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Teraoka JT, Tang JJ, Delling FN, Vittinghoff E, Marcus GM. Smoking Cessation and Incident Atrial Fibrillation in a Longitudinal Cohort. JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2024:S2405-500X(24)00635-2. [PMID: 39269397 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2024.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2024] [Revised: 05/28/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 09/15/2024]
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BACKGROUND Although smoking heightens the risk of AF, it remains unknown if that risk is amenable to modification after smoking cessation. OBJECTIVES This study sought to evaluate the association between smoking cessation and atrial fibrillation (AF) risk in a large longitudinal cohort. METHODS After excluding those with prevalent AF and no history of smoking at baseline, we evaluated 146,772 UK Biobank participants with serial smoking assessments. We compared AF risk between former smokers at baseline and those who quit smoking during the study to current smokers. Incident AF was ascertained from outpatient and inpatient encounters and identified using International Classification of Diseases codes. Cox models were used to compare the risk of incident AF among current and former smokers as well as those who quit smoking during the study while controlling for age, sex, race, body mass index, education, cardiovascular comorbidities, alcohol use, and pack-years. RESULTS Among the 146,772 participants (48.3% female; age: 57.3 ± 7.9 years), 37,377 (25.5%) currently smoked; 105,429 (72.0%) were former smokers; and 3,966 (2.7%) quit smoking during the study. Over a mean 12.7 ± 2.0 years of follow-up, 11,214 (7.6%) participants developed AF. Compared to current smokers, the adjusted risk of AF was 13% lower in former smokers (HR: 0.87; 95% CI: 0.83-0.91) and 18% lower in those who quit smoking during the study (HR: 0.82; 95% CI: 0.70-0.95). CONCLUSIONS Compared to those who continue to smoke, smoking cessation was associated with a lower risk of AF.
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- Justin T Teraoka
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
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Gagné T, Pelekanakis A, O'Loughlin JL. Do demographic and socioeconomic characteristics underpin differences in youth smoking initiation across Canadian provinces? Evidence from the Canadian Community Health Survey (2015-2018). Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can 2022; 42:457-465. [PMID: 36383157 PMCID: PMC9903853 DOI: 10.24095/hpcdp.42.11/12.01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Youth initiation may drive differences in smoking prevalence across Canadian provinces. Provincial differences in initiation relate to tobacco control strategies and public health funding, but have also been attributed to population characteristics. We test this hypothesis by examining the extent to which seven characteristics-immigration, language, family structure, education, income, home ownership and at-school status-explain differences in initiation across provinces. METHODS We used data from 16 897 youth aged 12 to 17 years in the Canadian Community Health Survey collected from 2015 to 2018. To examine the proportion of provincial differences explained by population characteristics, we compared average marginal effects (AMEs) from partially and fully adjusted models regressing "having ever initiated" on province and other characteristics. We also tested interactions to examine differences in the association between population characteristics and initiation across provinces. RESULTS Initiation varied from 4% in British Columbia to 10% in Quebec. Being born in Canada, speaking French, not living in a two-parent household, being in the lowest household income quintile, having parents without postsecondary education, living in rented accommodation and not being in school were each associated with initiation. Taking these results into consideration, the AME of residing in another province compared with Quebec was attenuated by between 3% and 9%. Family structure and household income were more strongly associated with initiation in the Atlantic region and Manitoba, but not in Quebec. CONCLUSION Differences in initiation between Quebec and other provinces are unlikely to be substantially explained by their demographic or socioeconomic composition. Reprioritizing tobacco control and public health funding are likely key in attaining the "tobacco endgame" across provinces.
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- Thierry Gagné
- ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies in Society and Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre de recherche du centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Centre de recherche du centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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Gagné T, Schoon I, Sacker A. Has the distribution of smoking across young adult transition milestones changed over the past 20 years? Evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study (1996) and Next Steps (2015-16). SSM Popul Health 2021; 16:100941. [PMID: 34712769 PMCID: PMC8529167 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Revised: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Introduction Transitions into work and family life during young adulthood exacerbate differences in the progression of smoking over the life-course. Few have considered how changes in smoking and the transition to adulthood in the past two decades have influenced these relationships over time. Methods We compared the distribution of smoking at ages 25–26 across transition milestones among 3764 men and 4568 women in the 1970 British Cohort study (1996) and 3426 men and 4281 women in the Next Steps study (2015–16). We regressed occasional and daily smoking status on educational attainment, economic activity, living arrangements, relationship status, and parenthood, adjusting for family background, socio-demographics, and smoking history. Results There were few differences in associations between the 1996 and 2015-16 samples. Young men and women were less likely to smoke if they had higher education, were homeowners, and cohabited with a partner. Women were less likely to smoke occasionally if they were full-time students, and men were less likely to smoke daily if they were employed full-time and not living with children. However, comparing associations in 2015–16 to 1996: 1) in men, higher education had a weaker negative association and living with a partner had a stronger negative association with daily smoking; 2) in women, independently renting had a weaker positive association with daily smoking. Conclusions Despite considerable changes in smoking and the transition to adulthood over the past two decades, the distribution of smoking at ages 25–26 across transition milestones has been relatively stable during this time period in Great Britain. Smoking at ages 25–26 was associated with economic activity, living arrangements, relationship status, and parenthood in 1996 and 2015–16. Differences in smoking across transition milestones differed by gender. Differences in smoking did not substantially change between 1996 and 2015–16.
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- T Gagné
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK.,International Centre for Lifecourse Studies in Society and Health, UK
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- Institute of Education, University College London, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK.,International Centre for Lifecourse Studies in Society and Health, UK
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Pelekanakis A, O'Loughlin JL, Gagné T, Callard C, Frohlich KL. Initiation or cessation: what keeps the prevalence of smoking higher in Quebec than in the rest of Canada? Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can 2021; 41:306-314. [PMID: 34668685 PMCID: PMC8565861 DOI: 10.24095/hpcdp.41.10.05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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INTRODUCTION We compared smoking initiation and cessation in Quebec versus the rest of Canada as possible underpinnings of the continued higher cigarette smoking prevalence in Quebec. METHODS Data were drawn from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS). We compared average and sex-stratified prevalence estimates of (1) current cigarette smoking in persons aged 15 years and older; (2) past-year initiation of cigarette smoking in those aged 12 to 17 and 18 to 24 years; and (3) past-year cessation in adults aged 25 years and older in Quebec versus the other nine Canadian provinces in each two-year CCHS cycle from 2007/08 to 2017/18. RESULTS The prevalence of current smoking decreased from 25% to 18% among adults aged 15 years and older in Quebec from 2007/08 to 2017/18, and from 22% to 16% in the rest of Canada. Initiation among those aged 12 to 17 years decreased from 9% to 5% in Quebec, and from 7% to 3% in the rest of Canada. Neither initiation among people aged 18 to 24 (at 6% and 7%, respectively) nor cessation among adults aged 25 and older (approximately 8%) changed over time in Quebec or in the rest of Canada. In each two-year CCHS cycle, past-year initiation among those 12 to 17 years of age was consistently higher in Quebec than in the rest of Canada, but there were no substantial or sustained differences in initiation among people aged 18 to 24 or in past-year cessation. Findings were similar when stratified by sex. CONCLUSION Higher levels of smoking initiation among youth aged 12 to 17 years could be a proximal underpinning of the continuing higher prevalence of smoking in Quebec versus the rest of Canada.
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- Annie Pelekanakis
- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Département de médecine sociale et préventive, École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Département de médecine sociale et préventive, École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies in Society and Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Département de médecine sociale et préventive, École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Centre de recherche en santé publique (CReSP) de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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Education-smoking gradient and upstream health policies: comparing Generation X with millennials. HEALTH EDUCATION 2021. [DOI: 10.1108/he-02-2021-0023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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PurposeOver the years, many upstream health policies have sought to reduce smoking across populations. While smoking has been substantially reduced, the effects of these policies on education-smoking gradient remain unclear. The present paper compares the education-smoking gradient among the Generation X and the millennials, who grew up with different types of upstream policies.Design/methodology/approachThe study relies on regression analysis. The data are from the Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey of 2017, with the sample restricted to those born between 1965 and 1995.FindingsAt the zero-order, the education-smoking gradient has not significantly flattened from Generation X to millennials. And, accounting for the channels of impact of education on smoking does not substantially change this pattern.Social implicationsThe implications for health inequalities associated with socioeconomic status, and tobacco consumption reduction policies, are discussed.Originality/valueThis paper is the first study of the kind using Canadian data.
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Kalubi J, Tchouaga Z, Ghenadenik A, O'Loughlin J, Frohlich KL. Do Social Inequalities in Smoking Differ by Immigration Status in Young Adults Living in an Urban Setting? Findings From the Interdisciplinary Study of Inequalities in Smoking. Tob Use Insights 2020; 13:1179173X20972728. [PMID: 33281461 PMCID: PMC7682200 DOI: 10.1177/1179173x20972728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Objectives: We assessed whether social inequalities in smoking observed among young adults born in Canada were also apparent in same-age immigrants. Methods: Data were drawn from an investigation of social inequalities in smoking conducted in an urban setting (Montreal, Canada). The sample included 2077 young adults age 18 to 25 (56.6% female; 18.9% immigrants who had lived in Canada 11.6 (SD 6.4) years on average). The association between education and current smoking was examined in multivariable logistic regression analyses conducted separately in young adults born in Canada and in immigrants. Results: About 19.5% of immigrants were current smokers compared to 23.8% of young adults born in Canada. In immigrants, relative to those with university education, the adjusted odds ratios (OR) (95% confidence interval) for current smoking were 1.2 (0.6, 2.3) among those with pre-university/vocational training and 1.5 (0.7, 2.9) among those with high school education. In non-immigrants, the adjusted ORs were 1.9 (1.4, 2.5) among those with pre-university/vocational training and 4.0 (2.9, 5.5) among those with high school. Conclusion: Young adults who had immigrated to Canada did not manifest the strong social gradient in smoking apparent in young adults born in Canada. Increased understanding of the underpinnings of this difference could inform development of interventions that aim to reduce social inequalities in smoking.
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- Jodi Kalubi
- École de santé publique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.,Centre de recherche en santé publique, Montréal, Canada.,Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- École de santé publique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- École de santé publique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.,Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- École de santé publique, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada.,Centre de recherche en santé publique, Montréal, Canada
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Gagné T, Frohlich KL, Quesnel-Vallée A. The role of education and other transition milestones in the progression of social inequalities in cigarette smoking between the ages of 18 and 25: Evidence from the Canadian National Population Health Survey. Addict Behav 2020; 109:106476. [PMID: 32485548 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Young adulthood is now considered a sensitive period in the progression of health inequalities over the life-course. This age group experiences highly dynamic and socially patterned life-course events that require nuanced modelling choices compared to those commonly used in public health sciences. To illustrate this, we estimate changes in the risk of smoking according to student status, employment status, living arrangements, and relationship status at different ages across education categories. We used longitudinal data in 1,243 young adults followed every two years between the ages of 18-19 and 24-25 in the Canadian National Population Health Survey (1994-95 to 2010-11). We examined the age-graded associations of occasional and daily smoking with educational attainment and transition statuses using random-effects multinomial logistic regression models with interaction terms. Post-secondary education, living with parents, studying, and being in a relationship were associated with a lower risk of daily smoking in main models, with some of these associations significantly varying in magnitude by age. The risk associated with living without parents at ages 18-19 disappeared by ages 24-25. Being single was both a protective factor at ages 18-19 and a risk factor at ages 24-25. Finally, the risk associated with being single was also stronger among those who did not pursue post-secondary education. These findings support the argument that the simple conceptualization of young adults' circumstances - independent from age and social context - provides a limited understanding of the progression of health inequalities over the life-course. Research needs to consider the dynamic and intersecting nature of transition milestones during this intensive life period.
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Socio-spatial inequalities in smoking among young adults: What a ‘go-along’ study says about local smoking practices. Soc Sci Med 2020; 253:112920. [DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Revised: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Gagné T, Quesnel-Vallée A, Frohlich KL. Considering the age-graded nature of associations between socioeconomic characteristics and smoking during the transition towards adulthood. Prev Med 2019; 123:262-269. [PMID: 30935999 DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.03.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2018] [Revised: 03/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Young adulthood is a sensitive period characterized by the accumulation of resources and transitions in and out of education, employment, family, and housing arrangements. The association between these characteristics and smoking outcomes likely varies with age yet few studies address its dynamic age-graded nature. To explore this, we examined 2083 young adults ages 18-25 from the 2011-2012 cross-sectional sample of the Montreal-based Interdisciplinary Study of Inequalities in Smoking. We operationalized participants' socioeconomic characteristics using their resources (e.g., education, income, financial difficulties) and transition stages (i.e., studying, working full-time, living arrangements with parents and children, and being in a relationship). We examined differences in these characteristics' associations with occasional and daily smoking across two-year categories (18-19, 20-21, 22-23, and 24-25) using multinomial logistic regression models with age-based interaction terms. Findings highlighted four characteristics, i.e., educational attainment, personal income, student status, and relationship status, with significant differences in associations with smoking outcomes across age categories. Between the age groups of 18-19 and 24-25: 1) the negative association between low educational attainment and daily smoking increased; 2) the positive association between personal income and daily smoking decreased; 3) the negative association between student status and both outcomes decreased; 4) the negative association between relationship status and occasional smoking increased. Findings support that the associations between young adults' socioeconomic characteristics and smoking outcomes vary substantially during the second and third decades of life. Addressing this has critical implications for identifying vulnerable populations and developing appropriate age-based policies in this age group.
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- Thierry Gagné
- Institut de Recherche en Santé Publique de l'Université de Montréal (IRSPUM), Canada; Département de Médecine Sociale et Préventive, École de Santé Publique de l'Université de Montréal (ESPUM), Canada.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Canada; Department of Sociology, McGill University, Canada
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- Institut de Recherche en Santé Publique de l'Université de Montréal (IRSPUM), Canada; Département de Médecine Sociale et Préventive, École de Santé Publique de l'Université de Montréal (ESPUM), Canada
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Scholten H, Granic I, Chen Z, Veling H, Luijten M. Do smokers devaluate smoking cues after go/no-go training? Psychol Health 2019; 34:609-625. [DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2018.1554184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Hanneke Scholten
- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Gagné T, Lee JGL, Steinmetz-Wood M, Frohlich KL. Methodological systematic review of studies on social inequalities in smoking among young adults: A field coming of age? Tob Control 2018; 28:566-573. [PMID: 30397029 DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2018-054576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2018] [Revised: 10/15/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Socioeconomic circumstances are critically important to addressing smoking. In young adulthood (ages 18-25), dynamic transitions in education, employment, family and housing complicate the measurement of socioeconomic circumstances. To better understand approaches to capturing these circumstances, this methodological systematic review examined how socioeconomic characteristics used to identify social inequalities in smoking among young adults are measured. DATA SOURCES We searched PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, EMBASE, ERIC and Sociological Abstracts, and used three prior reviews. We updated the search in March 2018. STUDY SELECTION Two reviewers independently screened peer-reviewed records from OECD countries published in English, French, German or Spanish after 1995 whose samples covered at least 1 year between the ages of 18 and 25. We included 89 of 1320 records. DATA EXTRACTION One reviewer extracted study characteristics, indicators used to operationalise socioeconomic circumstances and each indicator's relation to results on smoking (ie, significance and direction). We found 39 indicators of socioeconomic circumstances related to six broad domains. These indicators were used in 425 results. DATA SYNTHESIS We descriptively analysed the extracted data using evidence tables. Educational attainment was most common. Evidence of inequalities varied by indicator used. For example, there was inconsistent evidence regarding the role of parental characteristics and transition stages and insufficient evidence regarding personal income on smoking. CONCLUSION Despite its importance, studies have disproportionally examined inequalities among young adults using traditional indicators. The mismatch between young adults' life transitions and measurement strategies may attenuate evidence of inequalities. We suggest strategies to improve future measurement.
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- Thierry Gagné
- Département de médecine sociale et préventive, École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal (ESPUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Institut de recherche en santé publique de l'Université de Montréal (IRSPUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance, and Center for Health Disparities, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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- Département de médecine sociale et préventive, École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal (ESPUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Institut de recherche en santé publique de l'Université de Montréal (IRSPUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Do social characteristics influence smoking uptake and cessation during young adulthood? Int J Public Health 2017; 63:115-123. [PMID: 29082416 DOI: 10.1007/s00038-017-1044-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Revised: 10/10/2017] [Accepted: 10/13/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES This study uses a Bourdieusian approach to assess young adults' resources and examines their association with smoking initiation and cessation. METHODS Data were drawn from 1450 young adults participating in the Interdisciplinary Study of Inequalities in Smoking, a cohort study in Montreal, Canada. We used logistic regression models to examine the association between young adults' income, education, and peer smoking at baseline and smoking onset and cessation. RESULTS Young adults where most or all of their friends smoked had greater odds of smoking onset. Young adults that had completed pre-university postsecondary education also had higher odds of smoking onset after controlling for social support, employment status, and lacking money to pay for expenses. Income and the sociodemographic variables age and sex were not associated with smoking onset. Young adults where half of their friends smoked or where most to all of their friends smoked had lowers odds of smoking cessation. Men were more likely to cease smoking than women. Education, income and age were not associated with cessation. CONCLUSIONS Interventions focusing on peer smoking may present promising avenues for tobacco prevention in young adults.
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