Objectives: This study was aimed to investigate the prevalence of active and passive tobacco smoking among Beijing residents in 2011. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted, using a stratified multistage clus...Objectives: This study was aimed to investigate the prevalence of active and passive tobacco smoking among Beijing residents in 2011. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted, using a stratified multistage cluster random sampling method to select a representative sample of 20,242, among Beijing residents aged 18-79 years. Active and passive tobacco smoking information was collected by a standardized and validated questionnaire in a face-to-face interview. All estimates of prevalence and numbers were weighted by the 2010 Beijing Population Census data and the sampling scheme. Results: Among Beijing residents aged 18-79 years, the overall prevalence of ever smokers and current smokers were 33.13%and 30.18%, respectively. The prevalence in males was much higher than that in females (60.75%vs. 3.75%for ever smokers, and 55.53% vs. 3.21% for current smokers, respectively). For overall current smokers, 14.12 cigarettes were consumed per day. However, only 8.91%of ever smokers quitted smoking at the time of the survey, and 2.44%of ever smokers quitted smoking in recent two years. Furthermore, 44.74%of overall nonsmokers and former smokers, with 47.03%of males and 43.63%of females, reported exposure to secondhand smoke for at least 15 minutes per day and at least one day per week. Conclusions: Tobacco smoking prevalence is still extremely high in Beijing. Nonsmokers do still suffer from secondhand smoke critically. Further urgent efforts for tobacco control are warranted in Beijing.展开更多
文摘Objectives: This study was aimed to investigate the prevalence of active and passive tobacco smoking among Beijing residents in 2011. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted, using a stratified multistage cluster random sampling method to select a representative sample of 20,242, among Beijing residents aged 18-79 years. Active and passive tobacco smoking information was collected by a standardized and validated questionnaire in a face-to-face interview. All estimates of prevalence and numbers were weighted by the 2010 Beijing Population Census data and the sampling scheme. Results: Among Beijing residents aged 18-79 years, the overall prevalence of ever smokers and current smokers were 33.13%and 30.18%, respectively. The prevalence in males was much higher than that in females (60.75%vs. 3.75%for ever smokers, and 55.53% vs. 3.21% for current smokers, respectively). For overall current smokers, 14.12 cigarettes were consumed per day. However, only 8.91%of ever smokers quitted smoking at the time of the survey, and 2.44%of ever smokers quitted smoking in recent two years. Furthermore, 44.74%of overall nonsmokers and former smokers, with 47.03%of males and 43.63%of females, reported exposure to secondhand smoke for at least 15 minutes per day and at least one day per week. Conclusions: Tobacco smoking prevalence is still extremely high in Beijing. Nonsmokers do still suffer from secondhand smoke critically. Further urgent efforts for tobacco control are warranted in Beijing.
