OBJECTIVES: To support policies to tackle socio-economic inequalities in smoking,
monitoring systems should include information on smoking according to socio-economic …

Introduction: Lower socioeconomic status (SES) groups have higher rates of tobacco use,
are less likely to successfully quit, and may also be less likely to intend or attempt to quit …

Tobacco use disproportionately affects lower socioeconomic status (SES) groups. Current
explanations as to why lower SES groups respond less robustly to tobacco control efforts …

Background Despite substantial public health progress in reducing the prevalence of
smoking in the United States overall, smoking among socioeconomically disadvantaged …

Smoking has become increasingly socially unacceptable in the United States, and the
change coincides with a decline in tobacco use. This growing social unacceptability raises …

Background: Non–small-cell lung cancer patients who continue to smoke after cancer
diagnosis are more likely to experience disease recurrence, decreased treatment efficacy …

Fear appeals are frequently used in anti-smoking advertising. The evidence on the
effectiveness of fear appeals is mixed, and in some studies strong fear appeals have been …

Educational level is most often used to identify social groups with increased prevalence of
smoking. Other indicators of socioeconomic position (SEP) might, however, be equally or …

BACKGROUND: Although it is recommended that smokers undergoing surgery for lung
cancer quit smoking to reduce post-operative complications, few studies have examined …

Objectives. We examined smoking cessation rate by education and determined how much of
the difference can be attributed to the rate of quit attempts and how much to the success of …