Social Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, UK.
J Relig Health. 2019 Dec;58(6):2263-2276. doi: 10.1007/s10943-017-0434-9.
While factors affecting smoking are well documented, the role of religion has received little attention. This national study aims to assess the extent to which religious affiliation is associated with current-smoking and ever-smoking, controlling for age, sex, ethnicity and socio-economic status. Variations between adult and youth populations are examined using secondary analysis of individual-level data from 5 years of the Health Survey for England for adult (aged >20, n = 39,837) and youth (aged 16-20, n = 2355) samples. Crude prevalence statistics are contrasted with binary logistic models for current-smoking and ever-smoking in the adult and youth samples. Analyses suggest that Muslims smoke substantially less than Christians. Highest levels of smoking characterise people not professing any religion. Associations between smoking and the Muslim religion attenuate to statistical insignificance in the face of ethnic and socio-economic factors. An association between smoking and the absence of a religious affiliation is sustained. An understanding of the association between smoking and religion is essential to the development of tobacco control programmes.
虽然影响吸烟的因素已有大量记载，但宗教的作用却很少受到关注。本项全国性研究旨在评估宗教信仰与当前吸烟和曾经吸烟之间的关联程度，同时控制年龄、性别、种族和社会经济地位等因素。利用英格兰健康调查 5 年期间的成人（年龄>20 岁，n=39837）和青年（年龄 16-20 岁，n=2355）样本的个体水平数据进行二次分析，考察了成年和青年人群之间的差异。对成人和青年样本中的当前吸烟和曾经吸烟情况，分别用粗患病率统计数据和二元逻辑模型进行对比分析。分析表明，穆斯林的吸烟量明显少于基督徒。不信仰任何宗教的人群吸烟率最高。在考虑到种族和社会经济因素后，吸烟与穆斯林宗教之间的关联减弱至无统计学意义。而吸烟与无宗教信仰之间的关联仍然存在。了解吸烟与宗教之间的关联对于制定烟草控制计划至关重要。
