The case for individualised public health interventions: Smoking prevalence and inequalities in Northern Ireland 1985-2015

Duyen Thuy Nguyen, Michael Donnelly, Minh Van Hoang and Ciaran O'Neill

Health Policy, 2023, vol. 135, issue C

Abstract: While smoking prevalence in high income countries has declined over time, socioeconomic inequalities in smoking have widened. This study is one of the few studies to examine the longitudinal pattern of income-related smoking inequalities and only the second using concentration indices in its analysis.

Keywords: Smoking; Inequality; Concentration index; Public health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2023.104879

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