Impact of smoking cessation on household food security.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Smokers can spend a substantial amount on cigarettes, potentially constraining their ability to purchase food. We tested the association of smoking cessation and household food security.

Methods

Using the Current Population Survey (2001-2019), we longitudinally linked the Tobacco Use Supplement and the Food Security Supplement (n = 71,278). Among adult smokers (n = 13,144), we used modified Poisson regression to model household food insecurity as a function of quit status (continuing smokers vs. recent quitters), adjusting for sex, age, household size, children in the household, and other household smokers. We also used multinomial logistic regression to examine more detailed food security status (high, marginal, low, very low).

Results

The adjusted probabilit

SUBMITTER: Berry KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9957954 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature