Smoking cessation in Brazil: a survival analysis based on consumers’ profile

Abstract

Cigarette consumption is a worldwide epidemic and its reduction is one of the major public health concerns. In Brazil, although there is a wide literature on smoking cessation it is restricted to experimental studies. Based on data from the 2013 National Health Survey (PNS), this study uses the survival methodology and use population data and consumer’s profile to investigate which characteristics will affect smoking cessation hazard. The results showed that the people who are less likely to quit smoking are older, single men, with low income and fewer education years. They also do not practice physical exercise. The findings of cigarette cessation hazard to Brazilian population are similar of experimental studies with smokers and ex-smokers in country. Therefore, in order to decrease public health spending, Brazilian health policies regarding tobacco cessation could focus on those groups who will likely smoke for a long time.

A biopsychosocial examination of chronic back pain, limitations on usual activities, and treatment in Brazil, 2019

“…Smoking may also increase coughing activity and thus increase intradiscal and intra-abdominal pressure, leading to a burden on the spine [ 64 ]. Smoking also differs across social groups in Brazil as elsewhere, being higher among those with lower socioeconomic status, such as those with lower education and older income [ 65 , 66 ]. Smoking is also associated with older age and being a single man [ 66 ].…”

“…Smoking also differs across social groups in Brazil as elsewhere, being higher among those with lower socioeconomic status, such as those with lower education and older income [ 65 , 66 ]. Smoking is also associated with older age and being a single man [ 66 ]. In our analyses, the coefficient for smoking in Table 3 decreased as social variables were added to the model, but it remained significant in the association with the prevalence of chronic pain.…”