A transnational study of migration and smoking behavior in the Mexican-origin population.
Am J Public Health
; 102(11): 2116-22, 2012 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-22994190
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
We examined migration-related changes in smoking behavior in the transnational Mexican-origin population.METHODS:
We combined epidemiological surveys from Mexico (Mexican National Comorbidity Survey) and the United States (Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys). We compared 4 groups with increasing US contact with respect to smoking initiation, persistence, and daily cigarette consumption Mexicans with no migrant in their family, Mexicans with a migrant in their family or previous migration experience, migrants, and US-born Mexican Americans.RESULTS:
Compared with Mexicans with a migrant in their family or previous migration experience, migrants were less likely to initiate smoking (odds ratio [OR] = 0.56; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.38, 0.83) and less likely to be persistent smokers (OR = 0.41; 95% CI = 0.26, 0.63). Among daily smokers, the US-born smoked more cigarettes per day than did Mexicans with a migrant in their family or previous migration experience for men (7.8 vs 6.5) and women (8.6 vs 4.3).CONCLUSIONS:
Evidence suggests that smoking is suppressed among migrants relative to the broader transnational Mexican-origin population. The pattern of low daily cigarette consumption among US-born Mexican Americans, noted in previous research, represents an increase relative to smokers in Mexico.
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Assunto principal:
Fumar
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Americanos Mexicanos
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Emigrantes e Imigrantes
Tipo de estudo:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article