Survey | Year (n; nC) | Lifetime cigarette smoking prevalence % (95% CI) | Percentage point difference from survey series start to end year | Current cigarette smoking prevalence % (95% CI) | Percentage point difference from survey series start to end year |
GYTS | 2012 (3844; 3051) | 57.0% (55.2% to 58.8%) | 24.0 pp | 27.0% (25.4% to 28.6%) | 15.0 pp |
2013 (4018; 2905) | 46.0% (44.2% to 47.8%) | (95% CI 21.5 to 26.5, Z=18.1, p<0.0001, h=0.5) | 24.0% (22.5% to 25.5%) | (95% CI 13.0 to 17.0, Z=14.1, p<0.0001, h=0.4) | |
2016 (3798; 2659) | 39.0% (37.1% to 40.9%) | 16.0% (14.3% to 17.7%) | |||
2020 (3766; 2636) | 33.0% (31.2% to 34.8%) | 12.0% (10.3% to 13.7%) | |||
ESPAD | 2011 (3062, 2143) | 66.0% (64.0% to 68.0%) | 13.0 pp | 37.0% (35.0% to 39.0%) | 9.0 pp |
2015 (2735; 1914) | 55.0% (52.8% to 57.2%) | (95% CI 9.9 to 16.2, Z=8.1, p<0.0001, h=0.3) | 29.0% (27.0% to 31.0%) | (95% CI 6.5 to 11.5, Z=5.8, p<0.0001, h=0.2) | |
2019 (2355; 1648) | 53.0% (51.0% to 55.0%) | 28.0% (25.9% to 30.1%) | |||
HBSC | 2010 (2250; 1575) | 63.0% (60.6% to 65.4%) | 21.5 pp | 27.8% (25.6% to 30.0%) | 4.8 pp |
2014 (1510; 1057) | 46.5% (43.5% to 49.5%) | (95% CI 17.8 to 25.2, Z=11.1, p<0.0001, h=0.4) | 29.2% (26.5% to 31.9%) | (95% CI 1.5 to 8.1, Z=2.8, p<0.001, h=0.1) | |
2018 (1627; 1139) | 41.5% (38.4% to 44.4%) | 23.0% (20.5% to 25.4%) |
Current cigarette smoking denotes smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days.
ESPAD, European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs; GYTS, Global Youth Tobacco Survey; HBSC, Health Behaviour in School-aged Children; n, sample size; nC, corrected sample size; pp, percentage point.