Thirty-eight-year trends of educational differences in smoking in Finland.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Smoking is declining, but it is unevenly distributed among population groups. Our aim was to examine the socio-economic differences in smoking during 1978-2016 in Finland, a country with a history of strict tobacco control policy.

Methods

Annual population-based random sample data of 25-64-year-olds from 1978 to 2016 (N = 104,315) were used. Response rate varied between 84 and 40%. In addition to logistic regression analysis, absolute and relative educational differences in smoking were examined.

Results

Smoking was more prevalent among the less educated but declined in all educational groups during the study period. Both absolute and relative differences in smoking between the less and highly educated were larger at the end of the study period than at the

SUBMITTER: Ruokolainen O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6614163 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature