MINI REVIEW article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Education and Promotion
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1667261
The impact of oral health disparities on smoking prevalence
Provisionally accepted
Pedro Henrique Carneiro
Alice ZhangWilliam Zhao
David OjciusLadan Daly
Cassio Luiz Coutinho Almeida-da-Silva*- Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, United States
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Smoking increases the risk of heart disease, cancer, lung infections, and diabetes, and causes oral health problems. The prevalence of smoking is significantly influenced by intersecting factors such as socioeconomic status, racial and ethnic marginalization, and differing cultural practices. Importantly, minority groups experience earlier tobacco exposure and reduced access to education and cessation programs. A comprehensive analysis of individual characteristics is essential for predicting and effectively addressing tobacco-related oral and systemic health disparities. Education and prevention initiatives are key to decreasing the prevalence of smoking in populations affected by structural inequities.
Keywords: Oral Health, Smoking, Cigarettes, E-cigarettes, Tobacco, inequities
Received: 16 Jul 2025; Accepted: 03 Sep 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Carneiro, Zhang, Zhao, Ojcius, Daly and Almeida-da-Silva. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Cassio Luiz Coutinho Almeida-da-Silva, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, United States
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