Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
College/Unit
School of Medicine
Department/Program/Center
Medicine
Abstract
ackground
The complex mechanism of nicotine dependency makes it challenging to evaluate dependence or progress towards dependence. The aim of this study was to estimate nicotine dependence levels and identify determinants of dependence among Chinese rural-urban migrants.
Methods
Multi-stage systematic sampling was used to select 4,198 rural-urban migrants aged 18 years or older from three metropolises in China. A structured questionnaire was administered during face-to-face interviews. Nicotine dependence among participants was assessed by means of the six-item Mandarin Chinese Version of the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (CFTND). Determinants of dependence were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA).
Results
Among 4,198 participants, estimated current, daily, and occasional smoking rates were 28.3%, 21.2%, and 7.1%, respectively. The CTFND score for the 894 daily smokers was 3.39(SD: 2.32). MANOVA showed that work type, age at first migration, length of migration, and number of cities ever lived were associated with nicotine dependence.
Conclusion
A migratory lifestyle is associated with nicotine dependence. Results could inform the design of tobacco control programs that target Chinese rural-urban migrant workers as a special at-risk population.
Digital Commons Citation
Wu, Junqing; Yang, Tingzhong; Rockett, Ian R H; Xing, Rui; Karalic, Sejla; Li, Yuyan; and Zhang, Yufeng, "Nicotine Dependence among Rural-Urban Migrants in China" (2011). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 2750.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/2750
Source Citation
Wu, J., Yang, T., Rockett, I.R. et al. Nicotine Dependence among Rural-Urban Migrants in China. BMC Public Health 11, 296 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-296
Comments
© 2011 Wu et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.