Economic crisis and smoking behaviour: prospective cohort study in Iceland.

ABSTRACT: To examine the associations between the 2008 economic collapse in Iceland and smoking behaviour at the national and individual levels. A population-based, prospective cohort study based on a mail survey (Health and Wellbeing in Iceland) assessed in 2007 and 2009. National mail survey. Representative cohort (n=3755) of Icelandic adults. Smoking status. A significant reduction in the prevalence of smoking was observed from 2007 (pre-economic collapse) to 2009 (postcollapse) in both males (17.4-14.8%; p 0.01) and females (20.0-17.5%; p 0.01) in the cohort (n=3755). At the individual level of analysis, male former smokers experiencing a reduction in income during the same period were less likely to relapse (OR 0.37; 95% CI 0.16 to 0.85). Female smokers were less likely to quit over time compar

SUBMITTER: McClure CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3488705 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature