Age, cumulative psychosocial risk factors, and health disparities in U.S. adult cigarette smoking: 2002–2019
Despite overall declines in smoking prevalence, disparities by cumulative risk levels and age remained steady and substantial over nearly two decades. Including consideration of smoking disparities by cumulative risk levels and age may enhance the development of more targeted and effective interventions to reduce smoking prevalence.
Authors
- Stephen T. Higgins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0910-8096)
- Tyler G. Erath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1487-8311)
- Elias M. Klemperer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7985-0870)
- Michael DeSarno
- Adam Matthew Leventhal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1217-525X)
- Fang Fang Chen
Institutions
- University of Vermont (US)
- University of Southern California (US)
- University of Vermont Medical Center (US)
- Vermont Department of Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04421-3
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences