The low prevalence of smoking in the Northern Sweden MONICA study, 2009
Aims: The purpose of this study was to describe tobacco use in the 2009 Northern Sweden cohort of the World Health Organization Multinational Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Diseases (MONICA) study. Methods: Subjects ( N = 1698) were randomly selected from population register...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/1403494813504836 2023-05-15T17:44:21+02:00 The low prevalence of smoking in the Northern Sweden MONICA study, 2009 Rodu, Brad Jansson, Jan-Håkan Eliasson, Mats 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1403494813504836 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1403494813504836 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1403494813504836 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Scandinavian Journal of Public Health volume 41, issue 8, page 808-811 ISSN 1403-4948 1651-1905 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine journal-article 2013 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494813504836 2022-07-03T16:06:53Z Aims: The purpose of this study was to describe tobacco use in the 2009 Northern Sweden cohort of the World Health Organization Multinational Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Diseases (MONICA) study. Methods: Subjects ( N = 1698) were randomly selected from population registers, stratified for age (25–74 years old) and gender, in the two northernmost Swedish counties of Norrbotten and Västerbotten. Responses from tobacco-related questions were used to develop three mutually exclusive categories of snus use: past, current, or never use; and three comparable categories of smoking that were consistent with previous studies. Results: Among men, the prevalence of smoking (9%) and dual use (2%) remain unchanged from 2004, although the prevalence of snus use declined from 27% in 2004 to 24% in 2009. Among women, the prevalence of all forms of tobacco use declined between 2004 and 2009; smoking dropped from 16% to 11%, dual use from 2% to less than 1%, and snus use from 9% to 8%. Although overall prevalence of tobacco use was similar for younger versus older men and younger versus older women, there were notable differences in specific snus and smoking rates. Conclusions: This study confirms that use of snus was a significant factor in the low prevalence of smoking, especially among younger men and women in Northern Sweden. Furthermore, it documents that tobacco harm reduction is entirely compatible with a population-level decline in overall tobacco use. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Norrbotten SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 41 8 808 811 |
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Aims: The purpose of this study was to describe tobacco use in the 2009 Northern Sweden cohort of the World Health Organization Multinational Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Diseases (MONICA) study. Methods: Subjects ( N = 1698) were randomly selected from population registers, stratified for age (25–74 years old) and gender, in the two northernmost Swedish counties of Norrbotten and Västerbotten. Responses from tobacco-related questions were used to develop three mutually exclusive categories of snus use: past, current, or never use; and three comparable categories of smoking that were consistent with previous studies. Results: Among men, the prevalence of smoking (9%) and dual use (2%) remain unchanged from 2004, although the prevalence of snus use declined from 27% in 2004 to 24% in 2009. Among women, the prevalence of all forms of tobacco use declined between 2004 and 2009; smoking dropped from 16% to 11%, dual use from 2% to less than 1%, and snus use from 9% to 8%. Although overall prevalence of tobacco use was similar for younger versus older men and younger versus older women, there were notable differences in specific snus and smoking rates. Conclusions: This study confirms that use of snus was a significant factor in the low prevalence of smoking, especially among younger men and women in Northern Sweden. Furthermore, it documents that tobacco harm reduction is entirely compatible with a population-level decline in overall tobacco use. |
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The low prevalence of smoking in the Northern Sweden MONICA study, 2009 |
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The low prevalence of smoking in the Northern Sweden MONICA study, 2009 |
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