Can population-based tobacco-control policies change smoking behaviors of adolescents from all socio-economic groups? Findings from Australia: 1987–2005

Abstract

Well-funded, population-based tobacco-control programs can be effective in reducing smoking among students from all SES groups.

Equity impact of interventions and policies to reduce smoking in youth: systematic review

“…SES variables included education,28 – 35 parental education,24 36 – 41 household income,33 42 – 44 Family Affluence Scale (FAS),21 – 23 25 45 family socioeconomic classification,22 free school meal (FSM) eligibility,25 46 47 income/spending money,26 41 48 and occupation 49. Measures of area deprivation included the Index of Multiple Deprivation/area deprivation,25 50 – 54 Index of Relative Socio-Economic Disadvantage,54 household education and income level at ‘zip’ code level,55 56 percentage of population with a college education, 32 33 55 percentage of youth unemployment, percentage receiving social welfare and attending ‘low-qualifying’ schools, 35 53 percentage below 150% poverty level,32 57 and school census tract data 58…”

Adolescents' Perceptions of Cigarette Brand Image: Does Plain Packaging Make a Difference?

“…Approximately half of the adolescents who continue to smoke regularly will die prematurely as a result of their smoking [1]. Although trends reveal a decline in adolescent smoking over the past decade in Australia [2], a survey of Australian high school students conducted in 2005 indicated that by the time they reach their final year of school, one in five students had smoked in the past month, and approximately one in six had smoked in the past week [2]. Even before they begin to smoke, adolescents develop beliefs and intentions about smoking, which increase their risk of future experimentation with tobacco [3,4].…”

School and Community Predictors of Smoking: A Longitudinal Study of Canadian High Schools

“…Increasingly, research from other countries on area-and population-based approaches to adolescent tobacco use has supported the importance of broader communitylevel factors. 37 Of particular interest, higher cigarette prices in the school's neighborhood were associated with lower school smoking prevalence. This finding is in agreement with a large body of existing evidence.…”