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9.0 Introduction

9.1 Socioeconomic position and disparities in tobacco exposure and use

9.2 Socioeconomic disparities in tobacco exposure and use: are the gaps widening?

9.3 Contribution of smoking to health inequality

9.4 The relationship between tobacco smoking and financial stress

9.5 Smoking and intergenerational poverty

9.6 Smoking, ill health, financial stress and smoking-related poverty among highly disadvantaged groups

9.7 Explanations of socioeconomic disparities in smoking

9.8 Are current strategies to discourage smoking in Australia inequitable?

9.9 Are there inequalities in access to and usage of treatment for dependence on tobacco-delivered nicotine?

9.10 Further initiatives to reduce tobacco-related disparities in Australia

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Thank you to Jae Cooper and to Dr Ron Borland for provision of extensive data from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation study, and to Dr Borland for many discussions over the years about this topic with both authors.

Thank you also to Dr Borland and to the following people for helpful comments on an earlier draft of this chapter: Kylie Lindorff, Dr Sarah Durkin, Dr Vicki White and Dr Melanie Wakefield from The Cancer Council Victoria, and to Professor Simon Chapman, University of Sydney.

Thank you to Professor Wayne Hall and Dr Coral Gartner from the University of Queensland for their extremely helpful advice and encouragement, and for provision of unpublished analyses from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey.