Racial and non-racial discrimination and smoking status among South African adults 10 years after apartheid
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Dutra, Lauren M.
Williams, David R.
Kawachi, Ichiro
Okechukwu, Cassandra A.
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Dutra, Lauren M, David R Williams, Ichiro Kawachi, and Cassandra A Okechukwu. 2014. “Racial and Non-Racial Discrimination and Smoking Status among South African Adults 10 Years after Apartheid.” Tobacco Control 23 (e2): e114–21. https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051478.Abstract
Background Despite a long history of discrimination and persisting racial disparities in smoking prevalence, little research exists on the relationship between discrimination and smoking in South Africa.Methods This analysis examined chronic (day-to-day) and acute (lifetime) experiences of racial and non-racial (eg, age, gender or physical appearance) discrimination and smoking status among respondents to the South Africa Stress and Health study. Logistic regression models were constructed using SAS-Callable SUDAAN.Results Both chronic racial discrimination (RR=1.45, 95% CI 1.14 to 1.85) and chronic non-racial discrimination (RR=1.69, 95% CI 1.37 to 2.08) predicted a higher risk of smoking, but neither type of acute discrimination did. Total (sum of racial and nonracial) chronic discrimination (RR=1.46, 95% CI 1.20 to 1.78) and total acute discrimination (RR=1.28, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.60) predicted a higher risk of current smoking.Conclusions Racial and non-racial discrimination may be related to South African adults' smoking behaviour, but this relationship likely varies by the timing and frequency of these experiences. Future research should use longitudinal data to identify the temporal ordering of the relationships studied, include areas outside of South Africa to increase generalisability and consider the implications of these findings for smoking cessation approaches in South Africa.Terms of Use
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