Smoking and Quitting Behaviors by Different Indicators of Socioeconomic Position in England: A Population Study, 2014 to 2023

Findings suggest that research investigating smoking prevalence, level of tobacco addiction, motivation to stop smoking, quit attempts, and quitting success may not need to assess multiple indicators of socioeconomic position when exploring relationships between these outcomes and disadvantaged groups, as results are similar regardless of the measure used to assess socioeconomic position. However, this does not necessarily imply that tailoring smoking cessation interventions for people with, for example, less education or on less income, will equivalently address socioeconomic inequalities in smoking, or that one type of tailored intervention will be similar in effectiveness across different forms, or degree, of disadvantage.