Projecting the future smoking prevalence in Norway

Gartner CE 1 , Lund KE 2 , Barendregt JJ 3 , Mohamed Nor N 4 , Hassan H 5 , Vedøy TF 2 Show all authors , Kvaavik E 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 The University of Queensland, School of Public Health, Herston, Queensland, Australia c.gartner@uq.edu.au
  • 2 Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
  • 3 The University of Queensland, School of Public Health, Herston, Queensland, Australia Epigear International, Sunrise Beach, Queensland, Australia
  • 4 The University of Queensland, School of Public Health, Herston, Queensland, Australia; Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 5 The University of Queensland, School of Public Health, Herston, Queensland, Australia
Eur J Public Health, 2017 Feb 1;27(1):139-144.
PMID: 28177432 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckw180

Abstract

Norway has achieved a noteworthy reduction in smoking prevalence over the past forty years. In 2015, 13% of Norwegians aged 13-74 smoked daily and a further 9% smoked occasionally. One of the objectives of the Norwegian 2013-16 national strategy for tobacco control is to achieve a reduction in the daily smoking prevalence to < 10% by 2016. This paper aims to estimate how long it will take for Norway to achieve the 10% smoking prevalence.

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