{"id":19824,"date":"2020-06-19T06:26:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T04:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.generationsanstabac.org\/actualites\/arret-tabac-il-faudrait-accompagner-davantage-les-classes-sociales-defavorisees\/"},"modified":"2020-06-19T06:26:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T04:26:35","slug":"arret-tabac-il-faudrait-accompagner-davantage-les-classes-sociales-defavorisees","status":"publish","type":"actualites","link":"https:\/\/www.generationsanstabac.org\/en\/actualites\/arret-tabac-il-faudrait-accompagner-davantage-les-classes-sociales-defavorisees\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoking cessation: more support should be given to disadvantaged social classes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Between 2016 and May 2019, the number of daily smokers fell by 1.6 million people. While these figures are encouraging, there are nonetheless inequalities: disadvantaged social classes smoke more. Fabienne El Khoury, a postdoctoral researcher at INSERM in the social epidemiology research team, sheds light on the prevention policy to adopt.<\/em><\/p>\n

Figures that raise questions<\/h2>\n

In 2019, the health barometer indicated that:
\n\u2013 19.4 % of French people with at least a baccalaureate smoked,
\n\u2013 28.2% of non-graduate French people smoked.
\nThe gap between these two populations is therefore considerable.<\/p>\n

Higher and earlier smoking<\/h2>\n

According to Fabienne El Khoury, this disparity has existed since the early 2000s. Several factors could explain the fact that disadvantaged social classes smoke more than wealthier classes.
\nFirst of all, smoking appears to start much earlier among disadvantaged populations. Here again, the figures speak for themselves:
\n\u2013 25 % of French people smoke at 17 years old,
\n\u2013 among them, 57 % have left the school system and 22 % are still in school.
\nDisadvantaged youth also appear less informed and therefore less aware of the dangers of smoking. And cannabis use, which is higher than in the more affluent classes, also increases potential tobacco consumption.<\/p>\n

Policies to be adapted<\/h2>\n

We can therefore see once again that we are not all equal when it comes to tobacco. Specific prevention policies, complementary to general prevention policies, should therefore be considered. Fabienne El Khoury indicates that one solution could be the free distribution of nicotine replacement therapy to disadvantaged adults. Similarly, these adults are not necessarily aware that nicotine replacement therapy can be reimbursed by Social Security.
\nThe information mission is therefore fundamental here. The Cancer Institute (INCA) has understood this well and now takes the fight against social inequalities into account in its prevention research funding plan.<\/p>\n

\u00a9Generation Without Tobacco<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Jean-Loup Delmas, \u201cSmoking prevention: \u201cIt is time to specifically help disadvantaged populations\u201d,
\nwww.20minutes.fr<\/a>, May 28, 2019<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.20minutes.fr\/societe\/2527995-20190528-prevention-tabagisme-temps-aider-specifiquement-populations-defavorisees<\/a><\/p>\n

Based on an interview with Fabienne El Khoury<\/p>\n

\u00a9DNF \u2013 For a Zero Tobacco World |<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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