Socioeconomic position and early adolescent smoking development: evidence from the British Youth Panel Survey (1994-2008).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Smoking usually develops in adolescence and is patterned by socioeconomic position (SEP). We examined whether early adolescent smoking development and associations with SEP have changed over time in a population with well-developed tobacco control policies. We additionally investigated the relative importance of socioeconomic inequalities at different stages of smoking development.

Methods

An annual UK rotating panel survey including data from 5122 adolescents (51% male) aged 11-15 years between 1994 and 2008. Rates of smoking initiation, progression to occasional smoking (experimentation), progression to daily smoking (escalation), and quitting were examined using discrete-time event history analysis.

Results

Initiation, experimentation and escalation rates

SUBMITTER: Green MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4789819 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature