Prevalence of Smoking among Iranian Adults: Findings of the National STEPs Survey 2016
| Autor: | Mitra Modirian, Ghobad Moradi, Parinaz Mehdipour, Farshad Sharifi, Mehdi Varmaghani, Rosa Haghshenas, Ali Sheidaei, Forough Pazhuheian, Kimiya Gohari, Hossein Zokaei, Shirin Djalalinia, Alireza Khajavi, Niloofar Peykari, Alireza Mahdavihezaveh, Farshad Farzadfar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Adolescent Population 010501 environmental sciences Iran 01 natural sciences World health 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Age Distribution Prevalence Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Sex Distribution education Second hand smoke 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Aged Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study business.industry Smoking General Medicine Limiting Tobacco Products Middle Aged Secondhand smoking Cross-Sectional Studies Multistage sampling National study Female Tobacco Smoke Pollution business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Iranian medicine. 23(6) |
| ISSN: | 1735-3947 2000-2025 |
| Popis: | Background: Tobacco smoking is one of the most important avoidable causes of mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This study aimed to report the crude and standardized prevalence of current, ever, and secondhand smoking at national and provincial levels. Methods: This study was performed through an analysis of the results of the STEPs survey 2016, which was conducted as a cross-sectional national study. The samples were selected via multistage cluster sampling and they were representative of general population aged ≥18 years in all provinces of Iran. All the data were analyzed via survey analysis while considering population weights. Age-standardized prevalence was also calculated for the Iranian national population in 2016 and the World Health Organization (WHO) Population 2000-2025. Results: A total of 29963 subjects aged ≥18 years from all provinces of Iran, except for Qom, participated in this study. The age standardized prevalence of current tobacco smoking among adult males and females were 24.4% (95% CI: 23.6%–25.1%) and 3.8% (95% CI: 3.5%–4.1%), respectively. Among the participants, the majority of the current smokers were among those aged 45-54 years (14.5%; 95% CI: 13.6%–15.5%). With increase in age, the prevalence of secondhand smoking decreased to 34.8% (95% CI: 33.3%–36.7%) among people aged 18–24 years and to 22·6% (95% CI: 21.0%–24.3%) among subjects over 70 years. Conclusion: The result of the study can be used to inform policy makers about the status of smoking and help them to design policies for setting rules on and limiting the import of cigarettes and their components to the country. |
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