2004 and remain smoke free now?

Then divorce has been pushed back 4 years.

 

[ElFenix]

and divorce is a preditor for bankruptcy... OMG SMOKING CAUSES BANKRUPTCY! DAMN YOU BUSH!

 

[psiu]

Originally posted by: cobalt

Originally posted by: psiu
Huh. So what does it mean it if I was a smoker when we met in 2000, a smoker in 2003 when we married, and I quit in 2004 and remain smoke free now?

Then divorce has been pushed back 4 years.

Hah! That actually got me to laugh.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Originally posted by: psiu
Huh. So what does it mean it if I was a smoker when we met in 2000, a smoker in 2003 when we married, and I quit in 2004 and remain smoke free now?

I think that the study only covered current smokers, sounds like you conquered your inner demons