Status quo on smoking and related change pattern of smoking related behavior in past 20 years in urban residents in Tianjin
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2019.09.014
- VernacularTitle: 天津市城区居民吸烟现状及20年间吸烟行为模式的改变
- Author:
Xiaodan XUE
1
;
Guohong JIANG
;
Wei LI
;
Dezheng WANG
;
Guide SONG
;
Wenlong ZHENG
Author Information
1. Institute of Non-communicable Disease Prevention and Control, Tianjin Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Tianjin 300011, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Smoking;
Tobacco control;
Changing patterns
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2019;40(9):1095-1098
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To understand the status quo of smoking and change pattern of smoking related behaviors in the past 20 years in the urban adults in Tianjin.
Methods:Data was from the study of Chinese Chronic Disease and Risk Factors (2015). Multi stage stratified random sampling method was used to conduct a questionnaire survey in 7 surveillance sites in Tianjin.
Results:in the urban residents aged>20 years were compared with those in surveys in 1996 and 2010. Results In 2015, the smoking rate in men and women aged>20 years in Tianjin were 41.1% and 4.5% respectively. The average age of starting smoking was (19.2±4.7) years for men and (24.8±10.9) years for women, showing a younger age trend. Compared with the data from 1996 and 2010, the smoking rate in the urban residents was in decrease, but the rate of successful smoking cessation was in increase in 2015, the differences were significant.
Conclusions:Since 1996, the rate of smoking in the urban residents of Tianjin has been in decline, however it is still at a high level, especially in women. The average age of starting smoking remains to be younger. It is necessary to strengthen the health education about harm of smoking in adolescents.
