Association between distance from home to tobacco outlet and smoking cessation and relapse
Menée en Finlande à partir des données de deux études de cohorte portant sur 20 729 fumeurs ou anciens fumeurs (âge : 18 à 75 ans), cette étude évalue l'influence de la distance entre le domicile et le débit de tabac le plus proche sur la probabilité d'arrêter le tabagisme ou le risque de rechute
Importance : Reduced availability of tobacco outlets is hypothesized to reduce smoking, but longitudinal evidence on this issue is scarce.
Objective : To examine whether changes in distance from home to tobacco outlet are associated with changes in smoking behaviors.
Design, Setting, and Participants : The data from 2 prospective cohort studies included geocoded residential addresses, addresses of tobacco outlets, and responses to smoking surveys in 2008 and 2012 (the Finnish Public Sector [FPS] study, n = 53 755) or 2003 and 2012 (the Health and Social Support [HeSSup] study, n = 11 924). All participants were smokers or ex-smokers at baseline. We used logistic regression in between-individual analyses and conditional logistic regression in case-crossover design analyses to examine change in walking distance from home to the nearest tobacco outlet as a predictor of quitting smoking in smokers and smoking relapse in ex-smokers. Study-specific estimates were pooled using fixed-effect meta-analysis.
Exposures : Walking distance from home to the nearest tobacco outlet.
Main Outcomes and Measures : Quitting smoking and smoking relapse as indicated by self-reported current and previous smoking at baseline and follow-up.
Results : Overall, 20 729 men and women (age range 18-75 years) were recruited. Of the 6259 and 2090 baseline current smokers, 1744 (28%) and 818 (39%) quit, and of the 8959 and 3421 baseline ex-smokers, 617 (7%) and 205 (6%) relapsed in the FPS and HeSSup studies, respectively. Among the baseline smokers, a 500-m increase in distance from home to the nearest tobacco outlet was associated with a 16% increase in odds of quitting smoking in the between-individual analysis (pooled odds ratio, 1.16; 95% CI, 1.05-1.28) and 57% increase in within-individual analysis (pooled odds ratio, 1.57; 95% CI, 1.32-1.86), after adjusting for changes in self-reported marital and working status, substantial worsening of financial situation, illness in the family, and own health status. Increase in distance to the nearest tobacco outlet was not associated with smoking relapse among the ex-smokers.
Conclusions and Relevance : These data suggest that increase in distance from home to the nearest tobacco outlet may increase quitting among smokers. No effect of change in distance on relapse in ex-smokers was observed.
JAMA Internal Medicine , article en libre accès, 2015