%0 Journal Article
%T Smoking Prevalence and the Association Between Smoking and Sociodemographic Factors Using the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data, 2008 to 2010
%A Sungroul Kim
%J Tobacco Use Insights
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.4137/TUI.S9841
%X Using data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey collected from 2008 to 2010, smoking prevalence for Korean adults (n = 11,681) by gender and age group and the association between smoking and sociodemographic factors were evaluated. Smoking prevalence was 42.3% for men and 5.6% for women. Young adult (YA) males, ie, 19 to 24 and 25 to 34 years old, were 2.45 (95% CI: 1.60, 3.73) and 5.05 (95% CI: 3.83, 6.66) times more likely to smoke compared to male adults aged 65 and above (31.6%) after controlling for sociodemographic factors. The association between smoking and marital status was different by gender. In South Korea, the high smoking prevalence among young adults is a troubling pattern. The high smoking prevalence among widowed or divorced women is also concern.
%U http://www.la-press.com/smoking-prevalence-and-the-association-between-smoking-and-sociodemogr-article-a3275