Population-based evidence of a strong decline in the prevalence of smokers in Brazil (1989-2003)

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the evolution in smoking indicators in the adult Brazilian population between 1989 and 2003. METHODS: We compared age-adjusted prevalence ratios and means for smoking indicators, stratified by age, sex and sociodemographic variables, obtained from two comparable household surv...

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Main Authors: Carlos Augusto Monteiro, Tania Maria Cavalcante, Erly Catarina Moura, Rafael Moreira Claro, Célia Landmann Szwarcwald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2007-07-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862007000700010&lng=en&tlng=en