Objective:To investigate the impact of age and educational level on smoking rates among elderly Chinese men,so as to provide references for refining tobacco control policies for the elderly male population.Methods:Utilizing data from the 2020 China health and retirement longitudinal study,a total of 3459 elderly men aged 60 and above were included for data analysis.Vari-ous statistical methods,such as χ2 tests and logistic regression analysis,were employed to analyze the influence of age and educa-tional attainment on smoking rates among the elderly male population.Results:The study revealed that the older the age,the lower the smoking rate in the older male population(β=-0.03,P<0.01),indicating a significant negative impact of age on smoking rates among the elderly population.Furthermore,there was a significant interaction effect between high education levels(≥10 years)and age(β=-0.05,P<0.05),signifying a notable moderating effect of education levels on the relationship between age and smok-ing rates among the elderly men.Conclusion:Among Chinese elderly men,smoking rates decrease with increasing age.Additional-ly,as the number of years of education increases,smoking rates gradually decline.The magnitude of the decrease in smoking rates with age becomes more pronounced with higher levels of education.Future tobacco control policies should focus on the elderly male smoking population in China,taking into account different age groups and educational backgrounds to design targeted tobacco con-trol intervention such as for the elderly population with low education level,it is necessary to consider their characteristics to design more easy-to-understand and acceptable tobacco control education content to improve the effect of tobacco control education.
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