Introduction
Smoking is the most significant social issue in UK; there are about 10 million adults who smoke cigarettes (22% of adult men and 17% of adult women are smokers). This review suggests that the smoking may be different for men and women in response to percentage of smoker in adolescent and different social classes and family influence on smoking initiation and cessation.
The Health and Social Care Information Centre indicated that the prevalence of regular smoking among children aged 11-15 is 6% boys and 9% girls in 2014[1]. The percentage of girls was more than boys in this age group. The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care claimed that almost a quarter (23%) of children aged 11-15 in England has tried smoking at …show more content…
For example, mother smoking is reported to influence smoking uptake in girls [4]. Whereas father and friend smoking have been found to be stronger influences for boys [5][6]. This finding could be attributed to time of living together. While children in the early ages would prefer to spend much time with their parents, it is probable that older children (ages 8 years and over) spend more time with siblings (who share more similarities and social networks) and friends, in this point, male and female don’t have differences [7][8]. Some research and statistics may have different result; it may be cause complicate human family structure and social relations. Like biological family members (mother, father and sibling) and adoptive parents，one-parent, two-parent families and stepparents. These results should be interpreted with attention to their …show more content…
Rate of male smokers were higher than female smokers in almost all socio-economic groups. These data show strong effects of household income on smoking in both men and women. The lowest household income group had a higher risk of smoking than did highest household income group. Females who work lower supervisory and technical have highest rate of smoker (30%). This smoker rate is twice that of female small employers / own account. It is hard to understand, because they were not the lowest income social status (last 3rd). It may be imply they have more income to spend on tobacco and female small employers / own account invests more money in other areas. In contrast, although lower income generally promoted smoking, the influence was strongest in the men whose income less than average. The influence was smaller in the average income men, and this relation was not found in High-income men. Considering that the relation between income and smoking becomes weaker in the average
Smoking is the most significant social issue in UK; there are about 10 million adults who smoke cigarettes (22% of adult men and 17% of adult women are smokers). This review suggests that the smoking may be different for men and women in response to percentage of smoker in adolescent and different social classes and family influence on smoking initiation and cessation.
The Health and Social Care Information Centre indicated that the prevalence of regular smoking among children aged 11-15 is 6% boys and 9% girls in 2014[1]. The percentage of girls was more than boys in this age group. The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care claimed that almost a quarter (23%) of children aged 11-15 in England has tried smoking at …show more content…
For example, mother smoking is reported to influence smoking uptake in girls [4]. Whereas father and friend smoking have been found to be stronger influences for boys [5][6]. This finding could be attributed to time of living together. While children in the early ages would prefer to spend much time with their parents, it is probable that older children (ages 8 years and over) spend more time with siblings (who share more similarities and social networks) and friends, in this point, male and female don’t have differences [7][8]. Some research and statistics may have different result; it may be cause complicate human family structure and social relations. Like biological family members (mother, father and sibling) and adoptive parents，one-parent, two-parent families and stepparents. These results should be interpreted with attention to their …show more content…
Rate of male smokers were higher than female smokers in almost all socio-economic groups. These data show strong effects of household income on smoking in both men and women. The lowest household income group had a higher risk of smoking than did highest household income group. Females who work lower supervisory and technical have highest rate of smoker (30%). This smoker rate is twice that of female small employers / own account. It is hard to understand, because they were not the lowest income social status (last 3rd). It may be imply they have more income to spend on tobacco and female small employers / own account invests more money in other areas. In contrast, although lower income generally promoted smoking, the influence was strongest in the men whose income less than average. The influence was smaller in the average income men, and this relation was not found in High-income men. Considering that the relation between income and smoking becomes weaker in the average