K2.3 Smokers

Regular and occasional smokers aged 15 and over

The indicator is defined as the proportion of persons aged 15 and over who regularly or occasionally smoke tobacco products.
Tobacco smoking is one of the leading preventable causes of death and disease in modern society. It is an important risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease, chronic bronchitis and emphysema, lung cancer and other diseases. Not only smoking, but also exposure to the tobacco smoke of others, represents an important public health problem. Smoking is a modifiable lifestyle risk factor; effective tobacco control measures can reduce the incidence of smoking among the population.

Regular and occasional smokers aged 15 and over describes the number of persons aged 15 and over who answered in the survey that they smoke cigarettes every day or occasionally.

Percent (%).

The indicator Regular and occasional smokers aged 15 and over is the ratio between the number of respondents who answered the question "Do you smoke now?" with the answer "Yes, every day" or "Yes, occasionally" and the number of all persons who answered this question multiplied by 100 in the survey.

Smokers

$=\frac{Number of people who answered that they smoke cigarettes every day or occasionally}{The total number of people who answered this question}\times 100$

The indicator for the municipality is calculated on the basis of a model that takes into account the prevalence of smoking at the level of the administrative unit and the demographic data of the municipality.

Health and Healthcare Survey (EHIS), National Institute of Public Health.

Data are collected periodically, according to the European Commission Regulation, the survey is planned for five-year periods. So far, the survey has been conducted in 2007, 2014 and 2019.

1. ECHI indicator development and documentation, Joint Action for ECHIM Final Report Part II, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), 2012.

The survey includes people aged 15 and over. The survey does not cover the population residing in the institution at the time of the survey.
The EHIS survey data are not age standardized.

Electronic cigarettes, pipes and other tobacco products, except factory and hand-rolled cigarettes, are not taken into account in the calculation of the indicator.