Table 1.
Survey characteristics | Men | Women | ||||
Country (type/place) | Year(s) | Trend direction | Smoking prevalence | Trend direction | Smoking prevalence | [Reference] |
Austria (National) |
1986 1995 |
↑ | 35% 39% |
↑ | 18% 24% |
[1] |
Belgium (Charleroi) |
1985/87 1990/93 |
slight ↓ | 51% 48% |
↑ | 24% 29% |
[2] |
Finland (Kuopio) |
1982 1992 |
↓ | 34% 30% |
↑ | 10% 13% |
[2] |
Finland (North Karelia) |
1982 1992 |
↓ | 30% 27% |
↑ | 9% 12% |
[2] |
France (National) |
1974 1992 |
↓ | 59% 48% |
↑ | 28% 33% |
[3] |
Germany (MONICA-Augsburg) |
1985 1995 |
↓ | 36% 31% |
↑ | 19% 22% |
[4] |
Germany (former East) |
1990/92 1998 |
↔ | No change | ↑ | 21% 29% |
[5] |
Germany (National) |
1985 2002 |
↓ | no data no data |
↑ | no data no data |
[6] |
Italy (National) |
1980 1990/91 1994 |
↓ | 60% 41% 37% |
↑ | 18% 20% 20% |
[7] |
Lithuania (MONICA-Kaunas) |
1983/85 2001/02 |
↔ | 38.3% 41% |
↑ | 4.1% 11% |
[8] |
Poland (MONICA-Tarnobrzeg) |
1983/84 1992/93 |
↓ | 58% 54% |
↑ | 11% 21% |
[2] |
Russia (Novosibirsk) |
1985/86 1995 |
slight ↓ | 61% 60% |
↑ | 4% 6% |
[2] |
Spain (MONICACatalonia) |
1986/88 1994/96 |
↓ | 52% 47% |
↑ | 15% 24% |
[9] |
Spain (Catalonia) |
1982 1998 |
↓ | 58% 44% |
↑ | 20% 31% |
[10] |
Switzerland (National) |
1992/93 1997 |
↑ | 37% 39% |
↑ | 24% 28% |
[11] |
Yugoslavia (Novi Sad) |
1984 1994/95 |
↑ | 48% 49% |
↑ | 26% 30% |
[2] |
France (MONICA-Toulouse) |
1985 1994/97 |
↓ | 37% 24% |
↔ | 19% 21% |
[12] |
Czech Republic (MONICA) |
1985 1997/98 |
↓ | 49% 37% |
↔/slight ↓ | 28% 26% |
[13] |
Belgium (National) |
1963 1993 |
↓ | ~70 ~30 |
slight ↓ | ~25 ~20 |
[14] |
Denmark (Copenhagen) |
1964/74 1990/94 |
↓ | 72% 54% |
↓ | 52% 46% |
[15] |
Iceland (MONICA) |
1983 1993/94 |
↓ | 27% 23% |
↓ | 40% 31% |
[2] |
Ireland (National) |
1983 1992 |
↓ | ~70 ~30 |
↓ | ~40 ~30 |
[14] |
New-Zealand (Auckland) |
1982 1993/94 |
↓ | 29% 17% |
↓ | 25% 14% |
[2] |
Sweden (Göteborg) |
1985/86 1994/96 |
↓ | 32% 26% |
↓ | 34% 29% |
[2] |