NDLI: Socioeconomic inequalities in smoking habits are still increasing in Italy

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Author	Verlato, Giuseppe Accordini, Simone Nguyen, Giang Marchetti, Pierpaolo Cazzoletti, Lucia Ferrari, Marcello Antonicelli, Leonardo Attena, Francesco Bellisario, Valeria Bono, Roberto Briziarelli, Lamberto Casali, Lucio Corsico, Angelo Guido Fois, Alessandro Panico, MariaGrazia Piccioni, Pavilio Pirina, Pietro Villani, Simona Nicolini, Gabriele de Marco, Roberto
Abstract	Background Socioeconomic inequalities in smoking habits have stabilized in many Western countries. This study aimed at evaluating whether socioeconomic disparities in smoking habits are still enlarging in Italy and at comparing the impact of education and occupation. Methods In the frame of the GEIRD study (Gene Environment Interactions in Respiratory Diseases) 10,494 subjects, randomly selected from the general population aged 20–44 years in seven Italian centres, answered a screening questionnaire between 2007 and 2010 (response percentage = 57.2%). In four centres a repeated cross-sectional survey was performed: smoking prevalence recorded in GEIRD was compared with prevalence recorded between 1998 and 2000 in the Italian Study of Asthma in Young Adults (ISAYA). Results Current smoking was twice as prevalent in people with a primary/secondary school certificate (40-43%) compared with people with an academic degree (20%), and among unemployed and workmen (39%) compared with managers and clerks (20-22%). In multivariable analysis smoking habits were more affected by education level than by occupation. From the first to the second survey the prevalence of ever smokers markedly decreased among housewives, managers, businessmen and free-lancers, while ever smoking became even more common among unemployed (time-occupation interaction: p = 0.047). At variance, the increasing trend in smoking cessation was not modified by occupation. Conclusion Smoking prevalence has declined in Italy during the last decade among the higher socioeconomic classes, but not among the lower. This enlarging socioeconomic inequality mainly reflects a different trend in smoking initiation.
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ISSN	14712458
DOI	10.1186/1471-2458-14-879
Journal	BMC Public Health
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	14
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2014-08-27
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Public Health Medicine Epidemiology Biostatistics Vaccine Environmental Health Smoking initiation Smoking cessation Trends Socioeconomic status Italy Medicine/Public Health
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Journal Impact Factor	3.5/2023
5-Year Journal Impact Factor	3.9/2023

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