A Qualitative Study of How Young Scottish Smokers Living in Disadvantaged Communities Get Their Cigarettes

Donaghy, Edward; Bauld, Linda; Eadie, Douglas; McKell, Jennifer; Pringle, Brian; Amos, Amanda

doi:10.1093/ntr/ntt095

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“…In both UK and Australian studies, some parents reported refusing to facilitate their children's smoking until they were 16 or older,47 51 suggesting that legislative measures have a normative effect, even in contexts of high prevalence.…”

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Disadvantaged youth and smoking in mature tobacco control contexts: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research

Hefler

Chapman

2014

Tob Control

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“…The nexus between smoking, cannabis and alcohol was touched on in several other studies,47 51 52 with all three to varying degrees constituting a major social activity, often done on the streets due to an absence of other leisure options.…”

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Disadvantaged youth and smoking in mature tobacco control contexts: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research

Hefler

Chapman

2014

Tob Control

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“…Also, low SES adolescents in our sample had a lower personal income on average, so that it is unlikely that cigarettes were more affordable in this group. A recent qualitative study on Scottish adolescents from deprived areas suggested that some adolescents received money from their parents specifically to buy cigarettes, which adolescents may not view as personal income 37. A recent paper also showed that low SES adolescents were more exposed to smoking by their friends 26, so that the exchange of cigarettes may be more common in that group, attenuating the influence of personal income.…”

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The association between personal income and smoking among adolescents: a study in six European cities

Perelman¹,

Alves²,

Pfoertner

et al. 2017

Addiction

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AimsThis study investigates the link between personal income and smoking among adolescents, and aims to answer the following questions: (i) to what extent is personal income related to smoking, independent of family socio‐economic status (SES) and (ii) does the association between personal income and smoking apply to different subpopulations?DesignCross‐sectional study.SettingSix cities from European countries (Amersfoort, the Netherlands; Coimbra, Portugal; Hannover, Germany; Latina, Italy; Namur, Belgium; Tampere, Finland) in 2013.ParticipantsA school‐based sample of 10 794 adolescents aged 14–17 years.MeasurementsWe modelled smoking experimentation, weekly smoking, daily smoking and (among daily smokers) smoking intensity as function of personal income, adjusting for age, sex, family SES, parental smoking and country. We tested interactions between personal income and covariates. Stratification analyses were performed for the variables for which interactions were significant.FindingsAdolescents in the highest income quintile were more likely to be smoking experimenters [odds ratio (OR) = 1.87; P < 0.01], weekly smokers (OR = 3.51; P < 0.01) and daily smokers (OR = 4.55; P < 0.01) than those in the lowest quintile. They also consumed more cigarettes per month (β = 0.79; P < 0.01). Adjusting for family SES did not modify the significance of relationships, and increased the magnitude of the association for daily smoking. None of the interactions between covariates and personal income was significant for smoking measures. For the intensity of smoking, the interaction was significant for SES. The stratified analysis showed a non‐significant association between smoking intensity and personal income among the oldest adolescents and those with the lowest SES background, while significant among younger and higher SES backgrounds.ConclusionIn the Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Italy, Belgium and Finland, adolescents' personal income is related positively to smoking behaviours independent of family socio‐economic status (SES). However, among low socio‐economic status adolescent daily smokers, the association between the intensity of smoking and personal income is weaker.

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“…Our study reveals that well over 60% of students get cigarettes by buying or receive from friends and relatives. Other studies show the same results (Hughes et al, 2011, Leatherdale et al, 2011, Marsh et al, 2012, Donaghy et al, 2013) that illegal commercials, friends, relatives, and strangers are considered as sources of providing cigarettes for the students. It suggests that monitoring of law enforcement at the shops selling products-related tobacco is of vital importance.…”

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Tobacco Access and Availability for Vietnamese School Children (aged 13-15): Results from the Global Youth Tobacco Use Survey (GYTS) 2014 in Viet Nam

Anh

Quyen²,

Minh³

et al. 2016

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Efforts to reduce tobacco use among school children need to be based on understanding of access to cigarettes by these subjects because previous studies indicated that enforcement of laws for controlling tobacco sales seems to not affect teen/school children because they can obtain cigarettes from different sources. This paper aims to describe access to and availability of cigarettes among school students (aged 13-15 years old) according to the data from GYTS Vietnam 2014. In GYTS, a national school-based survey of students of grades 8-10, our findings showed that about 15% school children are current smokers who smoke at home, and that they could easily buy cigarettes from stores (63.2%), or someone else (27.8%), or street vendors (9%). Notably, over 85% of school children answered that they were not refused because of their age. This high percentage was nearly the same in the North (85.7%), the Centre (92.5%), and the South (89.7%) of Viet Nam. These findings show that it is quite easy for school children to obtain cigarettes and this is a crucial challenge for policy makers aiming to reduce tobacco use among youth in general and school-age students in particular.

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A Qualitative Study of How Young Scottish Smokers Living in Disadvantaged Communities Get Their Cigarettes

Cited by 14 publications

References 25 publications

Disadvantaged youth and smoking in mature tobacco control contexts: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research

Disadvantaged youth and smoking in mature tobacco control contexts: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research

The association between personal income and smoking among adolescents: a study in six European cities

Tobacco Access and Availability for Vietnamese School Children (aged 13-15): Results from the Global Youth Tobacco Use Survey (GYTS) 2014 in Viet Nam

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