Gender differential secular trend in lifetime smoking prevalence among adolescents: an age-period-cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There has been a gender difference in adolescents' lifetime smoking prevalence trends over the last 10 years. This study aimed to explain the gender differential secular trend in adolescents' lifetime smoking prevalence using age-period-cohort (APC) analysis and suggests possible causes for this trend, including Korean tobacco control policies during the last 10 years.

Methods

We utilized the 2006-2017 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey enrolling grades 7 to 12. Using year of survey and year of entry into middle school, we classified 859,814 students who had ever smoked into 6 age groups, 12 periods, and 17 school admission cohorts. Using APC analysis with the intrinsic estimator method, the effects of age, period, and school admission cohort on lifetime s

SUBMITTER: Hwang JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6815049 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature