Who Smokes in Europe? Data From 12 European Countries in the TackSHS Survey (2017-2018)

Population data on tobacco use and its determinants require continuous monitoring and careful inter-country comparison. We aimed to provide the most up-to-date estimates on tobacco smoking from a large cross-sectional survey, conducted in selected European countries. Within the TackSHS Project, a fa...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of epidemiology 2021-02, Vol.31 (2), p.145-151
Hauptverfasser: Gallus, Silvano, Lugo, Alessandra, Liu, Xiaoqiu, Behrakis, Panagiotis, Boffi, Roberto, Bosetti, Cristina, Carreras, Giulia, Chatenoud, Liliane, Clancy, Luke, Continente, Xavier, Dobson, Ruaraidh, Effertz, Tobias, Filippidis, Filippos T, Fu, Marcela, Geshanova, Gergana, Gorini, Giuseppe, Keogan, Sheila, Ivanov, Hristo, Lopez, María J, Lopez-Nicolas, Angel, Precioso, José, Przewozniak, Krzysztof, Radu-Loghin, Cornel, Ruprecht, Ario, Semple, Sean, Soriano, Joan B, Starchenko, Polina, Trapero-Bertran, Marta, Tigova, Olena, Tzortzi, Anna S, Vardavas, Constantine, Vyzikidou, Vergina K, Colombo, Paolo, Fernandez, Esteve
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Zusammenfassung:Population data on tobacco use and its determinants require continuous monitoring and careful inter-country comparison. We aimed to provide the most up-to-date estimates on tobacco smoking from a large cross-sectional survey, conducted in selected European countries. Within the TackSHS Project, a face-to-face survey on smoking was conducted in 2017-2018 in 12 countries: Bulgaria, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, and Spain, representing around 80% of the 432 million European Union (EU) adult population. In each country, a representative sample of around 1,000 subjects aged 15 years and older was interviewed, for a total of 11,902 participants. Overall, 25.9% of participants were current smokers (31.0% of men and 21.2% of women, P < 0.001), while 16.5% were former smokers. Smoking prevalence ranged from 18.9% in Italy to 37.0% in Bulgaria. It decreased with increasing age (compared to
ISSN:0917-5040
1349-9092
DOI:10.2188/jea.JE20190344