title: Smoking behaviors among people with disabilities in Korea.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Most reports concerning smoking behaviors in people with disabilities have been from Western societies; knowledge of smoking behaviors in Asian countries, including Korea, is insufficient.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study investigates the smoking behaviors of people with a disability compared to the general population in Korea.
  
  
  METHODS
  We compared the smoking behaviors of people with a disability with the general population by using datasets from the 2011 National Survey of Disabled People and an age- and sex-matched random sample from the 5th Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Random samples of people 18 years of age and older with disabilities (n = 5636) and of the general population were used (n = 5636). The main outcome measures include smoking behaviors by type, severity, and age at disability onset.
  
  
  RESULTS
  People with a mental or physical impairment have higher current smoking rates (38.1% and 26.3%, respectively) than the general population (23.3%). In particular, current smokers with psychiatric impairment were more likely to smoke more than 20 cigarettes a day (61.2%). People with a disability, regardless of severity or age at onset, were less likely than the general population to have attempted to quit smoking.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Smoking behaviors differed according to the type of disability. These results suggest that interventions for smoking prevention and cessation need to be tailored according to disability characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 82, Gumi-ro 173 beon-gil, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong-Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Ilsan-ro 323, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeounggi-do, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jong-Hyock
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 82, Gumi-ro 173 beon-gil, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hye-Ri
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, 82, Gumi-ro 173 beon-gil, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: hyungik1@snu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Hyung-Ik
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Shin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Disabled persons; Health care disparity; smoking