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ArticleBMC public health2023

Are we equally at risk of changing smoking behavior during a public health crisis? Impact of educational level on smoking from the TEMPO cohort.

Astrid Juhl Andersen, Irwin Hecker, Solène Wallez, Anke Witteveen, Antonio Lora, Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz, Giovanni Corrao, Henrik Walter, Josep Maria Haro, Marit Sijbrandij and 6 more

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Article in BMC public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors at 12 institutions in 7 countries.

Astrid Juhl AndersenSorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, IPLESP, Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Sociale, ERES, F75012, Paris, France. astrid.andersen@iplesp.upmc.fr.
Irwin HeckerSorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, IPLESP, Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Sociale, ERES, F75012, Paris, France.
Solène WallezSorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, IPLESP, Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Sociale, ERES, F75012, Paris, France.
Anke WitteveenDepartment of Clinical, Neuro-, and Developmental Psychology and WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Dissemination of Psychological Interventions, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Antonio LoraDirettore Dipartimento di Salute Mentale e Dipendenze, Azienda Socio-Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST) di Lecco, Via dell'Eremo 9/11, 23900, Lecco, Spain.
Ellenor Mittendorfer-RutzDivision of Insurance Medicine, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Giovanni CorraoUnit of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods, National Centre for Healthcare Research and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Milano-Bicocca, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Henrik WalterDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, D-10117, Berlin, Germany.
Josep Maria HaroParc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Research and Innovation Unit, CIBERSAM, University of Barcelona, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
Marit SijbrandijDepartment of Clinical, Neuro-, and Developmental Psychology and WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Dissemination of Psychological Interventions, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Matteo Monzio CompagnoniUnit of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods, National Centre for Healthcare Research and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Milano-Bicocca, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
Mireia Felez-NobregaParc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Research and Innovation Unit, CIBERSAM, University of Barcelona, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
Raffael KalischLeibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), Mainz, Germany.
Richard BryantSchool of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, NSW, Australia.
Maria MelchiorSorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, IPLESP, Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Sociale, ERES, F75012, Paris, France.
Murielle Mary-KrauseSorbonne Université, INSERM, Institut Pierre Louis d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, IPLESP, Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Sociale, ERES, F75012, Paris, France.
Sorbonne Université · FRLeibniz Institute for Resilience Research · DEVrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NLAzienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Lariana · ITFreie Universität Berlin · DEInserm · FRInstitut Pierre Louis d‘Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique · FRKarolinska Institutet · SEParc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu · ESUniversitat de Barcelona · ESUniversity of Milano-Bicocca · ITUNSW Sydney · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic as a public health crisis has led to a significant increase in mental health difficulties. Smoking is strongly associated with mental health conditions, which is why the pandemic might have influenced the otherwise decline in smoking rates. Persons belonging to socioeconomically disadvantaged groups may be particularly affected, both because the pandemic has exacerbated existing social inequalities and because this group was more likely to smoke before the pandemic. We examined smoking prevalence in a French cohort study, focusing on differences between educational attainment. In addition, we examined the association between interpersonal changes in tobacco consumption and educational level from 2018 to 2021.

methodsUsing four assessments of smoking status available from 2009 to 2021, we estimated smoking prevalence over time, stratified by highest educational level in the TEMPO cohort and the difference was tested using chi

resultsSmoking prevalence was higher among those with low education. The difference between the two groups increased from 2020 to 2021 (4.8-9.4%, p < 0.001). Smokers with high educational level were more likely to decrease their tobacco consumption from 2018 to 2021 compared to low educated smokers (aOR = 2.72 [1.26;5.89]).

conclusionCurrent findings showed a widening of the social inequality gap in relation to smoking rates, underscoring the increased vulnerability of persons with low educational level to smoking and the likely inadequate focus on social inequalities in relation to tobacco control policies during the pandemic.

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COVID-19PandemicsCohort StudiesEducational StatusHumansPrevalencePublic HealthSmokingSocioeconomic FactorsCOVID-19FranceSmoking behaviorSocial inequalitiesTobacco

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