I'm probably nuts for asking, but....

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Are nurses who smoke more likely to be Republicans or Democrats?

If you reply please state if you are a smoker or not and your political orientation

Do you find this question at all offensive?

Yes, I am doing this for Sociology class

Specializes in Med/Surg, ICU, educator.

I used to smoke and was heavily democrat. Quit smoking and became an independent! I think this question is interesting. Would you please post your findings when you're done? I'm curious to see the answer.......

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Specializes in Rodeo Nursing (Neuro).

Yellow dog Democrat (I'd vote for a yellow dog, if he ran as a Dem), chain smoker. (Trying to quit--smoking, that is.)

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bleeding heart liberal democrat non-smoker

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Non-smoking Democrat. Went through a phase of flirting with Republicanism but have never, ever smoked.

ETA: To the OP, I am curious. Are you trying to find a correlation between smoking and political parties among a general population or only among nurses or other health care personnel? Your results may be skewed because of the high percentage of health care workers on this forum---or it might raise another question: do nurses, regardless of political affiliation, smoke more or less than the general population?

Among nursing only.

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Specializes in L&D, OB/GYN clinic.

Non-smoking Republican.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, LTAC, Critical Care.

Smoker-Republican

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Specializes in CVICU.

non-smoker, Libertarian

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Specializes in Pediatrics.

Please remember: Correlation does not equal Causation!!! You are asking a large population of educated health care workers. The answers will be largely skewed toward non-smokers, regardless of political affiliation. Therefore, you cannot assume that political affiliation has any effect on a nurse's choice to smoke or not. Please recognize this in your findings.

Albeit that speech, I'm a socially liberal economically conservative non-smoker. I've never had a cigarette in my life, and I'm proud of it.

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Specializes in home health, dialysis, others.

HAHAHAHA!!! Non-smoker, here, Democrat, but vote my own mind!

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Specializes in NeuroICU/SICU/MICU.

Non-smoker, Libertarian :nuke:

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Specializes in Med-Surg/Oncology, Psych.

Non-smoker, socially liberal, but becoming more fiscally conservative as I see more and more of my patients on Medicaid who are cheating the system...:angryfire

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This will really get you going.. Did you know in NY that a patient with no insurance at all and no means of paying can Appeal his discharge to the QIO and therefore delay LEGALLY his d/c by 2 days?

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