Religiosity and Tobacco and Alcohol Use in a Brazilian Shantytown

Lucchetti, Giancarlo; Peres, Mario F P; Lucchetti, Alessandra Lamas Granero; Koenig, Harold G.

doi:10.3109/10826084.2012.673142

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“…As in other studies, an association was found between current smoking and several sociodemographic characteristics, including being male, older age, low education level 6,11,13,14,16 , and history of homelessness 40,41 , while a negative association was found between smoking and practicing a religion 42,43 . A low level of education may be considered a marker for low access to knowledge and understanding of the harmful effects of tobacco 16 .…”

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“…A low level of education may be considered a marker for low access to knowledge and understanding of the harmful effects of tobacco 16 . Practicing a religion may act as a protective factor for substance use 44 since it represents a potential social safety net that establishes values, restrictions or impositions on certain behaviors 42,43 . On the other hand, increased social vulnerability and the high prevalence of co-occurring substance use among homeless people with mental health disorders place this population at a higher risk of smoking.…”

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Cigarette smoking among psychiatric patients in Brazil

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Cigarette smoking among psychiatric patients in Brazil

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“…[1][2][3][4] Religious attendance, religious affiliation, and intrinsic religiousness have been associated with lower rates of alcohol use/abuse, binge drinking, and lifetime use of alcohol. 1,[5][6][7][8] Mullen et al 9 found that Catholics are more permissive in their attitudes, while Protestants are more likely to endorse abstinence from alcohol. Religious affiliation could also serve as a reference group that influences behavior, 10 and conservative religious groups have higher negative expectations (expected negative consequences of alcohol consumption) and lower drinking motives.…”

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Religious beliefs and alcohol control policies: a Brazilian nationwide study

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Rev. Bras. Psiquiatr.

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Objective: The connection between lower alcohol use and religiousness has been extensively examined. Nevertheless, few studies have assessed how religion and religiousness influence public policies. The present study seeks to understand the influence of religious beliefs on attitudes toward alcohol use. Methods: A door-to-door, nationwide, multistage population-based survey was carried out. Selfreported religiousness, religious attendance, and attitudes toward use of alcohol policies (such as approval of public health interventions, attitudes about drinking and driving, and attitudes toward other alcohol problems and their harmful effects) were examined. Multiple logistic regression was used to control for confounders and to assess explanatory variables. Results: The sample was composed of 3,007 participants; 57.3% were female and mean age was 35.7 years. Religiousness was generally associated with more negative attitudes toward alcohol, such as limiting hours of sale (p , 0.01), not having alcohol available in corner shops (p , 0.01), prohibiting alcohol advertisements on TV (p , 0.01), raising the legal drinking age (p , 0.01), and raising taxes on alcohol (p , 0.05). Higher religious attendance was associated with less alcohol problems (OR: 0.61, 95%CI 0.40-0.91, p = 0.017), and self-reported religiousness was associated with less harmful effects of drinking (OR: 0.61, 95%CI 0.43-0.88, p = 0.009). Conclusions: Those with high levels of religiousness support more restrictive alcohol policies. These findings corroborate previous studies showing that religious people consume less alcohol and have fewer alcohol-related problems.

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“…2 There are distinct differences in alcohol use between religious traditions, as we reported in a recent article. 3 For instance, Afro-Brazilian religions (i.e., Umbanda) utilize alcohol in their rituals, whereas some Brazilian Protestant Evangelicals forbid its use entirely, whether for religious or non-religious purposes.…”

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“…Bipolar affective disorder is characterized by high rates of morbidity and disability and may be misdiagnosed as major depressive disorder in some settings. 3,4 Alcoholism is a chronic remitting and relapsing condition and remains a serious cause of morbidity and mortality, despite progress in identifying new pharmacological strategies for its treatment through neurobiological research. 5,6 The ''Annie'' daguerreotype was taken by Mrs. Anne Richmond, a friend of Poe, and shows him in plain, pedestrian attire, unkempt, with a vacant look, mixing surprise and untidiness, disclosing a depressive mood and suffering.…”

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