title: Cigarette smoking among adults with mobility impairments: a US population-based survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Smokers with mobility impairments have greater health risks than the general population. We report the prevalence of cigarette smoking and quit attempts among people with mobility impairments.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted an analysis of 13,308 adults (aged 21-85 years) with mobility impairments (special ambulatory equipment and difficulty walking 0.25 miles without equipment) responding to the National Health Interview Survey (2011).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 21- to 44-year-old adults with mobility impairments, 39.2% were smokers, compared with only 21.5% of adults without mobility impairments (odds ratio [OR]=1.64; 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.07, 2.52). Among 45- to 64-year-old adults with mobility impairments, 31.2% were smokers versus 20.7% without mobility impairments (OR=1.35; 95% CI=1.09, 1.68). Women aged 21 to 44 years with mobility impairments had the highest smoking prevalence (45.9%), exceeding same-aged women without mobility impairments(18.9%; OR=2.56; 95% CI=1.32, 4.97). Men with mobility impairments had greater smoking prevalence (24.1%) than women with mobility impairments (15.1%; P<.01). Smokers with mobility impairments were less likely to attempt quitting (19.9%) than smokers without mobility impairments (27.3%; P<.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Smokers with mobility impairments should be targeted for cessation, particularly those who are younger and female.
authors.affiliation: The authors are with the Program in Nicotine and Tobacco, Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, and The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Belinda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Borrelli
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Busch
authors.forename: Shira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dunsiger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D051346:Mobility Limitation; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors