Factors Associated With Tobacco Smoking Practices Among Middle-Aged and Older Women in Texas

Bibliographic Data

ID20392919
AuthorsMatthew Lee Smith (0000-0002-8232-9285, University of Georgia, corresponding author), Brian Colwell (0000-0002-9338-2778, Texas A&M Health Science Center), Sangnam Ahn (0000-0002-5690-7627, University of Memphis), Marcia G Ory (0000-0001-8036-2383, Texas A&M Health Science Center)
Year2012
Volume24
Issue1
Pages3-22
Publication date2012-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Women & Aging (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0895-2841 • E-ISSN: 1540-7322
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/08952841.2012.638876
PMID22256875
OpenAlexW2082917911
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited48

This study examines middle-aged and older women's smoking practices and identifies factors associated with tobacco use and cessation in this population. Data of 593 women were analyzed from a seven-county random household sample in Texas. Sequential multinomial logistic regression compared associations with having never smoked, having quit smoking, and currently smoking. Compared to smokers, never smokers and past smokers were significantly more likely to be older, more educated, of better general health, and report past-year physician visits and fewer depressive symptoms. Mental health and smoking are interrelated, indicating the need for addressing depression in smoking-cessation efforts for aging women

Anxiety · Depressive symptoms · Environmental health · Logistic regression · Mental health · Multinomial logistic regression · Population · Psychiatry · Quit smoking · Smoking cessation · Tobacco use · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Gerontology

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