Smoking prevalence and health effects of tobacco use

In order to get a clear picture about the smoking prevalence and the tobacco-related morbidity and mortality, we searched the following databases: the WHO European Health for All database, WHO European Database on Tobacco Control, Tobacco Control Country Profiles, Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC), the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD) and the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS). Additional data were sought from the country project managers, who attempted to collect available recent data on tobacco consumption, smoking prevalence and lung cancer mortality.