Association of Cumulative Socioeconomic and Health-Related Disadvantage With Disparities in Smoking Prevalence in the United States, 2008 to 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Understanding emerging patterns of smoking disparities among disadvantaged populations can guide tobacco control policy.

Objective

To estimate disparities in smoking prevalence associated with the number of socioeconomic and health-related disadvantages faced by a population among US adults from 2008 to 2017.

Design, setting, and participants

Nationally representative cross-sectional annual household-based probability sample of US noninstitutionalized residents. Polytomous regression estimated associations of disadvantage variables, survey year, and their interaction with the following 3 pairwise contrasts: current vs never smoking (estimate of overall disparities), current vs former smoking (unique contribution of disparities in smoking cessation), and for

SUBMITTER: Leventhal AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6547249 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature