Smoking cessation patterns by socioeconomic status in Alaska
| Autor: | Kristen Rohde, Barbara A. Pizacani, Kathryn E. Pickle, Andrea Fenaughty, Julie E. Maher |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_treatment Population lcsh:Medicine Health Informatics Smoking cessation Socioeconomic factors Social class 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Time frame medicine 030212 general & internal medicine education Socioeconomic status media_common education.field_of_study 030505 public health Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System business.industry lcsh:R Tobacco control Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Regular Article social sciences Smoking/epidemiology Abstinence Smoking/prevention and control behavior and behavior mechanisms population characteristics 0305 other medical science business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Preventive Medicine Reports Preventive Medicine Reports, Vol 10, Iss, Pp 24-28 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2211-3355 |
| Popis: | The ongoing disparity in smoking prevalence across levels of socioeconomic status (SES) is a significant concern in the tobacco control field, and surveillance of cessation-related activity is key to understanding progress. Historically, lower SES smokers have had much lower quit ratios but this measure can be insensitive to recent quit-related behavior. It is therefore important to examine recent quit-related behavior to assess progress toward addressing this disparity, especially in states with tobacco control programs that focus on this priority population. We compared recent quit attempts and successes among non-Native lower SES Alaska smokers to those of higher SES using data from the 2012–2013 Alaska Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). We assessed quit ratios, one-year and five-year quit rates, and six-month abstinence between the two groups. Cessation-related measures restricted to those who smoked in the previous one year did not significantly vary by SES. However, five year quit rates were significantly lower for persons of lower SES vs. higher SES (14% vs. 32% respectively, p Highlights • Large disparities in smoking prevalence exist by socioeconomic status (SES). • Past-year successful and unsuccessful quit attempts were similar by SES. • But five-year quit rates for low SES smokers showed significantly less success. • Tracking of both recent and long term quit-related measures is key for surveillance. |
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