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Factors associated with self-assessed increase in tobacco consumption among over-indebted individuals in Germany: a cross-sectional study

Overview of attention for article published in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, March 2013
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Title
Factors associated with self-assessed increase in tobacco consumption among over-indebted individuals in Germany: a cross-sectional study
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, March 2013
DOI 10.1186/1747-597x-8-12
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Heiko Rueger, Heide Weishaar, Elke B Ochsmann, Stephan Letzel, Eva Muenster

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Over-indebtedness is an increasing phenomenon in industrialised nations causing individual hardship and societal problems. Nonetheless, few studies have explored smoking among over-indebted individuals. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey (n=949) on retrospectively assessed changes in tobacco consumption was carried out in 2006 and 2007 among clients of 84 officially approved debt and insolvency counselling centres in Germany (response rate 39.7%). Logistic regressions were performed to explore factors associated with reports of increased smoking after onset of over-indebtedness. RESULTS: 63% of all respondents stated daily or occasional tobacco consumption. Almost one fifth reported an increase in smoking after becoming over-indebted. Females were less likely to report increased smoking than men (aOR 0.66, 95% CI 0.44-0.99) whereas respondents who had been over-indebted for more than 10 years were more likely to report increased smoking than those who had been over-indebted for less than five years (aOR 1.66; 95%-CI 1.00-2.76). The odds of increased smoking were also elevated among those who reported that their families and friends had withdrawn from them as a consequence of their over-indebtedness (aOR 1.82; 95%-CI 1.06-3.14). CONCLUSIONS: The study identifies over-indebted individuals and particularly over-indebted men as a high-risk group of smokers. Low levels of social embeddedness/support were associated with a further increase in smoking after becoming over-indebted. Given recent increases of over-indebtedness, the findings highlight the need to develop appropriate public health policies.

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Unknown 27 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Doctoral Student 5 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 19%
Researcher 5 19%
Student > Master 3 11%
Student > Bachelor 1 4%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 7 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 6 22%
Business, Management and Accounting 3 11%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 11%
Psychology 3 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 4%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 9 33%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 August 2013.
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