Aims: To investigate time trends in the smoking prevalence and the sociodemographic and
psychosocial background of smoking in the Baltic countries in comparison with Finland …

BACKGROUND: Tobacco is a leading cause of avoidable death in the Baltic Republics but
there is, as yet, relatively little information in the public domain on who is smoking and how …

Background: Smoking and related illnesses signify major health and economic concern in
Hungary. Accurate understanding of smoking habits is essential in combating smoking …

Background As little is known about the determinants of smoking in large ethnic minorities in
the Netherlands and other Western European countries, we studied the determinants of …

Passing the amendments to the anti-smoking law in Hungary indicates a firm determination
of the Department of Health to curb tobacco use. Professional steps were destined to follow …

Our study reviews publications regarding assessment of smoking prevalence rates on
Hungarian adult representative samples. Aim: Our aim is to report the results on prevalence …

A clear, up-to-date picture of smoking prevalence and its determinants is needed to inform
the development of effective tobacco control policy in Belarus and other parts of the former …

Background: The aim was to investigate ethnic differences in daily smoking in Malmö,
Sweden, and whether these differences could be explained by psychosocial and economic …

Objectives The aim of this study is to analyse longitudinally, the annual effects of age group
and birth cohort on smoking in the Swedish population during a 24-year period and to …

Background: Greece has one of the highest rates of adult smoking globally. The objective of
the present survey was to explore the epidemiology of tobacco use in Greece after the …