The population-based National FINRISK Study (later FINRISK Study) was initiated in 1972 in
Finland to carry out the evaluation of the North Karelia Project, a large community-based …

Abstract Introduction In 2016, the Finnish Tobacco Act was revised to harmonise e‐cigarette
regulations with the EU Tobacco Products Directive. Unlike before, the sale of nicotine …

Objectives Smoking is declining, but it is unevenly distributed among population groups. Our
aim was to examine the socio-economic differences in smoking during 1978–2016 in …

Background Socioeconomic differences in smoking and other tobacco use are prevalent in
adolescents. Less is known about the association between intergenerational social mobility …

Aims: Finland has implemented a gradually tightening tobacco control policy for decades.
Recently the objective of a tobacco-free Finland was introduced. Still, the population's …

Introduction As smoking prevalence has decreased, there has been debate about
“hardening”(smokers are more resistant to established tobacco control measures) or …

Aims We aim to adjust for potential non-participation bias in the prevalence of heavy alcohol
consumption. Methods Population survey data from Finnish health examination surveys …

Background The decreasing participation rates and selective non-participation peril the
representativeness of health examination surveys (HESs). Methods Finnish HESs …

Three likelihood approaches to estimation under informative sampling are compared using
a special case for which analytic expressions are possible to derive. An independent and …

Abundant evidence over the decades has proved smoking to be one of the major causes of
premature morbidity and mortality. Although the overall health of populations has improved …