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A gendered exploration of smoking lives and smoking in the home in Scotland
Jude Robinson, Senior Lecturer, University of Liverpool, UK
Abstract
Background:
Gender is key to understanding why people still smoke and the role of smoking in their daily lives. However past research into smoking in the home has focused on mothers, ignoring the daily lives of other women and men who smoke who may also have caring responsibilities inside the home and/or live with
non-smokers.
Aims:
To explore gender-related factors that influence smoking
in the home and to identify enablers and barriers to reducing second-hand smoke exposure in the home
Methods:
A gender-based analysis of data from two qualitative studies, which involved semi-structured interviews with smokers and non-smokers, carried out in Scotland to explore the impact
of the Scottish smoke-free legislation.
Findings:
The ways in which men and women talked about smoking and ways of limiting their smoking in the home were complex and dynamic. Different gendered experiences related to other factors, such as age, socio-economic status, family and social relationships, and participation in, and perceptions of, their wider social worlds.
Conclusions:
Gender-based analysis contributes a rich and textured understanding of smoking in the home and is an essential consideration for future smoke-free policy and action.
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About the presenter
Jude Robinson is a social anthropologist working at the University of Liverpool, with an interest in the health and lifestyles of people living in urban areas, particularly the health of women caring for young children. She has recently completed two studies exploring the lives of people who are caring for young children and who smoke in Liverpool: one using focus groups discussions and the other using an ethnographic approach with biographical narrative interviews to place smoking within the lived lives of parents.
She is currently working with a team based at the University
of Edinburgh to explore gender and smoking.
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