Cigarette Consumption and Cigarette Smoking Prevalence Among Adults in Kansas

Abstract

IntroductionRecent tobacco prevention and cessation activities have focused on nonsmoking ordinances and behavioral changes, and in Kansas, the overall prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults has decreased. The objective of this study was to determine whether overall cigarette consumption (mean annual number of cigarettes smoked) in Kansas also decreased.MethodsData on cigarette smoking prevalence for 91,465 adult Kansans were obtained from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey for 1999 through 2010. Data on annual cigarette consumption were obtained from the 2002 and 2006 Kansas Adult Tobacco Survey and analyzed by totals, by sex, and by smoking some days or smoking every day. Linear regression was used to evaluate rate changes over time.ResultsAmong men, but not women, cigarette smoking prevalence decreased significantly over time. The prevalence of smoking every day decreased significantly among both men and women, whereas the prevalence of smoking on some days increased significantly for women but not men. For current smokers, the mean annual number of cigarettes consumed remained the same.ConclusionThe decline in overall smoking prevalence coupled with the lack of change in mean annual cigarette consumption may have resulted in a more intense exposure to cigarettes for the smoking population. The significant increase in some day use among women indicates a need for additional prevention and education activities; the impact on future lung cancer incidence rates needs further investigation.

Patterns of interstitial lung disease and mortality in rheumatoid arthritis

“…In this large single-centre cohort of patients with RA-ILD, most were seropositive with a previous history of tobacco use, were diagnosed in the seventh decade of life after a relatively short duration of RA and had additional extraarticular manifestations of RA. The present cohort did not show as large a male predominance as previous studies (52 vs 59%) [6], which may be due in part to increasing smoking rates among females [20]. There were comparable extra-articular manifestations of RA (44 vs 40%) but less erosive disease (24 vs 3539%) when compared with previous cohorts [6,21,22].…”

“…The baseline PFTs at the time of ILD diagnosis included the mean per cent predicted FVC of 72% (20), FEV1 of 72% ( 21), total lung capacity of 73% (17) and DLCO of 56% (20) (Table 1). The mean per cent predicted DLCO for UIP was 52% (19), for NSIP 60% (20) and for OP 68% (14) (P = 0.015) (Table 3). Eighty-five (50%) patients required supplemental oxygen therapy, with a mean requirement at last follow-up of 2.9 l/min (S.D.…”

Prognostic nutritional index may not be a good prognostic indicator for acute myocardial infarction

“…An electrocardiogram was promptly obtained upon admission using an electrocardiograph (iMAC1200, Wuhan Zoncare Bio-Medical, Hubei, China). Current smokers were defined as those who had smoked at least 100 cigarettes during their lifetime and were still smoking within the previous 1 month 41 . Hypertension was diagnosed when the systolic or diastolic blood pressure was ≥140/90 mmHg using a mercury-column sphygmomanometer after 10 minutes of rest or when taking antihypertensive drugs.…”

Tobacco Use and Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke among Urban Residents: A Community-Based Investigation

“…Our results are in line with those of a study carried out in 9 provinces of China for the general population in a similar period [ 15 ]. In our study, it is promising that the prevalence of smoking among women in Changchun is lower than that among men, is less than the average rate among women in Jilin Province, [ 12 ] and has never been higher than in most western countries [ 16 , 17 ]. However, we have found that many women are exposed to SHS, which is as dangerous as smoking cigarettes directly.…”