While this is not a widely held view, it reflects a smoking culture that persists among some staff in mental health facilities.
This may reflect a lower smoking prevalence among affluent urban Bostonians than in the rest of the State.
On the other hand, the results also reflect an 'imported' smoking pattern after immigration among those who left Turkey as adults, which – again – might be prone to change with increasing duration of stay in the host countries.
The observed association between smoking and depression might reflect a causal influence of smoking on depression.
This was most marked among 40- and 50-year-old men and women, reflecting a high smoking cessation rate among all ages of women and the 40- and 50-year-old men.
The limited provision of HPPs on smoking cessation may reflect a shift towards attention for implementing smoking bans.
The relatively low smoking prevalence for women with primary education could reflect a more traditional view of smoking as not being acceptable among women.
This divergence between men and women in the trend in oral cavity and pharyngeal cancer may reflect an increase in smoking and alcohol consumption among women, an increase in exposure to HPV, or both.
Furthermore, the decreased risk was observed among the heavy smokers, but not among the light or never smokers, which reflected a gene-smoking interaction in the development of lung cancer.
The findings may therefore reflect a more favourable perspective on smoking cessation medications and services than may have been found in a more representative sample of UK GPs.
