Disentangling individual and neighborhood differences in the intention to quit smoking in Asian American male smokers.

ABSTRACT: Numerous studies have assessed individual-level factors associated with intention to quit smoking. However, fewer studies have assessed how neighborhood and built environment also contribute towards individual-level behavior. We used baseline data of 340 Chinese and Vietnamese male daily smokers from August 2015 to November 2017 living in the San Francisco Bay Area, who enrolled in a lifestyle intervention trial. The outcome variable was intention to quit in 30 days. To understand the role of contextual factors participants' residential addresses were geocoded, and neighborhood median income, ethnic composition, and tobacco retail density were computed. Individual level analysis suggested that Vietnamese American men had greater intention to quit smoking (OR = 2.90 CI = 1.59, 5.26) in comp

SUBMITTER: Vyas P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7093831 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature