Trends in tobacco consumption in three different birth cohorts of elderly of São Paulo, Brazil

Highlights • Analyzing smoking in birth cohorts reveals the effects of the implementation of public policies. • Little is known with respect to the effects of birth cohorts on smoking in the elderly Brazilian. • Elderly men were more likely than women to be smokers. • Elderly women presented a reduc...

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Published inDrug and alcohol dependence Vol. 147; pp. 53 - 59
Main Authors Wagner, Gabriela Arantes, Rocha, Francisco Marcelo Monteiro da, Lebrão, Maria Lúcia, Duarte, Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira, Zanetta, Dirce Maria Trevisan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.02.2015
Subjects
Aged
Aging - psychology
Brazil - epidemiology
Cohort Studies
Cohort study
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Psychiatry
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
Smoking - psychology
Smoking - trends
Smoking Cessation - psychology
Social Environment
Trends
Brazil
Aged
Trends
Cohort study
Smoking
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Summary:Highlights • Analyzing smoking in birth cohorts reveals the effects of the implementation of public policies. • Little is known with respect to the effects of birth cohorts on smoking in the elderly Brazilian. • Elderly men were more likely than women to be smokers. • Elderly women presented a reduction in the proportion of never smokers and an increase in the proportion of former smokers in the more recent cohorts.
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ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.12.017