Tian J, Gall S, Patton G, Dwyer T, Venn A. Partnering and parenting transitions associate with changing smoking status: a cohort study in young Australians.
Int J Public Health 2017;
62:889-897. [PMID:
28536842 DOI:
10.1007/s00038-017-0984-3]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Revised: 05/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVES
To examine the effects of partnering and parenting transitions on smoking continuity in young adults.
METHODS
A prospective cohort study was conducted involving 1084 young smokers and former smokers who completed questionnaires at baseline (2004-2006, aged 26-36 years) and 5 years later.
RESULTS
233/570 (40.9%) smokers quit and 58/514 (11.3%) former smokers resumed smoking during follow-up. For partnering transitions, compared with remaining not partnered, the likelihood of quitting was higher among men who became (RR 2.84 95% CI 1.62, 4.98) or stayed (RR 2.12, 95% CI 1.18, 3.80) partnered and women who became partnered (RR 1.50, 95% CI 1.03, 2.18). People who became (RR 0.14, 95% CI 0.03, 0.58) or stayed (RR 0.51, 95% CI 0.27, 0.95) partnered had a lower risk of resuming smoking than their continuously not partnered peers. For parenting transitions, having a first child born increased women's probability of quitting smoking relative to remaining childless (RR 1.74, 95% CI 1.30, 2.33), while having additional children did not.
CONCLUSIONS
The benefits of partnering were greater for men than women and transition into parenthood was of greater benefit to women.
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