Trends in Inequality in Cigarette Smoking Prevalence by Income According to Recent Anti-smoking Policies in Korea: Use of Three National Surveys.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study examined trends in inequality in cigarette smoking prevalence by income according to recent anti-smoking policies in Korea.

Methods

The data used in this study were drawn from three nationally representative surveys, the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the Korea Community Health Survey, and the Social Survey of Statistics Korea. We calculated the age-standardized smoking prevalence, the slope index of inequality, and the relative index of inequality by income level as a socioeconomic position indicator.

Results

Smoking prevalence among men decreased during the study period, but the downward trend became especially pronounced in 2015, when the tobacco price was substantially increased. Inequalities in cigarette smoking by i

SUBMITTER: Chang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6283740 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature