Age-period-cohort analysis of smoking prevalence trends among career military personnel in South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study evaluated smoking trends among career military personnel in South Korea. After a tobacco tax increase in 2015, the tobacco control program for career military personnel expanded significantly. This study explores long-term smoking trends among career military personnel through age-period-cohort (APC) analysis within the context of targeted tobacco control policies.

Methods

This secondary data analysis utilized data from 12052 individuals aged 19--54 years, identified as career military personnel in the Korea Community Health Survey (KCHS) from 2008 to 2022. APC analysis with the intrinsic estimator (IE) method was conducted to address multicollinearity and accurately assess the contributions of age, period, and birth cohort to smoking prevalence.

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SUBMITTER: Jung S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11624574 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature