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Disadvantaged social groups and the cigarette epidemic: Limits of the diffusion of innovations vision [Commentary] (2016)
Auteur(s) :
KHLAT, M. ;
PAMPEL, F. ;
BRICARD, D. ;
LEGLEYE, S.
Dans :
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (Vol.13, n°12, December 2016)
Année
2016
Page(s) :
art. 1230 ; 6 p.
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
23
Domaine :
Tabac / Tobacco / e-cigarette
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
FRANCE
;
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
CIGARETTE
;
CATEGORIE SOCIO-PROFESSIONNELLE
;
INEGALITE
;
MODELE
;
NIVEAU D'ETUDES
;
PREVALENCE
;
SEXE
;
EVOLUTION
Résumé :
The original four-stage model of the cigarette epidemic has been extended with diffusion of innovations theory to reflect socio-economic differences in cigarette use. Recently, two revisions of the model have been proposed: (1) separate analysis of the epidemic stages for men and women, in order to improve generalization to developing countries, and; (2) addition of a fifth stage to the smoking epidemic, in order to account for the persistence of smoking in disadvantaged social groups. By developing a cohort perspective spanning a 35-year time period in France and the USA, we uncover distinctive features which challenge the currently held vision on the evolution of smoking inequalities within the framework of the cigarette epidemic. We argue that the reason for which the model may not be fit to the lower educated is that the imitation mechanism underlying the diffusion of innovations works well with regard to adoption of the habit, but is much less relevant with regard to its rejection. Based on those observations, we support the idea that the nature and timing of the epidemic differs enough to treat the stages separately for high and low education groups, and discuss policy implications.
Affiliation :
Institut national d'études démographiques (Ined), Paris, France