Authors
Sakharova G. M.
M.D., PhD, full professor, Head, Smoking Cessation Centre1
Antonov N. S.
M.D., PhD, Vice Director1
Salagay O. O.
PhD, Director, Department of Public Health and Communications2
1 - Federal Government Budgetary Institution «Pulmonology Research Institute» of Federal MedicoBiological Agency of Russia
2 - Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Corresponding author
Sakharova G.M., E-mail pulmomail@gmail.com
Abstract
Over the past decade, the Russian Federation has made significant progress in reducing the prevalence of tobacco consumption. This is the result of adoption in 2010 of the Concept of Implementation of the State Policy on Counteracting Tobacco Use for 2010-2015, and then, in 2013, of Federal Law No. 15-FZ «On the Protection of the Health of Citizens from Exposure of Surrounding Tobacco Smoke and the Effects of Tobacco Use». The principal measures for tobacco control included in the Federal Law are the protection of people from tobacco smoke exposure, assistance to tobacco use cessation, awareness measures regarding tobacco-related harms, introduction of a total ban on advertising, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco products, constantly rising taxes on tobacco products. To continuously provide for the effectiveness of the measures introduced, accurate measurements of the prevalence of tobacco use and a number of other key indicators are needed. Thus, a system of monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of measures, based on the standardized and scientifically valid methods of data collection and analysis, has been introduced in parallel to measures for tobacco control. The Global Tobacco Surveillance System (GTSS), developed by the World Health Organization, provides representative and periodic data on key indicators of tobacco use. The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, within the framework of this system, conducted two Global Adult Tobacco Surveys in 2009 (GATS 2009) and 2016 (GATS 2016). As a result of the study, when comparing data obtained by using identical samples of two surveys (in 60 regions), significant trends in tobacco use reduction were identified. The prevalence of tobacco consumption among the adult population decreased from 39.4% in 2009 to 30.9% in 2016 (from 60.7% to 50.9% among men, and from 21.7% to 14.3% among women).
Key words
Global Adult Tobacco Survey, tobacco consumption prevalence monitoring, GATS, tobacco consumption prevalence, tobacco smoking, risk factors, epidemiology, tobacco control, anti-smoking law
References
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