Motives for Smoking Cessation are Associated with Stage of Readiness to Quit Smoking and Sociodemographics among German Industrial Employees

Reime, Birgit; Ratner, Pamela A.; Seidenstücker, Sabine; Janssen, Patricia A.; Novák, Péter

doi:10.4278/0890-1171-20.4.259

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“…If quitting were primarily induced by, for example, higher cigarette taxes, this is certainly not the pattern one would expect. It is consistent with several studies that have found that those who have successfully quit smoking tend to be consumers who quit due to health concerns rather than those concerned about the cost of cigarettes (Reime, et al, 2006.;Halpern and Warner;1993;Eisinger, 1971). If the model is valid these people are expected to be those with higher incomes.…”

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confidence: 90%

Low Income and Poor Health Choices: The Example of Smoking

Binkley

2010

American J Agri Economics

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People with low incomes tend to make less healthy consumption choices than do high income people. In the case of food, agricultural economists have investigated whether this is due to the cost of a healthy diet. Studies of various aspects of the nutrition-income nexus have generally been inconclusive. We investigate a different possibility, motivated by the fact that low income individuals are most likely to be smokers, which cannot be due to limited budgets. Drawing on a body of related literature, we develop a model in which income serves not only as a budget constraint but also as a source of future utility. We test the model by estimating logistic models of beginning and quitting smoking. We find support for the idea that low income consumers make less healthy choices because they face lower costs in terms of foregone future utility.

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Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 90%

Low Income and Poor Health Choices: The Example of Smoking

Binkley

2010

American J Agri Economics

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“…Smokers with low SES more frequently experienced bad support at previous quit attempts and had a bad experience when they tried to quit, which is in concordance with previous studies (Reime et al, 2006;Sorensen et al, 2002 (1999)(2000)(2001), Denmark. * Only smokers with a previous quit attempt are included.…”

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Motives to quit smoking and reasons to relapse differ by socioeconomic status

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Aadahl²,

Toft³

et al. 2011

Preventive Medicine

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“…German industrial employees who intended to quit immediately or in the near future found health related risks to be the most important motive, next to pregnancy, concern for children and awareness of being addicted. 63 A Chinese study investigated "reasons for thinking about quitting smoking" in the last 6 months. The number one reason was concern for personal health, number two was concern about the effect of cigarette smoke on non-smokers, number three that "Chinese society disapproves of smoking", and number four the price of cigarettes.…”

Section: Reasons and Predictors For Smoking Cessationmentioning

confidence: 99%