Indicators related to smoking cessation in Brazil, National Health Survey, 2013 and 2019 editions
Patrícia Pereira Vasconcelos de Oliveira1, Vinícius Oliveira de Moura Pereira1, Sheila Rizzato Stopa1
1Ministério da Saúde, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
Objective:
To describe the indicators of smoking cessation in 2013 and 2019 for Brazil and federative units, according to sociodemographic variables, collected in the National Health Survey (PNS).
Methods:
Cross-sectional, population-based and descriptive study with data from the 2013 and 2019 PNS, a household survey collected by trained interviewers. The prevalence of ex-smokers and the proportion of smokers who tried to quit smoking in the 12 months prior to the interview, and respective confidence intervals (95%CI) were calculated, according to sociodemographic variables. Additionally, the percentage variation between the years was calculated.
Results:
In 2013, the prevalence of ex-smokers was 17.5% (95%CI 16.9;18.0) and, in 2019, 26.6% (95%CI 26.1;27.2). In 2013, 51.1% tried to quit smoking (95%CI 49.3;52.9) and, in 2019, 46.6% (95%CI 45.0;48.3).
Conclusion:
It is important to strengthen and maintain strategies for coping with tobacco use in Brazil, to increase the current smoker's willingness and ability to quit smoking.
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