Socio-demographic variation in smoking habits: Italy, 2008

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• 作者：Irene Tramacere ; Silvano Gallus ; Piergiorgio Zuccaro ; Paolo Colombo ; Silvia Rossi ; Paolo Boffetta ; Carlo La Vecchia
• 关键词：Epidemiology ; Italy ; Population survey ; Tobacco smoking
• 刊名：Preventive Medicine
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：March 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：48
• 期：3
• 页码：213-217
• 全文大小：419 K

文摘

Objective

To provide updated information on smoking prevalence in Italy, with a focus on demographic and socio-economic characteristics.

Method

The survey was conducted during March–April 2008 on a sample of 3035 individuals (1459 men and 1576 women) aged 15 years or over representative of the Italian population in terms of age, sex, geographic area, and socio-economic characteristics.

Results

In 2008, 22.0 % (95 % confidence interval, CI: 20.5–23.5) of Italians described themselves as current cigarette smokers (26.4 % of men, 17.9 % of women); ex-smokers were 18.4 % (95 % CI: 17.0–19.8; 24.1 % of men, 13.2 % of women). By the year 2012 the number of former could exceed that of current smokers. Smoking prevalence in the young (15–24 years) was around 30 % in males, and almost 20 % in females. For both sexes, current smoking was less prevalent in higher (22.9 % of men, 20.1 % of women) than in lower educated participants (34.8 % of men, 22.1 % of women), and in northern (22.5 % of men, 16.1 % of women) than southern Italy (31.8 % of men, 18.4 % of women).

Conclusion

In 2008, smoking prevalence was the lowest observed over the last 50 years, in Italy. However, part of the fall is likely due to increased under-reporting, since these survey figures are appreciably under-estimated as compared to sale data. Subjects with less privileged socio-economic characteristics should be considered target populations for tobacco control.