Document title: Tobacco smoking in Scotland: an epidemiology briefing
Description:

This briefing looks at how tobacco impacts on the population health of Scotland, why people take up smoking and continue to smoke, and what might be done to curb the epidemic. Using the latest available data, it estimates the size of the problem; discusses why it matters; and presents trends in smoking over time. Variation in smoking prevalence within the Scottish population, and international comparisons, are also shown. The briefing then discusses factors that help determine smoking status and details measures that may help tackle the problem. It concludes with some final remarks on the continuing challenge posed by tobacco.
Author(s): Martin Taulbut, David Gordon, Kerry McKenzie (NHS Health Scotland)
Publisher(s): NHS Health Scotland / ScotPHO
Date published: 13 March 2008
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Smoking-attributable deaths in Scotland, by SIMD quintile, 2000-04 (102Kb) by Dr Jillian Boreham (University of Oxford)

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