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dc.contributor.authorMartin, L
dc.contributor.authorWhite, M
dc.contributor.authorPahl, Sabine
dc.contributor.authorMay, Jon
dc.contributor.authorWheeler, B
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-28T10:41:08Z
dc.date.issued2020-10-21
dc.identifier.issn0277-9536
dc.identifier.issn1873-5347
dc.identifier.other113448
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/16604
dc.description.abstract

OBJECTIVE: The current study investigated whether people are less likely to be smokers when they live in greener neighbourhoods, and whether such an association is attributable to lower rates of ever-smoking and/or higher rates of smoking cessation. METHOD: Using a representative sample of the adult population of England (N = 8,059), we investigated the relationships between neighbourhood greenspace and three inter-related smoking outcomes (current smoking, ever-smoking and smoking cessation). RESULTS: After controlling for a range of individual and area-level covariates, including socioeconomic status, income and education, living in the highest greenspace quartile was associated with a 20% lower prevalence of current smoking, compared to living in the lowest greenspace quartile (PR = 0.80, CI = 0.67, 0.96, p < .017). Neighbourhood greenspace was not significantly associated with ever-smoking. However, amongst ever-smokers, residing in the two highest quartiles of neighbourhood greenspace quartiles (vs. 1st quartile) was associated with a 10% and 12% higher prevalence of smoking cessation (PR = 1.10, CI = 1.02, 1.18, p = .012; PR = 1.12, CI = 1.02, 1.22, p = .016, respectively). This suggests that the association between greenspace and current smoking is due to a higher likelihood of smoking cessation, rather than lower rates of ever- smoking. The associations between greenspace, current smoking and smoking cessation were similar in magnitude to those of having high (vs. low) household income and were largely unmoderated by socioeconomic measures. IMPLICATIONS: Our findings advocate the need to protect and invest in local greenspaces, to maximise the public health benefits they may afford. Improving access to greenspace may constitute an overlooked public health strategy for reducing smoking prevalence.

dc.format.extent113448-113448
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.subjectGreenspace
dc.subjectNature
dc.subjectSmoking
dc.subjectSmoking prevalence
dc.subjectEver smokers
dc.subjectSmoking cessation
dc.subjectHealth-risk behaviour
dc.titleNeighbourhood Greenspace and Smoking Prevalence: Results from a Nationally Representative Survey in England.
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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plymouth.volume265
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalSocial Science and Medicine
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113448
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dc.publisher.placeEngland
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-10-13
dc.rights.embargodate2021-10-21
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