Socioeconomic status over the life course and stages of cigarette use: initiation, regular use, and cessation
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STUDY OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between multiple indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) over the life course and three stages of cigarette use: initiation, regular use, and cessation. DESIGN: Prospective birth cohort study. SETTING: Providence, Rhode Island. PARTICIPANTS: Subjects (n=657) aged 30 to 39 were offspring of participants in the Brown University cohort of the United States National Collaborative Perinatal Project started in 1959. MAIN RESULTS: A significantly increased risk of smoking initiation was observed among people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Low SES in childhood also increased the risk for progression to regular smoking, and was associated with a reduced likelihood of smoking cessation. Progression to regular smoking and smoking persistence were also associated with lower adult SES. CONCLUSIONS: Socioeconomic conditions over the life course accumulate to produce increased rates of smoking uptake and reduced rates of cessation among lower SES people. Addressing SES gradients in smoking will require persistent and extended intervention over multiple life stages.
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- Authors
- Gilman, S. E., Abrams, D. B., & Buka, S. L.
- Affiliations
- Brown University (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Gilman, S E
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2003-10
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 802-808
- ISSN
- 0141-7681 (ISSN-L)
- 0143-005X
- 1470-2738
- PMC
- PMC1732304
- OpenAlex
- W2165034974
- Cited by
- 311
- References
- 3
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- FWCI
- 6.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Cancer Institute
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Keywords
- socioeconomic status, smoking initiation, smoking cessation, life course, childhood socioeconomic status, smoking persistence, birth cohort
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Prospective Studies, Rhode Island, Risk Factors, Smoking, Social Class, Socioeconomic Factors, Smoking Cessation, Age Distribution
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