Changes in and patterns of smoking exposure in an elderly urban population in Beijing: 2001-2010.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study aims to explore the patterns and changes of active and passive smoking in the elderly population.

Methods

Two cross-sectional surveys with representative samples of urban populations, aged between 60 and 95 years old, were conducted in 2001 and 2010 in Beijing. A current smoker was defined as a person who smoked a tobacco product at the time of the survey, and a passive smoker was defined as a person who had been exposed to smoke exhaled by a smoker for more than 15 minutes per day more than once per week.

Results

A total of 2,277 participants in 2001 and 2,102 participants in 2010 completed the survey. The current smoking prevalence changed slightly in males (24.7 vs. 21.2%, P = 0.081), while the prevalence in females decreased significantly from

SUBMITTER: Yang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4364981 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature