Association between educational level and smoking cessation in an 11-year follow-up study of a national health survey.

ABSTRACT: Aims: There is a lack of longitudinal, population-based studies on the association between education and smoking cessation. A more thorough examination of this association is needed to address inequalities in smoking. Methods: The longitudinal Health 2000 Survey and Health 2011 Survey, representing the Finnish population aged ⩾30 years, were analysed. Of the 1352 baseline daily smokers, 945 (70%) provided a smoking status at the follow-up. The analytic sample size was 884 (excluding the follow-up occasional smokers). Self-reported questionnaire data and measurements (e.g. plasma cotinine) from the baseline were utilised. The outcome variable was smoking cessation at the follow-up, and the main explanatory variable was education. Logistic regression was the main method for sta

SUBMITTER: Ruokolainen O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8573358 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature