ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health2004
Did Finland's Tobacco Control Act of 1976 have an impact on ever smoking? An examination based on male and female cohort trends.
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- Population tobacco control interventions and their effects on social inequalities in smoking: systematic review.Tobacco control · 2008Pooled it
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- Tobacco consumption and positive mental health: an epidemiological study from a positive psychology perspective.BMC psychology · 2016Article
- Primary prevention and risk factor reduction in coronary heart disease mortality among working aged men and women in eastern Finland over 40 years: population based observational study.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2016Observational
- Looking at the smoking epidemic through the lens of population pyramids: sociodemographic patterns of smoking in Italy, 1983 to 2005.Population health metrics · 2012Article
- Secondhand tobacco smoke in bars and restaurants in Santiago, Chile: evaluation of partial smoking ban legislation in public places.Tobacco control · 2010Article
- The contribution of childhood circumstances, current circumstances and health behaviour to educational health differences in early adulthood.BMC public health · 2009Article
- Trends of socioeconomic differences in daily vegetable consumption, 1979-2002.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2008Article
- Contribution of smoking-attributable mortality to life expectancy differences by marital status among Finnish men and women, 1971-2010.Demographic researchArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine patterns of ever smoking among Finnish adults by gender and birth cohort from 1978 to 2001, with special emphasis on the possible effects of the 1976 Tobacco Control Act (TCA).
methodsThe data were derived from independent, annual cross sectional postal surveys among 15-64 year olds (n = 91,342), average response rate 75%. For the analyses 13 five year birth cohorts from 1916 to 1980 were constructed. Birth cohort variations in ever regular smoking were first examined graphically, and then logistic models were used to test the impact of the TCA.
resultsAmong men there was a decrease in smoking from older to younger cohorts. For women an increase in smoking was observed between successive cohorts. A clear decline in the prevalence of ever smokers concurrent with the TCA was found among both men and women.
conclusionsThe smoking behaviour trends across successive birth cohorts suggest the impact of tobacco policy in decreasing smoking initiation in youth. These findings thus support the acceptability and effectiveness of antismoking and smoke free policy measures in society.
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