Social inequalities exist in smoking-attributable mortality rates of males. Change in these social inequalities in the past two decades in developed countries remains uncertain. This study was conducted in Canada, France, Poland, and Switzerland to quantify differences in smoking-attributable mortality rates, at ages 35-69 years, among different social strata in recent years and to examine the changes in social inequalities in these rates between 1986 and 2001.
Analyses included 377,878 deaths from a total population of 13,482,210 males of these four countries. Smoking-attributable mortality rates reduced in all strata over the comparative time periods, in all countries, except France. This work specifically focuses to fill the gap in knowledge about whether tobacco control has reached the poor or lower social strata in developed countries. This study will enable follow up research including quantification of effects of the specific tobacco control policies in each country.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/31447 |
| Date | 20 December 2011 |
| Creators | Singhal, Sonica |
| Contributors | Jha, Prabhat |
| Source Sets | University of Toronto |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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