ArticleFrontiers in public health2025
The impact of health literacy on smoking patterns among male residents: insights from Ningbo City.
Article in Frontiers in public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Self-Reported Health Literacy and Current Conventional Cigarette Smoking Among Korean Adults: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the 2024 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Development and evaluation of a 15-item health literacy classification model using integrated psychometric approaches in China.BMC public health · 2026Article
- The impact of agricultural technological innovation on residents' health and its spatial effects.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Nicotine dependence, motivations, and intention to quit smoking among smoking cessation outpatients: A cross-sectional study.Tobacco induced diseases · 2025Article
- The role of health literacy within the social determinants of health framework: a cross-sectional study on smoking behavior in Fujian, China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Associated factors of smoking behaviors among industrial workers in Myanmar: the role of modifying factors and individual beliefs, guided by the health belief model.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: This study examined the associations between health literacy and smoking behaviors among residents in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China, investigating both the impact of health literacy on smoking prevalence and intensity, and its potential role in smoking cessation interventions. Methods: This cross-sectional study analyzed data from 2,948 male participants in the 2023 Health Literacy and Tobacco Use Surveillance Survey. We applied logistic regression models and restricted cubic spline analyses to assess the association between health literacy and smoking behaviors, adjusting for demographic characteristics, socioeconomic factors, and self-reported health status. Results: Our findings indicate that higher levels of health literacy are associated with significantly lower rates of smoking ( Conclusion: Health literacy significantly influences smoking behavior, with higher literacy levels associated with reduced smoking prevalence and intensity. These findings support incorporating health literacy enhancement into comprehensive smoking cessation strategies.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.