Tobacco Consumption, Alcohol Intake Frequency and Quality of Life: Results from a Nationally Representative Croatian Sample Study

Lipovčan, Ljiljana Kaliterna; Brkljačić, Tihana; Tadić, Maja

doi:10.5559/di.22.4.04

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“…One possible explanation is that smoking could be a method of coping with psychological issues due to long-term illness; studies have found that tobacco consumption can control stress levels, alleviate signs of depression, and enhance wellbeing in the short term ( 45 , 46 ). Although smoking may be a way to ease anxiety and distress in the short term for people with chronic mental health issues, no concrete research suggests that smoking has a positive influence on subjective mental health over the long term ( 12 , 47 – 49 ). Additionally, disabled persons generally experience greater discrimination than the general population.…”

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“…From a psychological perspective, high levels of substance abuse could be attributed to the higher subjective utility smokers receive relative to the perceived health drawbacks of tobacco consumption ( 8 – 10 ). Specifically, for people with LSI, smoking is a common strategy to cope with the social isolation they face alongside the mental health issues that come with it ( 11 , 12 ). In the US, people with LSI had a substantially higher smoking rate than the national average of 12.5% in 2020.…”

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Individuals with long-term illness, disability or infirmity are more likely to smoke than healthy controls: An instrumental variable analysis

Zhou

Zhu

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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Despite the prevalence of smoking cessation programs and public health campaigns, individuals with long-term illness, disability, or infirmity have been found to smoke more often than those without such conditions, leading to worsening health. However, the available literature has mainly focused on the association between long-term illness and smoking, which might suffer from the possible bidirectional influence, while few studies have examined the potential causal effect of long-term illness on smoking. This gap in knowledge can be addressed using an instrumental variable analysis that uses a third variable as an instrument between the endogenous independent and dependent variables and allows the identification of the direction of causality under the discussed assumptions. Our study analyzes the UK General Household Survey in 2006, covering a nationally representative 13,585 households. We exploited the number of vehicles as the instrumental variable for long-term illness, disability, or infirmity as vehicle numbers may be related to illness based on the notion that these individuals are less likely to drive, but that vehicle number may have no relationship to the likelihood of smoking. Our results suggested that chronic illness status causes a significantly 28% higher probability of smoking. The findings have wide implications for public health policymakers to design a more accessible campaign around smoking and for psychologists and doctors to take targeted care for the welfare of individuals with long-term illnesses.

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Individuals with long-term illness, disability or infirmity are more likely to smoke than healthy controls: An instrumental variable analysis

Zhou

Zhu

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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Investigating the relationship between smoking and subjective welfare

Churchill

Farrell

2017

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics

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Meta-Analysis: Quality of Life and Marketing Systems

Krasnikov,

Shultz,

Solovyov

et al. 2023

Journal of Macromarketing

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The authors introduce meta-analysis as a compelling tool for macromarketing research in an increasingly complex and data-driven world, and share an example of its application. They synthesize and generalize empirical findings on the relationships between marketing systems (MS) and quality-of-life (QOL), two concepts integral to macromarketing. Results indicate dimensions of MS are positively associated with QOL, suggesting that marketing systems enhance consumer well-being across contexts and metrics. The promotion dimension of MS has the highest correlation with QOL; the strongest positive MS-QOL relationship was estimated for personal health. Measurement, cultural, and socioeconomic factors that affect the strength of MS-QOL relationships also were assessed. Results suggest the association between MS and QOL is stronger in studies based on primary/subjective measures of QOL constructs, in samples drawn from developed economies, and in more indulgent, uncertainty-tolerant, and long-term-oriented cultures. Implications for theory, policy, practice, and opportunities for further research are discussed.

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Tobacco Consumption, Alcohol Intake Frequency and Quality of Life: Results from a Nationally Representative Croatian Sample Study

Cited by 3 publications

References 41 publications

Individuals with long-term illness, disability or infirmity are more likely to smoke than healthy controls: An instrumental variable analysis

Individuals with long-term illness, disability or infirmity are more likely to smoke than healthy controls: An instrumental variable analysis

Investigating the relationship between smoking and subjective welfare

Meta-Analysis: Quality of Life and Marketing Systems

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