Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in smoking prevalence, consumption, initiation, and cessation between 2001 and 2008 in the Netherlands. Findings from a national population survey

Background: Widening of socioeconomic status (SES) inequalities in smoking prevalence has occurred in several Western countries from the mid 1970's onwards. However, little is known about a widening of SES inequalities in smoking consumption, initiation and cessation. Methods: Repeated cross-sectional population surveys from 2001 to 2008 (n approximate to 18,000 per year) were used to examine changes in smoking prevalence, smoking consumption (number of cigarettes per day), initiation ratios (ratio of ever smokers to all respondents), and quit ratios (ratio of former smokers to ever smokers) i... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Nagelhout, Gera E.
de Korte-de Boer, Dianne
Kunst, Anton E.
van der Meer, Regina M.
de Vries, Hein
van Gelder, Boukje M.
Willemsen, Marc C.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Reihe/Periodikum: Nagelhout , G E , de Korte-de Boer , D , Kunst , A E , van der Meer , R M , de Vries , H , van Gelder , B M & Willemsen , M C 2012 , ' Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in smoking prevalence, consumption, initiation, and cessation between 2001 and 2008 in the Netherlands. Findings from a national population survey ' , BMC Public Health , vol. 12 , pp. 303 . https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-303
Schlagwörter: Netherlands / Smoking / Social class / Trends
Sprache: Englisch
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