Trends in smoking among adults and smoking attributable burden in Lithuania

Vaida Liutkutė-Gumarov

doi:10.5114/jhi.2021.112837

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Trends in smoking among adults and smoking attributable burden in Lithuania

Vaida Liutkutė-Gumarov

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Health Research Institute, Faculty of Public Health, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health, Kaunas, Lithuania

J Health Inequal 2021; 7 (2): 108

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/jhi.2021.112837

Online publish date: 2021/12/31

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Based on the Health Interview Survey, in 2019, 76% of population did not smoke, 19% – smoked every day, 5% – sometimes. The prevalence of daily smoking decreased from 25% in 2005 to 19% in 2019. Compared to 2014, the proportion of population smoking daily decreased from 20 to 19%. The prevalence of daily smoking in men decreased from 42% in 2005 to 30% in 2019 and remained stable in women (10% in 2005 and 10% in 2019). In 2019, electronic cigarettes were used daily or occasionally by 12% of persons aged 15–24 and by 0.8% of persons aged 55 and older. Smoking prevalence remains higher among men than women.

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smoking, smoking-attributable burden, Lithuania

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Trends in smoking among adults and smoking attributable burden in Lithuania

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smoking, smoking-attributable burden, Lithuania

Vaida Liutkutė-Gumarov

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