Using the National Health Interview Survey to understand and address the impact of tobacco in the United States: past perspectives and future considerations.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is a continuous, nationwide, household interview survey of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of the United States. This annual survey is conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since 1965, the survey and its supplements have provided data on issues related to the use of cigarettes and other tobacco products. This paper describes the survey, provides an overview of peer-reviewed and government-issued research that uses tobacco-related data from the NHIS, and suggests additional areas for exploration and directions for future research.

Data sources

We performed literature searches using the PubMed database, selecting articles from 1966 to 200

SUBMITTER: Backinger CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2627846 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature