Neighborhood Concentrated Disadvantage and Smoking in Young Adults

Abstract

RATIONAL Neighborhood concentrated disadvantage has been shown to be an environmental risk for adverse public health behaviors and outcomes. Cigarette smoking still contributes to the large burden of preventable disease in our society. This behavior is typically established in young adulthood. The objective of our study is to assess the relationship between neighborhood concentrated disadvantage and cigarette smoking in young adults in a socioeconomically and racially diverse metropolitan area. METHODS We derived a composite index of neighborhood concentrated disadvantage for the metropolitan New Orleans area using US Census American Community Survey 2012-2016 5-year estimates of ten census-tract level socioeconomic measures.