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Disaggregating Canadian immigrant smoking behaviour by country of birth

Abstract

As of the 2006 census, nearly one fifth of Canada's population was foreign-born. With such a sizeable and fast-growing immigrant population, research in immigrant health in Canada is increasingly important, including research on the smoking behaviours of Canada's immigrants. Research has shown that immigrants are significantly less likely to smoke than non-immigrants, yet differences by immigrant origins have yet to be fully explored. This …

Authors

Newbold KB; Neligan D

Journal

Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 75, No. 6, pp. 997–1005

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

September 2012

DOI

10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.05.008

ISSN

0277-9536