Open AccessUrban-rural differences in smoking prevalence in Greece
Author(s) -
Achilleas Gikas,
P. Merkouris,
Efstathios Skliros,
Alexios Sotiropoulos
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/ckm055
Subject(s) - smoking prevalence , rural area , environmental health , prevalence , medicine , face (sociological concept) , geography , demography , socioeconomics , population , sociology , social science , pathology
Dear Editor,After perusing the report by Vardavas and Kafatos,1 on smoking policy and prevalence in Greece, we thought that would be of interest to demonstrate the findingsof our study concerning the urban-rural differences in smoking prevalence.The study was conducted during the recent election day (15 October 2006) in the municipality of Salamis and Nemea. The first represent an urban area and the second a rural one. Data were collected through face to face interviews (response rate: 88% and 83%, respectively) conducted by trained health professionals. A current smoker was considered a person …
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