Journal article
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