2001 Surgeon General's Report-Women and Smoking: Patterns of Tobacco Use Among Women and Girls

2001 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Smoking Patterns ◽  
Women And Girls

scholarly journals The Smoking Patterns of Women in Their Forties: Their Relationship to Later Osteoporosis

2012 ◽  
Vol 110 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith S. Brook ◽  
Elinor B. Balka ◽  
Chenshu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Trajectory Analysis ◽  
Osteoporotic Fractures ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Women Smokers ◽  
Smoking Patterns ◽  
Heavy Smokers

Osteoporosis is prevalent among women 50 years of age and older and accounts for numerous fractures and the related deaths of many sufferers. In this study, 22.4% of the women reported having osteoporosis. Smoking contributes substantially to osteoporotic fractures. This study assessed how different trajectories of women's smoking, covering the ages 40 to 48 years, relate to osteoporosis at age 65. Trajectory analysis of tobacco use data reveals smoking patterns which may have differing relationships to osteoporosis. Logistic regression analyses revealed the varying relationships of different smoking patterns to osteoporosis. As hypothesized, the chronic/heavy smokers were significantly more likely than the non-smokers to report having osteoporosis. Quitters and moderate smokers did not differ significantly from non-smokers on the osteoporosis measure. Chronic/heavy smokers should not be the only focus of public health efforts to reduce smoking and the associated risks of osteoporosis. The findings also highlight the efficacy of women smokers quitting in their 40s in order to reduce their likelihood of contracting osteoporosis.

scholarly journals Cigarette and E-Cigarettes Dual Users, Exclusive Users and COVID-19: Findings from Four UK Birth Cohort Studies

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 3935
Author(s):  
Daniel Tzu-Hsuan Chen ◽  
Christina N. Kyriakos
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Birth Cohorts ◽  
Dual Use ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Current Cigarette ◽  
Smoking Patterns ◽  
User Groups

Introduction: The relationship between current cigarette and electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) dual use, exclusive use and COVID-19-related measures are still unclear. This study aims to assess the association between different tobacco use patterns and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) symptoms, testing, self-reported infection and social distancing behaviors in the United Kingdom (UK). Methods: Data come from the first wave of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) COVID-19 survey, comprising four birth cohorts (N = 13,077, aged 20–63 years) surveyed between 2 to 31 May 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sociodemographic characteristics and COVID-19-related outcomes (symptoms, testing, diagnosis and social distancing behaviors) were compared across different product user groups (non-users, exclusive cigarette users, exclusive e-cigarettes users and dual use) using Cochran–Mantel–Haenszel χ2 test. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to explore associations between COVID-19-related outcomes and different smoking patterns. Results: Across all four cohorts, 12.6% and 4.9% of the respondents were current exclusive cigarette and e-cigarette users, respectively, with approximately 3% of the respondents being dual users. Significant differences in prevalence were observed between different tobacco use patterns and COVID-19 symptoms (p = 0.02), self-reported infection (p = 0.04) and social distancing behaviors (p < 0.001). Current cigarette and e-cigarette dual use was associated with 2.15-fold higher odds for reporting COVID-19 infection (aOR = 2.15; CI [1.15–4.05]). Compliance of social distancing behaviors were the lowest for current dual users (aOR = 0.58; CI [0.41–0.83]) and exclusive cigarette users (aOR = 0.72; CI [0.63–0.92]). Conclusions: The findings highlight dual users’ higher prevalence of having COVID-19 symptoms, infection and incompliance of social distancing behaviors. Self-reported infection was associated with dual product use; dual users and exclusive cigarette users were linked to poor adherence to social distancing behaviors. Smoking cessation support and further monitoring on multiple tobacco use among these populations should be reinforced as preventive measures to tackle the pandemic.

Smoking and Quitting Smoking: Crucial Issues for Women

1998 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Stillman
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
Preventable Death ◽  
The Real ◽  
Disease Rates ◽  
Quitting Smoking ◽  
Women And Girls

It is undeniable that tobacco use by women and girls continues to limit the real improvements in quality of life and longevity that we might expect, as it does for men and boys. Smoking is the main cause of preventable death and disease in our country. Women's smoking is not an emerging health issue; it is a health concern that has been with us for decades. Smoking rates for women were at their highest in the 1970s and we are now reaping the results of this in the peaking of disease rates that have taken twenty years to emerge. It is hoped we will not see a repeat of this pattern, but we cannot afford to be complacent. The challenge now is to bring the smoking rates for women down even further, as quickly as possible.

Tobacco Use and Quit Behaviors among Delinquent Youth: A Pilot Study

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 303-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis W. Smith ◽  
Brian Colwell ◽  
James J. Zhang ◽  
Robert McPherson ◽  
Stacey Stevens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Delinquent Youth ◽  
The Past ◽  
Stop Smoking ◽  
Smoking Patterns ◽  
Adolescent Tobacco Use ◽  
Study Participants

With rates of adolescent tobacco use steadily increasing over the past 20 years, assisting youth to quit, particularly those youth most susceptible to tobacco use, has become a national focus. The purpose of this pilot study was to examine and profile the smoking patterns of a small sample ( n = 37) of juvenile offenders in Texas. In contrast to anecdotal reports, the sample group from this study did not differ clinically from the general population of adolescent tobacco users. Importantly, the study participants indicated previous attempts to stop smoking. The authors conclude that delinquent youth may be responsive to cognitive behavioral smoking cessation programs that also address the management of peer networks.

scholarly journals A gendered typology of tobacco use among college students

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
T Igboanugo
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Premature Mortality ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Smoking Habits ◽  
Smoking Reduction ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Class 1 ◽  
Smoking Patterns

Abstract Background Smoking habits initiated during the adolescent period often persist into adulthood leading to tobacco and nicotine dependence with associated morbidity and premature mortality. Parental smoking has been associated with early tobacco dependence on their children. An understanding of students' smoking patterns in relationship to parents' smoking habits is crucial to informing the establishing of a smoking reduction intervention in students. Methods Latent Class Analysis (LCA) was used to characterize the different patterns of smoking among 361 Irish university students. The participants were enrolled in this cross-sectional study by inviting them to complete an online survey. Results Three groups were identified: (1) Chain smokers (n = 92, 25.52%). (2) Moderate tobacco users (n = 124, 34.60%). (3) Experimenters (n = 145, 40.16%). The predominantly male 'chain-smokers' groups (class 1) has a higher probability of using tobacco several times a day, have both parents as tobacco users and both parents smoking in the home compared to the 'moderate tobacco users' group (class 2) and 'experimenters' groups (class 3) which are both predominantly females. The majority (70.40%) of the chain smokers source their tobacco from family members (either parents or an older sibling); moderate tobacco users (84.74%), from friends and experimenters (100%) buy themselves. Conclusions This study reveals the predictors of tobacco use patterns among students and can inform smoking reduction intervention and strategies among students. Key messages Regulating tobacco access will checkmate use among teens/young adults. Understanding how parenteral smoking habits and tobacco access influences use and abuse among students is crucial to instituting intervention strategies.

scholarly journals Patterns of tobacco consumption among residents of a rural settlement: a cross-sectional study

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Andrécia Cósmem da Silva ◽  
Lorena Silva Vargas ◽  
Roselma Lucchese ◽  
Bruno de Souza Calixto ◽  
Rafael Alves Guimarães ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Tobacco Consumption ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Rural Settlement ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Tobacco Abuse ◽  
Smoking Patterns

OBJECTIVE: Investigate patterns and factors associated with tobacco consumption among residents of a rural settlement. METHODS: A cross-sectional study conducted between September and November 2014, with 172 residents of a rural settlement in the Midwest region of Brazil. We analyzed as dependent variables tobacco consumption at some point in life; current tobacco consumption; tobacco abuse; and the high risk of nicotine dependence, with sociodemographic variables associated with tobacco use, and we applied the Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) and Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20). RESULTS: The prevalence of tobacco use in life, current use, tobacco abuse, and high risk of nicotine dependence were 62.2%, 20.9%, 59.8%, and 10.3%, respectively. Advanced age, low education level, evangelical religion, marijuana use, hypnotic or sedative consumption, and male gender were factors associated with smoking patterns in the settlers. CONCLUSIONS: There was a high prevalence of smoking patterns, evidencing the need for public policies on tobacco prevention and control in this population.

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