ArticleTobacco prevention & cessation2021
Socioeconomic status and tobacco consumption: Analyzing inequalities in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, the Russian Federation and South Africa.
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- A systematic review of interventions to increase the use of smoking cessation services for women who smoke during pregnancy.The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology · 2023Pooled it
- Tobacco use and associated factors among adults in Ghana: evidence from the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Tobacco use trends in South Korea, 2013-2023: Persistent disparities and emerging challenges in a repeated cross-sectional study.Tobacco induced diseases · 2026Article
- Moderators of peer influence effects for adolescents' smoking and vaping norms and outcomes in high and middle-income settings.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Relative income concerns and smoking behaviour: The role of unobserved heterogeneity.PloS one · 2024Article
- Socioeconomic inequalities in tobacco cessation among Indians above 15 years of age from 2009 to 2017: evidence from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS).BMC public health · 2022Article
- Inequalities in successful tobacco cessation and tobacco cessation attempts: Evidence from eight Sub-Saharan African countries.PloS one · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionGlobally, there has been a rapid rise in non-communicable diseases driven by changing lifestyle choices and health behaviors. Different lifestyle choices threaten to exacerbate existing health inequalities, yet evidence monitoring the extent of this impact in emerging economies is lacking. The article sets out to measure the level of wealth-related inequality and its drivers in one of these lifestyle choices, tobacco consumption, among populations aged ≥50 years in six Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
methodsThe study provides empirical evidence of the inequality in tobacco consumption across wealth groups in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, the Russian Federation and South Africa using the Erreygers' corrected concentration indices. These inequalities are then decomposed to gain a deeper understanding of the factors and broader social forces driving inequality. The WHO SAGE data set, collected between 2008 and 2010, is used for the analysis.
resultsCurrent tobacco consumption is concentrated among the poor in China, Ghana, India, and South Africa, and among the wealthy in the Russian Federation and Mexico. The inequalities widen when we focus solely on the male population. Although the results differ by country, the major drivers of inequality include wealth, locality, and gender.
conclusionsThe focus on tobacco consumption in this age group is key to curbing rising healthcare costs and ensuring longevity. Policies aimed at reducing wealth-related inequalities should especially target high tobacco consumption rates among males, while simultaneously pre-empting and curbing rising rates among women.
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