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Figure 86: Percentage of responders who smoke daily or occasionally by employment
status for Hull (from Prevalence Survey conducted 2009)
Percentage of smokers
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Working
Student
Daily Occasionally
Employment status
Retired
Looking after
family/home
Unemployed or not
working
Long-term sick or
disabled
8.4.7 Social Marketing and Factors Influencing Smoking Behaviour
Considerable Social Marking work has been undertaken examining smoking behaviour
and attitudes to smoking in Hull with the aim of providing more relevant information to
help people quit smoking. For example, it has been found that men prefer one-to-one
support rather than group sessions so changes have been made to accommodate this
preference in the Smoking Cessation Service.
A report specifically on smoking using information from the 2007 Health and Lifestyle
Survey also examines associations between smoking behaviour and attitudes, and other
factors such as general health, measures of deprivation, and other risk factors such as
alcohol, etc. This report found that smoking prevalence was higher for people living in
more deprived areas, with lower educational attainment, who had a lower household
income, who were not working due to long-term illness or disability, or were
unemployed, who had poorer health, who drank alcohol excessively or undertook binge
drinking, and who had a poorer diet. Smoking prevalence was lower for people who
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