Unemployment and change in smoking behaviour among Danish adults

Smoking behaviour among young adults: beyond

Search behaviour and unemployment income: evidence using Danish unemployment assistance data

Danish unemployment assistance increases by 70% when individual becomes 25 years old. This feature is used to identify the effect of income on the receipients of unemployment assistance. Competing-risks duration models are used. The semiparametric estimates cease to find any effect on the hazard rate around age 25. The parametric differences-in-differences estimate suggests the presence of a si...

Smoking behaviour among young adults: beyond youth prevention.

OBJECTIVE There is a widespread assumption that smoking behaviour is largely established by the age of 18 years. As a result, smoking prevention has focused almost exclusively upon youth. However, recent trends suggest that young adulthood may be an important--and largely overlooked--period in the development of regular smoking behaviour. The current study sought to examine patterns of tobacco ...

High local unemployment and increased mortality in Danish adults; results from a prospective multilevel study.

AIMS To examine the relation between unemployment rates in area of residence and all-cause mortality, taking the individuals' unemployment experience and a number of social and behavioural factors into account. METHODS Prospective cohort study with record linkage to mortality and unemployment registers. Data were pooled data from two population studies conducted in Copenhagen, Denmark. The as...

Association of smoking cessation and weight change with cardiovascular disease among adults with and without diabetes.

IMPORTANCE Smoking cessation reduces the risks of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but weight gain that follows quitting smoking may weaken the CVD benefit of quitting. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that weight gain following smoking cessation does not attenuate the benefits of smoking cessation among adults with and without diabetes. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Prospective community-...