Geographical location, cigarette risk perceptions, and current smoking among older US adults.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cigarette smoking and smoking-related lung disease are more common in rural (vs urban) areas of the United States (US). This study examined relationships between geographical location, cigarette risk perceptions, and current smoking among older adults who are at greatest risk of developing smoking-related lung disease.

Methods

The study was a secondary data analysis of 12126 respondents aged ≥40 years from Wave 5 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study. Weighted descriptive statistics and Poisson regressions assessed current smoking (vs never or former) as a function of geographical location in a stepwise fashion, first unadjusted, then adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics, and finally for both sociodemographic characteristics and ciga

SUBMITTER: Ozga JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11391726 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature