Smoking cessation among European older adults: the contributions of marital and employment transitions by gender.

ABSTRACT: Knowledge about the potential effects of stressful events on smoking cessation is helpful for the design of health interventions. Previous studies on this topic tended to group together adults of all ages and of both genders. We investigate the contribution of marital and employment losses on smoking cessation by gender, specifically among older adults in Europe. We used panel data from waves 4 (2011) and 5 (2013) of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe for 3345 male and 3115 female smokers at baseline aged 50 and over from 13 countries. The associations between marital and employment losses and smoking cessation were derived from logistic regression models for each gender, controlling for age, educational attainment, diseases incidence and country of residence. Interactio

SUBMITTER: Trias-Llimos S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5435786 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature