Cigarette smoking among young British Bangladeshis and British Pakistanis

Abstract

Cigarette smoking among young British Bangladeshis and British Pakistanis has been under-researched. This is surprising, despite the fact that smoking rates are significantly higher among Bangladeshi and Pakistani ethnic groups. Whereas numerous studies have explored various factors affecting cigarette smoking among White youth, relatively few studies have focused on the experiences of British South Asian Muslim youth. This three papers dissertation fills this gap by examining various factors affecting cigarette smoking among British Bangladeshi and British Pakistani young people within their social and cultural context. The 1st paper involves a quantitative overview of the association between religion and smoking, alongside its consideration of the associations between ethnicity, sex, age and socioeconomic factors. The second and third papers aim to qualitatively explore in details how such factors are related to cigarette smoking among young British Bangladeshis and British Pakistanis. Taken together, the three papers offer insights into the complex intersection of multiple factors affecting cigarette smoking among young British Bangladeshis and British Pakistanis.
I

More information

Identifiers

ORCID for John Charles Walker: orcid.org/0000-0003-4875-3311

Catalogue record

Export record