'The smoking toolkit study': a national study of smoking and smoking cessation in England

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Robert West¹  Jennifer A Fidler¹  Eleni Vangeli¹  Martin J Jarvis¹  Lion Shahab¹  John A Stapleton¹  Andy McEwen¹  Oliver West² 

[1] Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London, London, UK;Tobacco Dependence Research Unit, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK;

关键词: Smoking Cessation;    Tobacco Control;    Smoking Prevalence;    Cigarette Consumption;    Stop Smoking Service;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-11-479

 received in 2011-04-14, accepted in 2011-06-18,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundUp-to-date data tracking of national smoking patterns and cessation-related behaviour is required to evaluate and inform tobacco control strategies. The Smoking Toolkit Study (STS) was designed for this role. This paper describes the methodology of the STS and examines as far as possible the representativeness of the samples.MethodsThe STS consists of monthly, cross sectional household interviews of adults aged 16 and over in England with smokers and recent ex-smokers in each monthly wave followed up by postal questionnaires three and six months later. Between November 2006 and December 2010 the baseline survey was completed by 90,568 participants. STS demographic, prevalence and cigarette consumption estimates are compared with those from the Health Survey for England (HSE) and the General Lifestyle Survey (GLF) for 2007-2009.ResultsSmoking prevalence estimates of all the surveys were similar from 2008 onwards (e.g 2008 STS = 22.0%, 95% C.I. = 21.4% to 22.6%, HSE = 21.7%, 95% C.I. = 20.9% to 22.6%, GLF = 20.8%, 95% C.I. = 19.7% to 21.9%), although there was heterogeneity in 2007 (chi-square = 50.30, p < 0.001). Some differences were observed across surveys within sociodemographic sub-groups, although largely in 2007. Cigarette consumption was virtually identical in all surveys and years.ConclusionThere is reason to believe that the STS findings (see http://www.smokinginengland.info) are generalisable to the adult population of England.

【 授权许可】

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