why do people smoke Flashcards
what is the average age people start smoking in europe/US
15
what kind of occupations does smoking have a higher prevelance in
manual occupation
what is a “habitus” (bourdieu)
a body of conscious and tacit knowledge of how to travel through the world - gives rise to mannerisms, tastes, opinions and conversational style; unconsciously gained by the type of family/friends one grows up with
are people who have a family member that smokes more likely to smoke
yes - children with a parent or sibling who smoke are x3 more likely to take up smoking
relationship between habitus and smoking
different people’s habitus portray smoking in different ways, gives it different social statuses ->socially acceptable and widely done for some, not so for others
what are the 4 models for health inequality
behavioural; materialist; psychosocial; life-course
behavioural model explanation of smoking
involves class differences in behaviours that are health damaging/promoting - these are subject to individual choice (in theory)
materialist model explanation of smoking
hazards are inherently present in social organisation and some people have no choice but to be exposed to them
whats was the finding of the black report (in terms of cause of differences in health)
materialist explanations were most important in accounting for social class differences in health
psychosocial model explanation of smoking
feelings affect behaviours (e.g. feelings about socioeconomic status, inequality, one’s body etc.); includes health-related stigma
these feelings may directly affect biological processes
life-course model explanation of smoking
disadvantages in their various forms accumulate through childhood and adulthood into old age
what is lifestyle drift
the ideas that governments should start with policies designed to address the social determinants of health -> this is often complex and instead policies may end up endorsing narrow lifestyle interventions on individual behaviours
