Marjolein Schaap|Anton E. Kunst|Mall Leinsalu|Enrique Regidor|Ola Ekholm|Dagmar Dzúrová|Uwe Helmert|J?rat? Klumbien?|Paula Santana|Mackenbach Jp
Effect of nationwide tobacco control policies on smoking cessation in high and low educated groups in 18 European countries
Erasmus University Rotterdam|Södertörn University|National Institute for Health Development|Universidad Complutense de Madrid|University of Southern Denmark|Charles University|University of Bremen|Kaunas University of Technology|University of Coimbra|Erasmus University Rotterdam
recently scale introduced quantify implementation tobacco control policies country level study used scale examine potential impact policies quit ratios european countries special attention given smoking cessation among lower educational groupscrosssectional data derived national health surveys 18 european countries analyses distinguished country sex two age groups 2539 4059 years educational level agestandardised quit ratios calculated total formersmokers divided total eversmokers regression analyses explored correlation national quit ratios national score tobacco control scale tcsquit ratios especially high 45 sweden england netherlands belgium france relatively low 30 lithuania latvia higher educated smokers likely quit smoking lower educated smokers agesex groups countries national score tobacco control scale positively associated quit ratios agesex groups association quit ratios score tcs show consistent differences high low education tobacco control policies tcs constructed price policies showed strongest association quit ratios followed advertising bancountries developed tobacco control policies higher quit ratios countries less developed tobacco control policies high low educated smokers benefit equally nationwide tobacco control policies