Lifelong smoking trajectories of Northern Finns are characterized by sociodemographic and lifestyle differences in a 46-year follow-up.

ABSTRACT: Smoking remains among the leading causes of mortality worldwide. Obtaining a comprehensive understanding of a population's smoking behaviour is essential for tobacco control. Here, we aim to characterize lifelong smoking patterns and explore underlying sociodemographic and lifestyle factors in a population-based birth cohort population followed up for 46 years. Our analysis is based on 5797 individuals from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 who self-reported their tobacco smoking behaviour at the ages of 14, 31 and 46. Data on sex, education, employment, body mass index, physical activity, alcohol consumption, and substance addiction were also collected at the follow-ups. We profile each individual's annual smoking history from the age of 5 to 47, and conduct a latent class trajectory

SUBMITTER: Oura P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7529914 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature