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Published on: February 12, 2015
[Variability in cigarette consumption according to the data source in Spain (1993-2009)]
Jose M Martínez-Sánchez1, Marcela Fu, Silvano Gallus
1Unitat de Control del Tabaquisme, Programa de Prevenció i Control del Càncer, Institut Català d'Oncologia, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España. jmmartinez@iconcologia.net
Official tobacco sales data in Spain consistently show higher cigarette consumption per person than national health surveys. This discrepancy has widened in recent years, indicating significant variability in smoking data sources.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Epidemiology
- Tobacco Control Research
Context:
- Accurate measurement of per capita cigarette consumption is crucial for public health policy and tobacco control initiatives.
- Spain has national health surveys and official legal tobacco sales data as sources for smoking prevalence and consumption.
- Understanding discrepancies between these data sources is essential for reliable public health surveillance.
Purpose:
- To evaluate the variability in per capita daily cigarette consumption in Spain.
- To compare data from national health surveys with official legal tobacco sales figures.
- To analyze trends in the difference between reported and sales-based cigarette consumption from 1993 to 2009.
Summary:
- Cigarette consumption per person per day in Spain declined between 1993 and 2009.
- Legal tobacco sales data consistently reported higher per capita cigarette consumption than national health surveys.
- The gap between legal sales and survey-reported consumption widened over the study period, particularly in recent years.
Impact:
- Highlights potential underestimation of smoking prevalence or consumption in national health surveys.
- Informs methodological improvements for tobacco use surveillance in Spain.
- Provides critical data for refining tobacco control policies and interventions based on more accurate consumption estimates.
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