Husten C G, McCarty M C, Giovino G A, Chrismon J H, Zhu B
Office of Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Am J Public Health. 1998 Jan;88(1):86-9. doi: 10.2105/ajph.88.1.86.
This study assessed the prevalence of and demographic variables associated with lifetime never-daily smoking in the United States.
Descriptive demographic data and logistic regression analyses were used to examine associations with never-daily smoking.
Lifetime never-daily smokers constituted a significant minority of non-White smokers. There was a strong association between never-daily smoking and college education among young adults, particularly men. Although never-daily smoking was associated with initiation behavior among young smokers, it also represented a persistent pattern for some smokers, particularly non-Whites and Hispanics.
The demographic distribution of never-daily smoking may have implications for developing culturally appropriate smoking prevention and cessation strategies.
本研究评估了美国终生非每日吸烟的患病率及与之相关的人口统计学变量。
使用描述性人口统计学数据和逻辑回归分析来检验与非每日吸烟的关联。
终生非每日吸烟者在非白人吸烟者中占相当大的少数。在年轻人中,尤其是男性,非每日吸烟与大学教育之间存在很强的关联。虽然非每日吸烟与年轻吸烟者的开始吸烟行为有关,但对一些吸烟者来说,尤其是非白人和西班牙裔,它也是一种持续的模式。
非每日吸烟的人口统计学分布可能对制定适合不同文化的吸烟预防和戒烟策略有影响。