Cigarettes and social differentiation in France: Is tobacco use increasingly concentrated among the poor?

Addiction

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1718-1728

  Peretti Watel, Patrick ^a,b,c   Constance, Jean ^c   Seror, Valérie ^a,b   Beck, François ^d  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^d National Institute for Prevention and Health Education   (France)

Author keywords

Cigarette price; France; Retrospective analysis; Smoking; Smoking cessation; Smoking cost; Social inequalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FRANCE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69949145451     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02682.x     Document Type: Article

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