Who smokes in Europe? Data from 12 European countries in the TackSHS survey (2017-2018)

Background: 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. Methods: Within the...

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Hauptverfasser: Gallus, Silvano, Lugo, Alessandra, Liu, Xiaoqiu, Behrakis, Panagiotis, Boffi, Roberto, Bosetti, Cristina, Carreras, Giulia, Chatenoud, Liliane, Clancy, Luke, Continente, Xavier G. (Xavier Garcia), Dobson, Ruaraidh, Effertz, Tobias, Filippidis, Filippos T, Fu Balboa, Marcela, Geshanova, Gergana, Gorini, Giuseppe, Keogan, Sheila, Ivanov, Hristo, Lopez, Maria J, López Nicolás, Ángel, 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 I, Vyzikidou, Vergina K, Colombo, Paolo, Fernández Muñoz, Esteve, TackSHS Project Investigators
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Zusammenfassung:Background: 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. Methods: 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. Results: 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
DOI:10.2188/jea.JE20190344