There has been a rise in the proportion of middle and upper-class women under the age of 45 smoking, a study suggests. While smoking rates have fallen among working-class women in England, they appear to have jumped in more advantaged groups.
These women lived in households whose highest earners were in manual, semi- or unskilled jobs, or who were unemployed . In contrast, smoking prevalence rose from 11.7% to 14.9% among women aged 18 to 45 classed as more advantaged, where the highest household earners were in professional, managerial or clerical jobs .
“These findings suggest this group may benefit from targeted intervention to prevent the uptake of smoking or relapse. Reducing smoking is especially important among women in this age group as smoking reduces fertility and increases the chances of complications during pregnancy, miscarriage and poor infant health.”
The team wrote: “These financial pressures probably contributed to the reduction in smoking prevalence among women from less advantaged social grades and encouraged those who did not stop to switch to hand-rolled products as a way to afford to continue to smoke.” The team said further research is needed into whether the smoking increase among more advantaged women relates to those who have never smoked or is former smokers taking up the habit again. It comes as a new report from the Royal College of Physicians calls for tighter curbs on youth vaping.
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