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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Gallus, Silvano author Lugo, Alessandra author Liu, Xiaoqiu author Behrakis, Panagiotis author Boffi, Roberto author Bosetti, Cristina author Carreras, Giulia author Chatenoud, Liliane author Clancy, Luke author Continente, Xavier G. (Xavier Garcia) author Dobson, Ruaraidh author Effertz, Tobias author Filippidis, Filippos T. author Fu Balboa, Marcela author Geshanova, Gergana author Gorini, Giuseppe author Keogan, Sheila author Ivanov, Hristo author Lopez, Maria J. author López Nicolás, Ángel author Precioso, José author Przewoźniak, Krzysztof author Radu Loghin, Cornel author Ruprecht, Ario author Semple, Sean author Soriano, Joan B. author Starchenko, Polina author Trapero Bertran, Marta author Tigova, Olena author Tzortzi, Anna S. author Vardavas, Constantine I. author Vyzikidou, Vergina K. author Colombo, Paolo author Fernández Muñoz, Esteve author TackSHS Project Investigators author 2021-02-26T07:26:20Z 2021-02-26T07:26:20Z 2021-02-05 2021-02-25T09:18:24Z Background: Population data on tobacco use and its determinants require continuous monitoring and careful inter-country comparison. We aimed to provide the most up-to-date estimates on tobacco smoking from a large cross-sectional survey, conducted in selected European countries. Methods: Within the TackSHS Project, a face-to-face survey on smoking was conducted in 2017-2018 in 12 countries: Bulgaria, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, and Spain, representing around 80% of the 432 million European Union (EU) adult population. In each country, a representative sample of around 1,000 subjects aged 15 years and older was interviewed, for a total of 11,902 participants. Results: Overall, 25.9% of participants were current smokers (31.0% of men and 21.2% of women, P < 0.001), while 16.5% were former smokers. Smoking prevalence ranged from 18.9% in Italy to 37.0% in Bulgaria. It decreased with increasing age (compared to <45, multivariable odds ratio [OR] for ≥65 year, 0.31; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.27-0.36), level of education (OR for low vs high, 1.32; 95% CI, 1.17-1.48) and self-rated household economic level (OR for low vs high, 2.05; 95% CI, 1.74-2.42). The same patterns were found in both sexes. Conclusions: These smoking prevalence estimates represent the most up-to-date evidence in Europe. From them, it can be derived that there are more than 112 million current smokers in the EU-28. Lower socio-economic status is a major determinant of smoking habit in both sexes. Hàbit de fumar Qualitat de l'aire Smoking Air quality Who smokes in Europe? Data from 12 European countries in the TackSHS survey (2017-2018)