Prevalence of smoking and reasons for continuing to smoke: a population-based study

ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the prevalence of smoking and the reasons for continuing to smoke among adults in Brazil. Methods: This was a cross-sectional, population-based study including 1,054 individuals ≥ 40 years of age, residents of the city of Florianopolis, Brazil, of whom 183 were s...

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Main Authors: Simone Aparecida Vieira Rocha, Andréa Thives de Carvalho Hoepers, Tânia Silvia Fröde, Leila John Marques Steidle, Emilio Pizzichini, Márcia Margaret Menezes Pizzichini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2019-03-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132019000400200&lng=en&tlng=en