Patterns of Birth Cohort‒Specific Smoking Histories by Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

U.S. smoking prevalence varies greatly by race/ethnicity. However, little is known about how smoking initiation, cessation, and intensity vary by birth cohort and race/ethnicity.

Methods

Adult smoking data were obtained from the 1978-2018 National Health Interview Surveys. Age‒period‒cohort models with constrained natural splines were developed to estimate historical smoking patterns among non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander, and non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native individuals. Annual smoking prevalence and probabilities of smoking initiation, cessation, and intensity by age, year, gender, and race/ethnicity were estimated for the 1900 to 2000 birth cohorts. Analysis was conducted in 2020-2021.

SUBMITTER: Meza R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10362802 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature