Association between income and education with quit attempts, use of cessation aids, and short-term success in tobacco smokers: A social gradient analysis from a population-based cross-sectional household survey in Germany (DEBRA study).
CONCLUSIONS: In the German healthcare system without free access to evidence-based cessation therapy, low-income smokers are more likely to make a quit attempt but less likely to use cessation medication than high-income smokers. Equitable access to such medication is crucial to reduce SES-related health disparities.
PMID: 32717499 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Addictive Behaviors - Category: Addiction Authors: Kastaun S, Brown J, Kotz D Tags: Addict Behav Source Type: research
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