By 2019, 30.4% of French people aged 18 to 75 said they smoked at least occasionally, which is 4 percentage points less than in 2014. The number of women who
By 2019, 30.4% of French people aged 18 to 75 said they smoked at least occasionally, which is 4 percentage points less than in 2014.
The number of women who smoke daily fell “significantly” between 2018 and 2019, according to data released Tuesday by France’s public health department, which highlights a “strong decline” in overall smoking since 2014. Thanks to its Barometer, an annual survey it conducts by telephone from 10,000 people, the public body has seen a decline in the prevalence of smoking over the past five years, which is responsible for approximately 75,000 deaths per year in France (2015 figures).
So in 2019, 30.4% of French people aged 18 to 75 said they smoked at least occasionally, compared to 34.3% between 2014. For daily smoking, the figure dropped to 24%, compared to 28.5% in 2014. “This is the first time since the beginning of 2000 that a decline of this magnitude has been recognized,” insists public health in a French epidemiological bulletin published ahead of World No Tobacco Day, Sunday, May 31. And this is visible in men as well as women, in different age groups and for all income levels.
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the organization estimates that the measures introduced in recent years (gradual increase in the price of a pack of cigarettes, alternative repayments of niconitiques…) “probably contributed” to the decline. Therefore, it is necessary to “continue to strengthen tobacco control actions, strengthening those that are likely to reduce social inequalities that are still very pronounced,” he continued.
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Between 2018 and 2019, the barometer does not change significantly, except among women, where a decline is observed either for smoking in general (decrease from 28.9% to 26.5%) or daily smoking (increase from 22.9% to 20, 7%). The investigation was extended to 2019 to 76-85 years. In this age group, the prevalence of smoking is 5.4%, and the prevalence of daily smoking is 4.8%. For the entire population aged 18-85, this drops the percentage to 28.7% smokers and 22.6% daily smokers.
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Using data from 2017, the newsletter is also a portrait of smokers. The majority are men (54%), people under the age of 55 (81%), of uncertain socioeconomic status (fewer graduates, twice as many unemployed) and “worse mental health (anxiety, depressive episodes, insomnia, chronic…).” These is data that is particularly useful in the fight against smoking. In fact, the more we know about our targets, the more we can adapt our prevention strategies,” said Viet Nguyen Thanh, head of addictions in public health in France.
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While France has one of the “highest” proportions of smokers in Western Europe, another study accompanying this newsletter focuses on hospitalizations for cardiovascular disease. Thus, in 2015, 21% of hospitalizations due to these diseases (myocardial infarction, heart failure, etc.) were attributed to smoking, or in 250,000, which is “significant”, the study notes that these hospitalizations include patients from 15 years of age.
Date of update: May 26, 2020, 4:58 p.m
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