TY - JOUR
T1 - Disparities in Rural Tobacco Use, Smoke-Free Policies, and Tobacco Taxes
AU - Buettner-Schmidt, Kelly
AU - Miller, Donald R.
AU - Maack, Brody
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2019.
PY - 2019/8/1
Y1 - 2019/8/1
N2 - Tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) remain leading causes of preventable disease, disability, and mortality in the United States. Rural populations are among those being left behind in the recent declining smoking rates and have become a focus of discussions on tobacco-related disparities. This article describes tobacco-related disparities in rural populations including tobacco use, exposure to SHS, smoke-free policies, and tobacco taxes. Nurses, as social justice and tobacco control policy advocates, are needed especially at the local level, where much of the policy work occurs and where nursing’s voice is respected and can be powerful.
AB - Tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) remain leading causes of preventable disease, disability, and mortality in the United States. Rural populations are among those being left behind in the recent declining smoking rates and have become a focus of discussions on tobacco-related disparities. This article describes tobacco-related disparities in rural populations including tobacco use, exposure to SHS, smoke-free policies, and tobacco taxes. Nurses, as social justice and tobacco control policy advocates, are needed especially at the local level, where much of the policy work occurs and where nursing’s voice is respected and can be powerful.
KW - electronic nicotine delivery systems
KW - rural health
KW - smoke-free policy
KW - taxes
KW - tobacco products
KW - tobacco smoke pollution
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U2 - 10.1177/0193945919828061
DO - 10.1177/0193945919828061
M3 - Article
C2 - 30774036
AN - SCOPUS:85061932851
SN - 0193-9459
VL - 41
SP - 1184
EP - 1202
JO - Western journal of nursing research
JF - Western journal of nursing research
IS - 8
ER -