ArticleAmerican journal of health promotion : AJHP2019
Food Insecurity and Psychological Distress Among Former and Current Smokers With Low Income.
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- Focusing attention on the important association between food insecurity and psychological distress: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- Association between household food security and socioeconomic status with paternal smoking: Findings from SEANUTS II Malaysia.PloS one · 2026Article
- Exploring the perspectives and experiences of food-insecure adults who are also tobacco dependent: a qualitative study in North East England.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Addressing tobacco use in the context of complex social needs: A new conceptual framework and approach to address smoking cessation in community health centers.PEC innovation · 2022Article
- Food insecurity, social needs, and smoking status among patients in a county hospital system.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Psychological distress and cigarette smoking among U.S. households by income: Considering the role of food insecurity.Preventive medicine reports · 2019Article
- Examining Reciprocal Effects of Cigarette Smoking, Food Insecurity, and Psychological Distress in the U.S.Journal of psychoactive drugsArticle
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purposeTo examine how food insecurity and psychological distress interact in its association with smoking and to explore how food insecurity and psychological distress are associated with quitting smoking using quit ratio estimates.
designCross-sectional study.
settingData from the 2015 California Health Interview Survey.
participantsA total of 3007 lower income adults who have ever smoked. MEASURES: Ever smoking was defined as smoking 100+ cigarettes in the entire lifetime, with current smoking defined as smoking "every day" or "some days" and former smoking defined as smoking "not at all." Psychological distress and food insecurity were measured by the 6-item K6 Psychological Distress Scale and the 6-item Food Security Survey Short Form, respectively. ANALYSIS: Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to examine correlates of smoking status. Quit ratios (percentage of ever smokers who have quit) were calculated across study variables.
resultsReporting food insecurity with psychological distress was independently associated with lower odds of being a former smoker, compared to reporting food security without psychological distress. The quit ratio was lower among ever smokers reporting food insecurity with distress (41%) compared to ever smokers reporting food security without distress (63%).
conclusionsSpecific conditions of impoverishment, such as food insecurity, interact with psychological distress in its association with continued smoking. Interventions to reduce socioeconomic disparities in smoking should consider the interacting role of food insecurity and psychological distress.
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