Tobacco Consumption and Mental Health in the Canary Islands: A Quantitative Analysis

Although the detrimental health effects of tobacco, there has been scant research into determining comprehensive profiles to characterize individuals with a higher risk of smoking. This paper identifies such profiles and probabilistically quantifies the effects of certain traits on the decision to s...

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Published in:Frontiers in public health Vol. 10; p. 959442
Main Authors: Nieto-González, Imanol L., Rodríguez-Donate, M. Carolina, Guirao-Pérez, Ginés
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A 11.07.2022
Subjects:
mental health
multinomial logit
prevention
profiles
Public Health
tobacco
ISSN:2296-2565, 2296-2565
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Summary:Although the detrimental health effects of tobacco, there has been scant research into determining comprehensive profiles to characterize individuals with a higher risk of smoking. This paper identifies such profiles and probabilistically quantifies the effects of certain traits on the decision to smoke in the Canary Islands. This characterization is approached from a broad and novel point of view for the region studied, given that the analysis not only studies sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle and health, but also incorporates mental health. The results show that suffering from some type of psychopathology leads to a higher probability of tobacco consumption. Moreover, just as the promotion of a healthy lifestyle has a direct impact on tobacco consumption, the implementation of public policies that reduce the risks of suffering from a mental illness could also reduce the prevalence of smoking in the region and contribute to the design of more effective prevention strategies.
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This article was submitted to Health Economics, a section of the journal Frontiers in Public Health
Reviewed by: Julián Pérez García, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain; José María Moreno-Jiménez, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Edited by: María Del Carmen Valls Martínez, University of Almeria, Spain
ISSN:2296-2565
2296-2565
DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2022.959442