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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Autores: Gallus, S, Lugo, A, Liu, XQ, Behrakis, P, Boffi, R, Bosetti, C, Carreras, G, Chatenoud, L, Clancy, L, Continente, X, Dobson, R, Effertz, T, Filippidis, FT, Fu, M, Geshanova, G, Gorini, G, Keogan, S, Ivanov, H, Lopez, MJ, Lopez-Nicolas, A, Precioso, J, Przewozniak, K, Radu-Loghin, C, Ruprecht, A, Semple, S, Soriano, JB, Starchenko, P, Trapero-Bertran, M, Tigova, O, Tzortzi, AS, Vardavas, C, Vyzikidou, VK, Colombo, P, Fernandez, E, TackSHS Project Investigators
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Recursos:Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau)
Repositorio:r-IIB SANT PAU. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica del Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Sant Pau
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https://ddd.uab.cat/record/272117
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Palavra-chave:tobacco
cigarette smoking
smoking prevalence
cross-sectional study
survey
Europe
TackSHS
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Resumo: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 <45, multivariable odds ratio [OR] for >= 65 year, 0.31: 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.27-0.36), level of education (OR for low vs high, 1.32; 95% CI, 1.17-1.48) and self-rated household economic level (OR for low vs high, 2.05; 95% CI, 1.74-2.42). The same patterns were found in both sexes. Conclusions: These smoking prevalence estimates represent the most up-to-date evidence in Europe. From them, it can be derived that there are more than 112 million current smokers in the EU-28. Lower socio-economic status is a major determinant of smoking habit in both sexes.

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