Epidemiological Survey on Smoking Situation for Adults in Fujian

[Objective] To survey smoking prevalence and related risk factors in Fujian adults for the smoking control. [Method] Totally 3 780 adults aged 18-69 were investigated with questionnaire by multi-stage stratified random sampling. [Results] Total smoking rate, current smoking rate, regular and heavy smoking rate were 34.0%, 28.3%, 26.6% and 16.7% respectively. Standardized rates were 37.3%,32.2%、29.9% and 16.9%. The male smoking rate (76.1%,standardized 71.3%) was higher than that of female (1.8%, standardized 1.4%);Average age of star smoking was 21.2±7.0. Current quit smoking rate was 11.5%. Passive smoking rate was 32.5%. Gender, age, region, occupation and education level were main risk factors. [Conclusion] According to this smoking survey, health education for smoking hazard, skill training of quit smoking and legal regulation of stop smoking in public places should be enhanced.