%0 Journal Article
%T Smoking prevalence and its characteristics among the population aged 25-64 years according to the postal surveys of Kiev residents
%A Elena Kvasha
%J Tobacco Control and Public Health in Eastern Europe
%D 2012
%I Tobacco Control and Public Health in Eastern Europe
%X Tobacco smoking (TS) is considered one of the main negative factors influencing health of Ukraine¡¯s population. To shape policies aimed to prevent and decrease harmful effects of TS on health and economics, it is necessary to have evidence-based information about prevalence of this risk factor in population and trends of its change over time.PURPOSE: to estimate the tobacco smoking prevalence and its characteristics in the population of Kiev aged 25-64 years.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The data were obtained from five postal surveys of the population within the framework of CINDI (WHO). Five of these surveys were conducted in 2002-2010 with 9034 participants.RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Prevalence and trends of occasional smoking have no gender differences (in 2002, 8.1% of men and 8.7% of women were occasional smokers, in 2010 ¨C 5.9% and 6.3% respectively). The standardized prevalence rate of daily TS among men did not change significantly (44.0 and 41.9%), smoking intensity decreased on average by one cigarette per day. A steady upward trend of smoking prevalence was recorded in women overall (from 16.3 to 19.3%), accompanied by the increase of TS intensity on average by one cigarette per day. A significant difference of smoking prevalence by educational level and marital status was revealed. Physicians are not enough involved in smoking cessation.CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of TS in the population of Kiev city aged 25-64 is still high. In 2002-2010, stabilization of smoking prevalence among men and its increase in women was observed.
%K tobacco smoking
%K prevalence
%K time trends
%U http://andreevin.narod.ru/journal/2012/01/4.htm