PhD Scientific Days 2026

Mental Health Sciences 1.

Ethnic disparities in voluntary in-home smoking and EDTNAD-use ban adoption among cohabiting home-owner couples in Hungary

Előadó neve

Brys, Zoltan, MSc

Neptune code

H6UDR2

Előadó munkahelye

Semmelweis University Doctoral School, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Program

Előadó telefonszáma

06301847036

Előadó e-mail címe

zoltan.brys@gmail.com

Az előadás címe

Ethnic disparities in voluntary in-home smoking and EDTNAD-use ban adoption among cohabiting home-owner couples in Hungary

Szerző(k) neve és munkahelye

Zoltan Brys¹

1: Semmelweis University Doctoral School, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Program

Bemutatás módja

Szóbeli

Szekció

Mental Health Sciences 1.

Language of the presentation

English

Preferred session

Mental Health Sciences

Összefoglaló szövege

Introduction. Evidence on voluntary in-home smoking ban and in-home ban of electronic devices for tobacco or nicotine aerosol delivery (EDTNAD) adoption among Roma is absent from the literature.
Aims. To examine the prevalence of voluntary in-home smoking bans and EDTNAD-use bans among Roma households in Hungary, adjusting for established socioeconomic determinants.
Methods. Data derive from the Online Cohabiting Couples Survey (n=707 cohabiting homeowner couples). Roma household status was defined as at least one partner self-identifying as Roma. A bivariate binary outcome logistic model jointly estimated complete in-home smoking ban and EDTNAD-use ban adoption as two simultaneous correlated outcomes. Covariates included highest educational attainment within the couple, financial deprivation, village residence, presence of minors, household smoking and EDTNAD-use composition, and couple mean age.
Results. Roma households (n=35) were disproportionately characterised by lower educational attainment, financial deprivation, village residence, and presence of at least one smoker. Crude smoking ban prevalence was 54.5% in Roma versus 80.5% in non-Roma households (OR=0.29). EDTNAD-use ban prevalence was 44.1% versus 68.8% (OR=0.36). In the multivariate model, Roma household status remained independently associated with lower odds of a complete smoking ban (AME=−0.16). The association with EDTNAD-use ban was directionally consistent but non-significant .
Conclusion. Among cohabiting homeowner couples, Roma households show substantially lower voluntary in-home ban adoption after adjustment for established structural determinants. The residual association reflects unmeasured structural factors rather than ethnic characteristics per se. Funding. The 2025 data collection was funded by Semmelweis University and approved by ETT-TUKEB (BM/13665-3/2025).

University

Semmelweis University

Supervisor

Albert Fruzsina (SE), Melinda Pénzes (SE)

Publication of my abstract

I do not give consent to the publication of my abstract on the website of the congress.

phd.section.field

after finishing doctoral studies with absolutorium (PhD)

Kind

Szabad

Status

elfogadva

Accepted presentation method

szóbeli

Előadás fájl jóváhagyás

nem hagyta jóvá

Előadó

7453

Start

15:00

End

15:10