Michael Green
Dr Green is a research fellow at the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit at the University of Glasgow, where his work focuses on socioeconomic inequalities in health and behaviors over the lifecourse
Social Inequalities in Vaping: Why Smoking Matters
A study just published in BMC Public Health analyses socioeconomic patterning of vaping in the UK by smoking status, which may offer insights into potential impacts of vaping on socioeconomic inequalities in health.
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Social inequalities in smoking rates are often recognized as one of the most important factors contributing to social inequalities in health. Since around 2011, e-cigarettes have become popular as an alternative method of nicotine delivery, thought to be substantially less harmful. Our new study looks at social inequalities in vaping (use of e-cigarettes) in the UK (2015-2017) and finds that young people (aged 10-15) and adults (aged 16+) who are more disadvantaged in terms of education, income and occupation are more likely to be vaping.
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