Open AccessEducational Inequalities in Initiation, Cessation, and Prevalence of Smoking Among 3 Italian Birth Cohorts
Author(s) -
Bruno Federico,
Giuseppe Costa,
Anton E. Kunst
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2005.067082
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , smoking cessation , inequality , socioeconomic status , cohort , logistic regression , cohort study , smoking prevalence , population , environmental health , mathematical analysis , mathematics , pathology , sociology
We examined socioeconomic inequalities in initiation and cessation rates of smoking and the resultant inequality in smoking prevalence among 3 consecutive Italian birth cohorts.