There is a high prevalence of smoking among men in central China, strongly associated with alcohol consumption, while smoking cessation is often driven by the onset of hypertension or cardiovascular disease.
Alcohol-smoking link in men and CVD-driven quitting support integrated screening; leaves open causality and needs longitudinal confirmation.
for trend < 0.001). Over 40% of male ever-smokers initiated regular smoking before 20. Compared with never drinking, the ORs (95% CI) of ever-smoking for low, moderate, and high alcohol consumption in male participants were 1.44 (1.11-1.86), 2.80 (1.91-4.11), and 2.40 (1.72-3.33), respectively. Among 479 male ex-smokers, 50.94% stopped smoking because of illness and 49.06% by choice. Among male ex-smokers, hypertensive men were more likely to quit smoking than the normotensive individuals (OR: 1.48, 95% CI: 1.13-1.96). For CVD patients, this effect was estimated as 2.27 (95% CI: 1.56-3.30). This study revealed a high prevalence of ever-smoking, especially in men, in a representative population in central China. Health education focus on tobacco control could be integrated with alcohol consumption reduction to achieve additional benefit.
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