Socioeconomic inequalities in smoking cessation in 11 European countries from 1987 to 2012

Bosdriesz, Jizzo R.; Willemsen, Marc C.; Stronks, Karien; Kunst, Anton E.

doi:10.1136/jech-2014-205171

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“…88 Cessation programmes have not always been effective, benefitting some groups more than others. 89,90 The findings from our review show that time-discounting can potentially help epidemiologists, policy-makers and public health practitioners understand these trends and develop interventions that can tackle such issues. First, interventions which assume a flat rate of discounting across population groups may fail to capture smokers' perception of costs and benefits over time.…”

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Time discounting and tobacco smoking: a systematic review and network analysis

Barlow¹

2016

European Journal of Public Health

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Background: Tobacco smoking harms health, so why do people smoke and fail to quit? An explanation originating in behavioural economics suggests a role for timediscounting, which describes how the value of a reward, such as better health, decreases with delay to its receipt. A large number of studies test the relationship of timediscounting with tobacco outcomes but the temporal pattern of this relationship and its variation according to measurement methods remain unclear. We review the association between time-discounting and smoking across (i) the life course, from initiation to cessation, and (ii) diverse discount measures. Methods: We identified 69 relevant studies in Web of Science and PubMed. We synthesized findings across methodologies and evaluated discount measures, study quality and cross-disciplinary fertilization. Results: In 44 out of 54 studies, smokers more greatly discounted the future than nonsmokers and, in longitudinal studies, higher discounting predicted future smoking. Smokers with lower time-discount rates achieved higher quit rates. Findings were consistent across studies measuring discount rates using hypothetical monetary or cigarette reward scenarios. The methodological quality of the majority of studies was rated as 'moderate' and co-citation analysis revealed an isolation of economics journals and a dearth of studies in public health. Conclusion: There is moderate yet consistent evidence that high time-discounting is a risk factor for smoking and unsuccessful cessation. Policy scenarios assuming a flat rate of population discounting may inadequately capture smokers' perceptions of costs and benefits.

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Time discounting and tobacco smoking: a systematic review and network analysis

Barlow¹

2016

European Journal of Public Health

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“…5 However, as suggested by some studies, because the rates of smoking cessation are lower in socioeconomically vulnerable populations, the differences in smoking rates between socioeconomic levels may have increased. 6,7 Several variables relating to sociodemographic conditions are closely connected with the likelihood of smoking behavior.…”

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Association of risk factors with smoking during pregnancy among women of childbearing age: an epidemiological field study in Turkey

Nur

2017

Sao Paulo Med. J.

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CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Smoking during pregnancy is an important risk factor for maternal and infant health that is preventable. This study aimed to investigate the risk factors associated with smoking behavior during pregnancy. DESIGN AND SETTING: A household-based probability sample survey of 1,510 women was conducted in the center of the city of Sivas, Turkey, between September 2013 and May 2014. METHODS: The prevalence of smoking during pregnancy was estimated according to independent variables by means of regression analysis. RESULTS: The prevalence of smoking during pregnancy was 16.5%. Logistic regression showed that being at a relatively young age (odds ratio, OR = 1.92, P = 0.025 for 15-24 age group; and OR = 2.45, P = 0.001 for 25-34 age group), having a low educational level (OR = 1.76, P = 0.032), being unmarried (OR = 1.48, P = 0.002) and living in an extended family (OR = 1.98, P = 0.009) were the factors associated with the risk of smoking during pregnancy. CONCLUSIONS: Systematic attention should be paid to socioeconomic inequalities, to support women towards quitting smoking before or at an early stage of their pregnancies. Younger women and particularly those in lower socioeconomic groups should be targeted. This will lead to better pregnancy status, especially among young women.

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“…Because of that relationship may be a reflection of the smoking epidemic, the analysis was adjusted for time as it has been done in other previous studies (Agaku et al, 2014;Bosdriesz, Willemsen, Stronks, & Kunst, 2015). In view of the fact that previous studies in Spain and in Ireland reported that smoking trends had changed substantially after the introduction of smokefree legislation (Brugha et al, 2009;Regidor et al, 2011), this relationship was addressed in two ways: firstly, by focusing on the period preceding the introduction of comprehensive smoke-free legislation in January 2006; and secondly, the relationship between tobacco prices and the quit ratio was calculated for the entire study period, adjusted for trend and the presence or absence of the law.…”

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Impact of tobacco prices and smoke-free policy on smoking cessation, by gender and educational group: Spain, 1993–2012

Regidor

Pascual

Giráldez‐García

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International Journal of Drug Policy

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Socioeconomic inequalities in smoking cessation in 11 European countries from 1987 to 2012

Abstract: Socioeconomic inequalities in smoking cessation rates have strongly increased since the 1990s and during the 2000s. This suggests that the tobacco control policies implemented during the 2000s have not been able to counter the trend in increasing inequalities.

Cited by 72 publications

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Time discounting and tobacco smoking: a systematic review and network analysis

Time discounting and tobacco smoking: a systematic review and network analysis

Association of risk factors with smoking during pregnancy among women of childbearing age: an epidemiological field study in Turkey

Impact of tobacco prices and smoke-free policy on smoking cessation, by gender and educational group: Spain, 1993–2012

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