Ethnic disparities in prevalence and patterns of smoking and nicotine dependence in rural southwest China: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study examines ethnic disparities in prevalence and patterns of smoking and nicotine dependence in rural southwest China.

Design

This was a cross-sectional design.

Setting

This study was conducted in rural Yunnan Province of China.

Participants

7027 consenting individuals aged ≥35 years among Han majority and four ethnic minority groups (Na Xi, Li Shu, Dai and Jing Po) participated in this study. Information about participants' demographic characteristics as well as smoking habits and an assessment of nicotine dependence with the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) was obtained using a standard questionnaire.

Results

Males had significantly higher prevalence of current smoking than females (64.8% and 44.4%, p<0.01). Among curre

SUBMITTER: Wang XM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6756462 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature