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

ABSTRACT:

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% among men and 21.2% among 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 years was 0.31; 95% confidence interval, CI: 0.27-0.36), level of education (OR for low vs. high was 1.32; 95% CI: 1.17-1.48) and self-rated household economic level (OR for low vs. high was 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.

SUBMITTER: Gallus S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7813769 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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

Gallus Silvano S Lugo Alessandra A Liu Xiaoqiu X Behrakis Panagiotis P Boffi Roberto R Bosetti Cristina C Carreras Giulia G Chatenoud Liliane L Clancy Luke L Continente Xavier X Dobson Ruaraidh R Effertz Tobias T Filippidis Filippos T FT Fu Marcela M Geshanova Gergana G Gorini Giuseppe G Keogan Sheila S Ivanov Hristo H Lopez María J MJ Lopez-Nicolas Angel A Precioso José J Przewozniak Krzysztof K Radu-Loghin Cornel C Ruprecht Ario A Semple Sean S Soriano Joan B JB Starchenko Polina P Trapero-Bertran Marta M Tigova Olena O Tzortzi Anna S AS Vardavas Constantine C Vyzikidou Vergina K VK Colombo Paolo P Fernandez Esteve E

Journal of epidemiology 20200404 2

<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>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 ...[more]

PMID: 32249267

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