| Title |
Trends in cigarette smoking among middle-aged Lithuanian subjects participating in the primary prevention program between 2009 and 2016 / |
| Authors |
Rinkūnienė, Egidija ; Petrulionienė, Žaneta ; Dženkevičiūtė, Vilma ; Gimžauskaitė, Silvija ; Mainelis, Antanas ; Puronaitė, Roma ; Jucevičienė, Agnė ; Gargalskaitė, Urtė ; Laucevičius, Aleksandras |
| DOI |
10.3390/medicina55050130 |
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| Is Part of |
Medicina.. Basel : MDPI. 2019, vol. 55, no. 5, p. 1-8.. ISSN 1010-660X. eISSN 1648-9144 |
| Keywords [eng] |
smoking prevalence ; smoking cessation ; primary prevention ; risk factors ; trends |
| Abstract [eng] |
Background and Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate trends in smoking among middle-agedmenandwomenbased on the data fromthe Lithuanian High Cardiovascular Risk (LitHiR) primary prevention program between 2009 and 2016. Materials and Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study comprised 92373 Lithuanian adults (41.6%menand 58.4% women). We compared the prevalence of smoking, smoking cessation activity and smoking intensity by gender and age groups. Results: There was a statistically significant upward trend in the number of smoking subjects (average annual percent change (AAPC) 2.99%, p < 0.001). The number of smoking male subjects remained much higher than the number of smoking female subjects during the 2009–2016 period. The study showed a significant increase in the percentage of smoking quitters in the whole group (AAPC 7.22%, p < 0.001) and among men and women separately. There was no significant change in smoking intensity in groups of male and female smokers separately. Conclusions: The analysis showed that the prevalence of smoking in Lithuania is still increasing due to women smoking despite all the governmental tobacco control e orts to reduce it. |
| Published |
Basel : MDPI |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2019 |
| CC license |
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