Tobacco attributable Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs)
burden in Poland and Hungary: The role of women

Koczkodaj, Paweł; Didkowska, Joanna

doi:10.18332/tid/131265

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“…Smoking is a recognized modifiable risk factor for many non-communicable diseases, and remains one of the biggest global public health challenges 1 , 2 . Previous studies report a 20–30% smoking prevalence in western countries and a 12–47% smoking prevalence in Asian countries 1 , 3 - 5 .…”

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Prevalence of non-communicable diseases and its association with tobacco smoking cessation intention among current smokers in Shanghai, China

Wang¹,

Yan²,

Gao³

et al. 2022

Tob. Induc. Dis.

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INTRODUCTION Smoking remains one of the biggest public health challenges worldwide, quitting tobacco smoking can lead to substantial health gains, even later in life. Previous studies indicate that illness can be a powerful motivation to quit and physicians’ advice on smoking cessation has been shown to improve quit rates, but evidence on the role of non-communicable diseases in smoking cessation is limited. This cross-sectional study aims to evaluate the prevalence of non-communicable diseases and to explore its role in smoking cessation intention in smokers in Shanghai. METHODS From January to June 2021, 1104 current smokers were recruited in the Songjiang and Fengxian districts of Shanghai. We used an Android assisted electronic questionnaire for data collection, and implemented logistic regression for odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) calculation to explore how smoking cessation intention would be influenced by non-communicable diseases comorbidity among smokers. RESULTS The 1104 current smokers included 914 males (82.8%), with an average age of 43.6 years. Approximately 22% of smokers had at least 1 type of non-communicable disease, with 17.8% for non-respiratory system related non-communicable diseases and 6.6% for respiratory system related non-communicable diseases. The prevalence of non-communicable diseases comorbidity ranged from 0.5% to 13.9%, and was higher in male smokers; 41.8% of current smokers had intention to quit smoking in a recent year, and the percentage of smoking cessation intention was higher in smokers with non-communicable diseases. Logistic regression indicated that smokers with non-communicable diseases had 1.3 (95% CI: 1.0–1.8) times higher smoking cessation intention than those without non-communicable disease. The findings were consistent in respiratory system related and non-respiratory system related non-communicable diseases. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of non-communicable diseases was high among current smokers in Shanghai, and their smoking cessation intention was associated with non-communicable diseases comorbidity. Physicians should treat illness as a powerful motivation and provide professional cessation service to tobacco users to reverse the severe tobacco epidemic.

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Prevalence of non-communicable diseases and its association with tobacco smoking cessation intention among current smokers in Shanghai, China

Wang¹,

Yan²,

Gao³

et al. 2022

Tob. Induc. Dis.

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“…Until now, however, there is no solution analogous to the other three prevention screenings programs funded by the NHF (breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screenings). In the face of an exceptionally high lung cancer burden, as well as constantly increasing lung cancer mortality, among Polish women [ 1 , 2 ], W could be an excellent, effective tool supporting smoking cessation, but also lung cancer screening participation in the future.…”

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“…Moreover, according to 2019 Global Burden of Disease data [ 18 ], West Virginia and Kentucky are the only two states with exceptionally high disability-adjusted life years (DALY) indicator levels attributable to tobacco use (17·5% to <20%). Similarly, Poland is one of the few EU states (Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, and Poland) with tobacco attributable DALY at the same high range, where the role of tobacco consumption—particularly in female populations—can be considered as a crucial one [ 2 ].…”

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“…Considering mortality data, the most frequent causes of cancer deaths among Polish women were lung cancer—8,205 cases (ASW: 17.6); breast cancer—6,951 (ASW: 15.0); and colon cancer—3,537 (ASW: 6.3) [ 1 ]. Notably, a concerning trend of increasing lung cancer mortality among women has already been observed for many years in Poland (unlike a clear decrease among the male population) [ 2 ]. The intersection of breast and lung cancer mortality trends occurred in Poland in 2004.…”

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Are Wellness Visits a Possible and Effective Cure for the Increasing Cancer Burden in Poland? Example of Women’s Preventive Services in the U.S.

Koczkodaj

Camacho

Batten

et al. 2022

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Background: Cancer is one of the leading causes of death among Polish women in general, and first in women aged 25–64. Contributing to this cancer burden are modifiable behavioral risk factors, including low utilization of cancer screenings. Poland has an urgent need for new systemic solutions that will decrease cancer burden in the female Polish population. This study examined the United States’ implementation of preventive wellness visits as a viable solution for implementation in Poland. Methods: Health insurance claims data for nearly three million women in five states of the U.S. were examined to identify use of mammograms, colorectal cancer screening, and lung cancer screening. Three subgroups of the cohort were assessed for the probability of receipt of screening associated with type of healthcare visit history (women with wellness visits—W; with wellness visits and related preventive services and screenings—W+P; and control group—C). All multiple comparisons were significant (alpha = 0.05) at p < 0.0001, except comparison between subgroups (W vs. P+W) for lung cancer screening. Results: Breast and colorectal cancer screenings had substantially higher participation after W and W+P in comparison with C; moreover, a slight increase after W or P+W was seen for lung cancer as well. Conclusions: Results indicate that wellness visits are an effective tool for increasing cancer screening among women in the U.S. Introduction of a similar solution in Poland could potentially help produce higher screening rates, address cancer prevention needs (not only for secondary cancer prevention), and lower cancer burden.

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“…We focused on attitudes and approaches to smoking cessation and the COVID-19 pandemic, especially its impact on smokers’ decision to quit, stratified by smoking status (heavy smoker/not heavy smokers) and respondent’s gender. Due to high differences between genders in smoking prevalence [ 12 ] as well as in lung cancer mortality in Poland [ 13 ], we decided to present our data separately for men and women. This approach may contribute to better understanding the differences between these two groups and what seems to be crucial for development of more effective gender-tailored health policy actions in the future.…”

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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Smoking Cessation—A Real-Time Data Analysis from the Polish National Quitline

Koczkodaj

Cedzyńska

Przepiórka

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, tobacco research has delivered new evidence on the harmfulness of smoking in the context of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the course of the COVID-19 disease. More and more research proves that smoking is an important risk factor contributing to increased risk of mortality among COVID-19 patients. The aim of this study was to assess whether and how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted decisions about quitting smoking. A total of 4072 records of anonymized data were obtained from the Polish National Quitline. Between 15 April 2020 and 31 May 2021, the callers were asked about the COVID-19 pandemic and its influence on their decisions on smoking continuation or cessation. Our results indicate that smokers are very receptive to communication concerning COVID-19 and smoking risk. This phenomenon can possibly be connected to the immediate potential health consequences of smoking and COVID-19 virus infection. Results may indicate that putting emphasis on arguments combined with short-term health consequences of smoking may result in better outcomes in smoking cessation. There is a need for further and constant education on tobacco-related health harm. Our results showed that an irregular and mass communication on health consequences may result in high effectiveness in smoking cessation.

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Tobacco attributable Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) burden in Poland and Hungary: The role of women

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Prevalence of non-communicable diseases and its association with tobacco smoking cessation intention among current smokers in Shanghai, China

Prevalence of non-communicable diseases and its association with tobacco smoking cessation intention among current smokers in Shanghai, China

Are Wellness Visits a Possible and Effective Cure for the Increasing Cancer Burden in Poland? Example of Women’s Preventive Services in the U.S.

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Smoking Cessation—A Real-Time Data Analysis from the Polish National Quitline

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