Volume 2, Issue 3, September 2012, Pages 135 - 144
An updated global picture of cigarette smoking persistence among adults
Authors
Jonathan P. Troosta, *, jtroost@epi.msu.edu, David A. Barondessa, Carla L. Storrb, c, J. Elisabeth Wellsd, Ali Obaid Al-Hamzawie, ali_alhamzawi2000@yahoo.com, Laura Helena Andradef, lhsgandr@usp.br, Evelyn Brometg, ebromet@notes.cc.sunysb.edu, Ronny Bruffaertsh, ronny.bruffaerts@uz.kuleuven.ac.be, Silvia Florescui, florescu.silvia@gmail.com, Giovanni de Girolamoj, gdegirolamo@fatebenefratelli.it, Ron de Graafk, rgraaf@trimbos.nl, Oye Gurejel, ogureje@comui.edu.ng, Josep Maria Harom, jmharo@sjd-ssm.com, Chiyi Hun, chiyihu@yahoo.com.cn, Yueqin Huango, dengy@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn, Aimee N. Karamp, q, r, aimeekaram@hotmail.com, Ronald C. Kesslers, Kessler@hcp.med.harvard.edu, Jean-Pierre Lepinet, jean-pierre.lepine@lrb.aphp.fr, Herbert Matschingeru, Herbert.Matschinger@medizin.uni-leipzig.de, Maria Elena Medina-Morav, medinam@imp.edu.mx, Siobhan O’Neillw, sm.oneill@ulster.ac.uk, Jose Posada-Villax, latos98@yahoo.com, Rajesh Sagary, rajeshsagar@rediffmail.com, Tadashi Takeshimaz, ttake@ncnp-k.go.jp, Toma Tomovaa, tntomov@gmail.com, David R. Williamsab, dwilliam@hsph.harvard.edu, James C. Anthonya, c
aDepartment of Epidemiology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
bDepartment of Family and Community Health, School of Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
cAdjunct in Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
dDepartment of Public Health and General Practice, University of Otago, Christchurch, PO Box 8140, New Zealand
eDepartment of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Qadisia University, Diwania Province, Iraq
fSection of Psychiatric Epidemiology- LIM 23 Department and Institute of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
gDepartment of Psychiatry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, United States
hDepartment of Psychiatry, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
iScoala Nationala de Sanatate Publica si Perfectionare in Domeniul Sanitar, Bucuresti, Romania
jIRCCS Centro S. Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
kNetherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
lDepartment of Psychiatry, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
mParc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, CIBERSAM, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
nShenzhen Institute of Mental Health and Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen, China
oInstitute of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China
pDepartment of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
qDepartment of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Balamand University Medical School, Beirut, Lebanon
rThe Institute for Development, Research, Advocacy and Applied Care (IDRAAC), Beirut, Lebanon
sDepartment of Health Policy, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
tHôpital Lariboisière Fernand Widal, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris INSERM U 705, CNRS UMR 7157 University Paris Diderot and Paris Descartes Paris, France
uInstitut für Arbeits- und Sozialmedizin, Universität Leipzig, Medizinische Fakultät, Leipzig, Germany
vNational Institute of Psychiatry, Mexico City, Mexico
wUniveristy of Ulster, Londonderry, United Kingdom
xInstituto Colombiano del Sistema Nervioso, Bogota D.C., Colombia
yDepartment of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India
zNational Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan
aaNew Bulgarian University, Institute for Human Relations, Sofia, Bulgaria
abProfessor of Public Health, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
*Corresponding author. Address: Predoctoral Fellow, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 49924, United States. Tel.: +1 517 353 8623x100; fax: +1 517 432 1100.
Corresponding Author
Jonathan P. Troostjtroost@epi.msu.edu
Received 16 August 2011, Revised 6 June 2012, Accepted 28 June 2012, Available Online 11 August 2012.
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jegh.2012.06.003How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Tobacco; Smoking persistence; Meta-analysis
- Abstract
Background: Cross-national variance in smoking prevalence is relatively well documented. The aim of this study is to estimate levels of smoking persistence across 21 countries with a hypothesized inverse relationship between country income level and smoking persistence.
Methods: Data from the World Health Organization World Mental Health Survey Initiative were used to estimate cross-national differences in smoking persistence—the proportion of adults who started to smoke and persisted in smoking by the date of the survey.
Results: There is large variation in smoking persistence from 25% (Nigeria) to 85% (China), with a random-effects meta-analytic summary estimate of 55% with considerable cross-national variation. (Cochran’s heterogeneity Q statistic = 6845; p < 0.001). Meta-regressions indicated that observed differences are not attributable to differences in country’s income level, age distribution of smokers, or how recent the onset of smoking began within each country.
Conclusion: While smoking should remain an important public health issue in any country where smokers are present, this report identifies several countries with higher levels of smoking persistence (namely, China and India).
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- © 2012 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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TY - JOUR AU - Jonathan P. Troost AU - David A. Barondess AU - Carla L. Storr AU - J. Elisabeth Wells AU - Ali Obaid Al-Hamzawi AU - Laura Helena Andrade AU - Evelyn Bromet AU - Ronny Bruffaerts AU - Silvia Florescu AU - Giovanni de Girolamo AU - Ron de Graaf AU - Oye Gureje AU - Josep Maria Haro AU - Chiyi Hu AU - Yueqin Huang AU - Aimee N. Karam AU - Ronald C. Kessler AU - Jean-Pierre Lepine AU - Herbert Matschinger AU - Maria Elena Medina-Mora AU - Siobhan O’Neill AU - Jose Posada-Villa AU - Rajesh Sagar AU - Tadashi Takeshima AU - Toma Tomov AU - David R. Williams AU - James C. Anthony PY - 2012 DA - 2012/08/11 TI - An updated global picture of cigarette smoking persistence among adults JO - Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health SP - 135 EP - 144 VL - 2 IS - 3 SN - 2210-6014 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jegh.2012.06.003 DO - 10.1016/j.jegh.2012.06.003 ID - Troost2012 ER -