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. 2006 May 12;6:130. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-130

Table 1.

Recent trends in current smoking by gender in various European populations. Countries are listed alphabetically within subgroups sorted by trend direction in women (increasing (↑), stable (↔), decreasing (↓)).

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]