International Smoking Statistics

International Smoking Statistics - new features and new chapter for Finland

Barbara Forey BarbaraForey@pnlee.co.uk

I am writing to let you know that another chapter of 'International Smoking Statistics' (ISS) has recently been posted on our website www.pnlee.co.uk/iss.htm.

An updated chapter for Finland is now available, in both pdf and Excel versions. As well as the usual tables on the sales of all tobacco products, and on the prevalence and level of smoking, this chapter also includes notes on the use of snus - Swedish-style moist snuff - and on the inter-relationship between smoking and snus use.

The latest update includes new features to improve the display of the “summary of adult smoking”.  These features, which are only in the Excel workbook (XLS),  will also be included in all future updated chapters.

New Tables
The estimated prevalences of adult smoking (for age 15+), already given in Table 8, are now also displayed in a new extended version of Table 4.  The “assumed extensions to the age distribution” used in calculating those estimates are also shown in the new Table rather than in the Notes.
The estimated numbers of cigarettes per person per day for age 15+ are also shown in a similar extended version of Table 6, as well as in Table 8.
These additional tables make it easier for the reader to see the source of each adult estimate.

New options to plot smoking prevalence over time
The reader can now produce plots of the prevalence of adult smoking (for age 15+), alternative to those displayed as  Figure 3. A survey source (or group of sources) can be selected, or attention restricted to a particular sex, tobacco product, or smoking frequency. Several series can be shown simultaneously (each with a different symbol) so that trends within and between surveys can be investigated.
This feature uses a macro to generate the requested plot : please enable macros when opening the Excel file if you want to use this feature.

The Methods chapter, the Comparisons between Countries chapter and Supplement 1 have been re-issued to reflect the new country chapter. This brings the number of country-chapters available online up to 14. We plan to issue the chapter for Spain in the next few months.

Although the work is supported financially by the tobacco industry, the objective is solely to present comprehensive data in a standard format for research purposes.

I hope you will continue to find the new edition of ISS useful, and welcome your comments or suggestions. I will inform you of future updates as they occur. If you prefer not to receive further e-mails about ISS please reply with the subject line REMOVE.

Yours sincerely,
Barbara Forey
(on behalf of my co-authors Jan Hamling, John Hamling and Peter Lee)

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