Mireia Jané, Esteve Saltó, Hèlios Pardell, Ricard Tresserras, Rafael Guayta, Josep Lluís Taberner, Lluís Salleras
BACKGROUND: We aimed at describing the smoking prevalence trend among the Catalan population (Spain) from 1982 to 1998, based on a gender perspective analysis. SUBJECTS AND METHOD: Data obtained from the surveys carried out by the Catalan Department of Health in 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 and 1998 were analysed. Variables included were those related to smoking status, number of daily cigarettes, age and sex of the interviewed, type of tobacco smoked, age at which the first experience with smoking took place and smoking duration...
February 2, 2002: Medicina Clínica