Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2020
Abstract
Poverty is linked to negative health consequences and harmful health behaviors such as smoking. Despite this established correlation, few comparative studies have investigated the relationship between local poverty rates and smoking in urban settings through a Social Ecological Model framework. The authors sought to examine the linkage between local poverty rates in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and adult smoking rates by scrutinizing existing patterns and potential mediating factors via publicly accessible data in established planning districts. The authors determined several individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and environmental factors, varying across these districts, that impact smoking in Philadelphia. Poverty rates influence the resources, demographic makeup, and number of tobacco retailers a district has, which have downstream effects. The authors recommend that further investment is allocated to planning districts in order to mitigate the risk of smoking.
Recommended Citation
Shusted, Christine S. and Kane, Gregory C., "Linkage Between Poverty and Smoking in Philadelphia and Its Impact on Future Directions for Tobacco Control in the City." (2020). Department of Medicine Faculty Papers. Paper 265.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/medfp/265
Creative Commons License
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PubMed ID
31140919
Language
English
Comments
This article is the author’s final published version in Population Health Management, Volume 23, Issue 1, February 2020, Pages 68-77.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1089/pop.2019.0006. Copyright © Shusted & Kane