Changes in smoking prevalence in Ukraine in 2001–5

Abstract

ORs for yearly increase in prevalence were estimated as 1.164 (95% CI 1.111 to 1.220) for men and 1.187 (1.124 to 1.253) for women, which implies that, on average, 3-4% of men and 1.5-2% of women living in Ukraine join the smoking population each year. Conclusions: In Ukraine, smoking prevalence is increasing in most population groups. Among men, the medium deprivation group with secondary education has the highest smoking prevalence. Among women, while the most educated, young and those living in larger cities are the leading group for tobacco use, other groups are also increasing their tobacco use. Tobacco promotion efforts appear to have been significantly more effective in Ukraine than smoking control efforts. The decrease in real cigarette prices in Ukraine in 2001-5 could be the main factor explaining the recent growth in smoking prevalence.

A review of the impacts of tobacco industry privatisation: Implications for policy

“…Although a previous study based on repeat surveys of smaller size failed to reach such clear conclusions (Bobak et al 2006), evidence from Ukraine, where TTC investment occurred from 1992 to 1998, (again based on repeat and not always identical surveys) recorded similar increases in prevalence between 2001 and 2005 (from 12% to 20% in women and 55% to 67% in men) (Andreeva and Krasovsky 2007). One other study assessed trends between 1994 and 1998 in Estonia (TTC investment in 1993) and Lithuania (first TTC investment in 1993), identifying a significant increase in female and male smoking in Lithuania although the latter was not significant once confounders were adjusted for (Puska et al 2003).…”

Economic and public health impact of 2007–2010 tobacco tax increases in Ukraine

“…More than 66% of adult men used tobacco in 2005,1 primarily in the form of cigarettes. The smoking prevalence among women is lower, but it has increased since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, reaching about 20% in 2005 1. The prevalence of smoking among younger to middle-aged women reached about 32% in the same year 1.…”

“…The smoking prevalence among women is lower, but it has increased since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, reaching about 20% in 2005 1. The prevalence of smoking among younger to middle-aged women reached about 32% in the same year 1. Tobacco use is to blame for at least 115 000 tobacco-related premature deaths per year,2 contributes to declining male and stagnant female life expectancy,3 and burdens the economy with high healthcare costs and lower labour productivity.…”

The impact of early life stress on risk of tobacco smoking initiation by adolescents

“…Female smoking may be less socially acceptable than male smoking, especially among adolescents. In Ukraine 34% of boys and 25% of girls aged 15-16 years old currently smoked in 2011 (Hibell B., 2011), and 67% of men and 20% of women did so in 2005 (Andreeva & Krasovsky, 2007). The lower prevalence of smoking in women because of the ”cultural prohibition” in most low and medium resource countries has been emphasized in a recent, revised model of the tobacco epidemic (Thun, Peto, Boreham, & Lopez, 2012).…”