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9.2 Trends over time in smoking among priority populations in Australia
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Relevant news and research: Trends over time in smoking among priority populations in Australia

Oh, H., Lee, B. and Boo, S. (2026). Beyond Addiction: Exploring Female Call Center Employees' Smoking Experiences as a Work Tool. Asian Nurs Res (Korean Soc Nurs Sci). Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41651025


Buss, V. H., Cox, S., Kale, D., Brose, L., Langley, T., Blake, M., Hamilton, L., Brennan-Tovey, K., Shahab, L. and Brown, J. (2026). The relationship between food insecurity and tobacco or alcohol use in Great Britain: A representative population-based survey. Addict Behav Rep, 100659. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41567970


Nargis, N., Nighbor, T., Patel, M., Asare, S. and Westmaas, J. L. (2026). Mitigating Tobacco-Related Disparities: A Subnational View of Tobacco Use Behaviors and Tobacco Control in High-Tobacco-Burden U.S. States. Am J Prev Med, 2S, 108161. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41611353


Nargis, N., Xue, Z., Nighbor, T., Asare, S., Westmaas, J. L., Bandi, P. and Patel, M. (2026). Understanding the Sources of Subnational Disparities in Cigarette Smoking Prevalence: Findings From a Multi-State Rapid-Response Survey in the U.S., 2023-2024. Am J Prev Med, 2S, 108060. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41611349


Patel, M., Cannon, P., Gibson, L., Nighbor, T., Carus, A., Wang, S., Salomon, M. and Nargis, N. (2026). Methods of a Multi-State Rapid-Response Survey Designed to Close Evidence Gaps in Tobacco Use and Related Disparities in the U.S. Am J Prev Med, 2S, 108061. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41611356


Patel, M., Nighbor, T., Westmaas, J. L., Wang, S., Gibson, L., Orr-Souza, E., Giaquinto, A., Islami, F. and Nargis, N. (2026). Tobacco Use Behaviors and Related Disparities in 13 High-Tobacco-Burden U.S. States: An Overview of Evidence. Am J Prev Med, 2S, 108160. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41611352


Tverdal, A., Selmer, R. and Thelle, D. S. (2026). Beyond smoking: Education, marital status and mortality in 513,552 Norwegians. Scand J Public Health, 14034948251391598. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41489276


Baek, S. U. and Yoon, J. H. (2025). Associations of long working hours with the use of combustible cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and heated tobacco products among young adults: a population-based study of South Korea. Postgrad Med J. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41474143


Degerli, H. (2025). Educational inequalities and residence-based decomposition in smoking behavior. Sci Rep, 1, 44692. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41461743


Zhu, Z., Cruz, S., Khin, T. N. M., Shi, Y., McMenamin, S. B., Armenta, R. F., Pulvers, K. M. and Trinidad, D. R. (2026). Diverging Patterns of Educational Disparities Among Cannabis Users and Cigarette Smokers. AJPM Focus, 1, 100436. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41431680


Baburin, A., Reile, R., Saavaste, J. and Leinsalu, M. (2025). Educational disparities of daily smoking in Estonia: an age-period-cohort approach. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41288588


Boderie, N. W., van Raalte, A., Been, J. V., Bopp, M., Bronnum-Hansen, H., Deboosere, P., Eikemo, T. A., Kalediene, R., Leinsalu, M., Long, D., Martikainen, P., Ostergren, O. M., Rodriguez-Sanz, M., van Lenthe, F. J. and Nusselder, W. J. (2025). Educational inequalities in smoking-attributable mortality in Europe: Understanding trends between 2000 and 2020. Public Health, 106058. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41274099


Chen, F. F., Klemperer, E. M., Erath, T. G., DeSarno, M., Leventhal, A. M. and Higgins, S. T. (2025). Age, cumulative psychosocial risk factors, and health disparities in U.S. adult cigarette smoking: 2002-2019. BMC Med, 1, 664. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41310668


Magati, P. O., Drope, J., Lencucha, R., Shade, S. B., Ouner, J. J., Odhiambo, F. and Bialous, S. (2025). Socioeconomic and demographic determinants of tobacco use in Kenya: A secondary data analysis of findings from the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2022. Tob Induc Dis. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41194938


Wei, Q., Wang, H., Wan, Q., Liang, S., Pang, W., Zeng, Q. and Chai, P. (2025). An observational study on the association between smoking and relative poverty in China: Evidence from two waves of China Family Panel Studies. Tob Induc Dis. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41194939


Jackson, S., Cox, S. and Brown, J. (2025). Trends in health-related economic inactivity by smoking status in England, 2013-2025: a population-based analysis. Lancet Reg Health Eur, 101419. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41132777


Levy, D. T., Buszkiewicz, J. H., Yuan, Z., Li, Y., Meza, R. and Fleischer, N. L. (2025). SimSmoke simulation models by educational status: past and future US trends and the potential role of policy. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41151800


Oo, M. Z., Tint, S. S., Panza, A., Pongpanich, S., Viwattanakulvanid, P., Bodhisane, S., Rerkasem, A. and Rerkasem, K. (2025). Associated factors of smoking behaviors among industrial workers in Myanmar: the role of modifying factors and individual beliefs, guided by the health belief model. Front Public Health, 1655922. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41036130


Feliu, A., Fernandez, E., Tami-Maury, I. and Martinez, C. (2025). Impact of tobacco control policies on socioeconomic inequalities in smoking prevalence and quit ratios: an ecological study in the European Union (2009-2020). BMJ Public Health, 2, e002418. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40791264


Serdarevic, M., Choi, A. N., Gimeno Ruiz de Porras, D. and Barnett, T. E. (2025). Examining Associations Between Smoking Patterns and Employment Status Among a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Adults. AJPM Focus, 5, 100376. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40735224


Howe, S., Wilson, T., Gartner, C., Blakely, T. and Ait Ouakrim, D. (2025). A novel tobacco forecasting model by multiple sociodemographic strata in Australia. Int J Epidemiol, 2. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40169229


Levy, D. E., Lee, S. S., Qian, Y., Shebl, F. M., Goldberg, S. L., Mulroy, N. M., Anderson, N. K., Hyle, E. P., Becker, J. E. and Reddy, K. P. (2025). Disparities in cigarette smoking and the health of marginalized populations in the U.S.: a simulation analysis. BMC Public Health, 1, 1546. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40281457


Afolayan, O. K., Velazquez, J., Tundealao, S., Fernandez, E., Martinez, C., Leon-Novelo, L., Retamales, J. and Tami-Maury, I. (2025). Trends and Association between Smoking and the Socio-Demographic Index Among 11 South American Countries, 1990-2019. Subst Use Misuse, 1-Nov. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39846443


Bagheri, S., Kamyari, N., Hesam, S. and Seyedtabib, M. (2025). Modeling the determinants of cigarette consumption in Iranian households with children under 5 years of age using the Income and Expenditure Survey 2021. Arch Public Health, 1, 25. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39865296


Avila, J. C., Flores, E. J., Su, Y. J., Haas, J. S., Park, E. R. and Rigotti, N. A. (2024). Association of individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status with outcomes of a smoking cessation intervention provided in the lung cancer screening setting. Prev Med, 108207. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39694102


Baek, S. U., Lee, Y. M., Won, J. U. and Yoon, J. H. (2024). Association of low employment quality with cigarette smoking, smoking initiation, and smoking cessation: A 16-year longitudinal study in South Korea. Soc Sci Med, 117629. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39705776


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