Predictors of high tobacco use prevalence among adults in Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Introducing a sub-national surveillance system could significantly improve the monitoring of factors related to current tobacco use prevalence and the impacts of tobacco control measures. This study utilizes initial data from the newly established "Surveillance of Behavioural Risk Factors of Non-Communicable Diseases in Vojvodina" (SBRF-NCD-V) system in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (APV), Serbia.

Materials and methods

This cross-sectional study involved 3910 healthcare users aged 18 years and older, interviewed between May 20 and August 30, 2023, across all 44 Primary Healthcare Centers in the 7 districts of APV, with sampling proportional to Census data and stratified by gender, age and type of settlement. The questionnaire used was adapted from the BRF

SUBMITTER: Ukropina S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12027110 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature