University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Department of Health Services, 650 Charles Young Drive South, Room A2-125 CHS, Box 956900, Los Angles, CA 90095-6900, USA.
Health Place. 2011 Jan;17(1):222-9. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.10.004. Epub 2010 Oct 19.
Data from a state-wide survey of California middle and high school students (N=20,203) were used to assess whether county income inequality and poverty rates were associated with adolescent smoking. Greater county income inequality, but not poverty rates, was associated with higher established smoking risk (p=0.0019). The association was stronger in males than females, whites than other ethnic groups, and urban than rural settings. Neither county income inequality nor poverty rates were associated with experimental smoking. The findings suggest that it may be important to consider and address economic inequality in the prevention and control of adolescent tobacco use.
利用一项对加利福尼亚州初高中学生（n=20203）的全州范围调查数据，评估县收入不平等和贫困率是否与青少年吸烟有关。结果发现，县收入不平等（p=0.0019）与更高的已确立吸烟风险相关，而贫困率则没有。这种关联在男性中比女性更强，在白人中比其他种族群体更强，在城市中比农村更强。县收入不平等和贫困率均与实验性吸烟无关。这些发现表明，在预防和控制青少年使用烟草方面，考虑和解决经济不平等问题可能很重要。
