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The Case for a Concerted Push to Reduce Place-Based Disparities in Smoking-Related Cancers

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: In this issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, Lortet-Tieulent and colleagues1 demonstrate the grim consequences of state-level disparities in smoking prevalence. They identify substantial disparities in the smoking-attributable cancer mortality among US states. As the authors suggest, it is likely that only a small amount of the variation in smoking-attributable cancer mortality is due to differences in population demographic characteristics among states. Rather, most of the disparity in state smoking-attributable cancer mortality is driven by the inequitable distribution of strong tobacco control policies across states and the uneven level of funding for state tobacco control programs.

Source: Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

DOI: 10.17615/mvw7-ym80

Authors: Henriksen, Lisa, Ribisl, Kurt M, Luke, Douglas A

Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: Smoking Behavior and Cessation

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Cancer Institute