Relationships among smoking status, ethnicity, socioeconomic indicators, and lifestyle variables in a biracial sample of women

Jennifer M Watson; Isabel C Scarinci; Robert C Klesges; David M Murray; Mark Vander Weg; Margaret DeBon; Linda H Eck-Clemens; Deborah L Slawson; Barbara McClanahan

doi:10.1016/S0091-7435(03)00096-3

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Relationships among smoking status, ethnicity, socioeconomic indicators, and lifestyle variables in a biracial sample of women

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Relationships among smoking status, ethnicity, socioeconomic indicators, and lifestyle variables in a biracial sample of women

Jennifer M Watson, Isabel C Scarinci, Robert C Klesges, David M Murray, Mark Vander Weg, Margaret DeBon, Linda H Eck-Clemens, Deborah L Slawson and Barbara McClanahan

Preventive medicine, Vol.37(2), pp.138-147

2003

DOI: 10.1016/S0091-7435(03)00096-3

PMID: 12855213

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Abstract

Smoking prevalence rates remain high among women and smoking initiation has increased for young adults. Little is known about the unique patterns of smoking, risk factors, and correlates of quitting in Black versus White women of child-bearing age. This study examined the relationships among smoking, ethnicity, socioeconomic status (SES), and lifestyle variables among 715 women (43.6% Blacks and 56.4% Whites). Stringent inclusion criteria were used for ethnicity, which allows for distinct comparisons but may reduce generalizability of results. Black current smokers smoked fewer cigarettes per day and reported initiating smoking at a later age than Whites. Current versus never smoking was associated with income, education, and caffeine intake. There was a significant ethnicity by alcohol interaction (at lower levels of alcohol intake Whites were more likely to smoke but at higher levels of alcohol there were no ethnic differences). Former smoking versus current smoking was associated with alcohol intake, education, and pack years of smoking. The results of the study suggest several ethnic differences in smoking patterns as well as several correlates of smoking status. These results have implications for the tailoring of interventions and illustrate the association of other health risk factors with smoking status.

Caffeine

Dietary fat

Socioeconomic indicators

Alcohol

Ethnicity

Smoking

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Title: Subtitle: Relationships among smoking status, ethnicity, socioeconomic indicators, and lifestyle variables in a biracial sample of women
Creators: Jennifer M Watson - University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
Isabel C Scarinci - University of Alabama at Birmingham, Division of Preventive Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
Robert C Klesges - The University of Memphis Center for Community Health, Memphis, TN, USA
David M Murray - Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA
Mark Vander Weg - The University of Memphis Center for Community Health, Memphis, TN, USA
Margaret DeBon - The University of Memphis Center for Community Health, Memphis, TN, USA
Linda H Eck-Clemens - Department of Consumer Science & Education, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA
Deborah L Slawson - The University of Memphis Center for Community Health, Memphis, TN, USA
Barbara McClanahan - The University of Memphis Center for Community Health, Memphis, TN, USA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Preventive medicine, Vol.37(2), pp.138-147
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-7435(03)00096-3
PMID: 12855213
NLM abbreviation: Prev Med
ISSN: 0091-7435
eISSN: 1096-0260
Publisher: Elsevier Inc
Language: English
Date published: 2003
Academic Unit: Psychological and Brain Sciences; Injury Prevention Research Center; Community and Behavioral Health; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984063114602771

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