The WHO Regional Office for Europe is one of six regional offices throughout the world,
each with its own programme geared to the particular health problems of the countries it …

Background and aims: Socioeconomic differences in smoking have been well established.
While previous studies have mostly relied on one socioeconomic indicator at a time, this …

BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to determine whether education or income was
more strongly related to smoking in the European Union at large, and within the individual …

Objective: To determine those groups who are at increased risk of smoking related diseases,
we assessed in which male and female generations smoking was more prevalent among …

The WHO Regional Office for Europe is one of six regional offices throughout the world,
each with its own programme geared to the particular health problems of the countries it …

Previous studies have shown that due to differences in the progression of the smoking
epidemic European countries differ in the direction and size of socioeconomic variations in …

Background: Recently a scale was introduced to quantify the implementation of tobacco
control policies at country level. Our study used this scale to examine the potential impact of …

Systematic reviews have become an important methodology in the United Kingdom by
which research informs health policy, and their use now extends beyond evidence‐based …

Smoking is disproportionately common among the disadvantaged, both within many
countries and globally; the burden associated with smoking is, therefore, borne to a great …

Background: Risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) vary with patient characteristics
but we do not know how this influences doctors9 questioning and advice giving. Aims: To …