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Published in Cancer Detection and Prevention 1995; 19(2):210-218. Is Tobacco Use Finally Decreasing in France?aUnit of Analytical Epidemiology, International Agency for Research on Cancer and Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Lyon, France; and bComite Francais d'Education pour la Sante, Vanves, FranceAddress all correspondence and reprint requests to: AJ Sasco, M.D., Dr.P.H., International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France ABSTRACT: Tobacco is responsible for a third of all cancers, as well as a large proportion of cardiovascular and chronic respiratory diseases. Monitoring of the tobacco epidemic is necessary everywhere, in particular in non-English-speaking countries where until recently no decrease was seen in tobacco consumption. National population surveys have been conducted repeatedly on representative samples of both the adolescent and adult French population to evaluate trends in smoking behavior. A decrease can be noted in the population of adolescent smokers of both sexes-from 46% in 1977 to 30% in 1991. Among adults the overall figure is rather stable due to contrasting trends, with a general decrease among men (although not among young men aged 18 to 24) counterbalanced by an increase among women. Future health education efforts should focus on women of all ages but should not neglect young men, although the decrease observed among girls and boys is promising. KEY WORDS: adolescents, France, men, smoking, tobacco, women. |
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