Cross-sectional survey on cigarette smoking in Chinese high-income areas.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate smoking status and its influencing factors in high-income areas of China.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

High-income areas in China.

Participants

4064 persons aged 15 years or older from the survey results in Global Adult Tobacco Survey-China 2018.

Methods

Gross national income data were used to determine China's high-income economic regions, and the results of the survey in Global Adult Tobacco Survey-China 2018 were used for statistical analysis.

Results

A total of 4064 people were included in our study, including 881 current smokers, 2884 who had never smoked and 299 who had quit smoking. Using the standardised rate method, the standardised smoking rates in high-income and non-high-income areas in China were

SUBMITTER: Yuan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9058778 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature