title: [Tobacco smoking and various measures to control it].
abstract: The prevalence of smoking has been studied in a population of a Moscow district. The data obtained evidence that 49.0-54.6% of men and 9.2-13.5% of women, aged 20-59, smoke. Smoking was most common at the age of 20-39 (62.6 and 19.0% for males and females, respectively). Regular smoking was registered in 14.4-53.3% of schoolboys and 0.8-28.2% of schoolgirls (pupils of forms 5-10), the habituation being dependent on the number of smoking relatives. A 5-year prospective investigation of 40-59-year-old males allowed the conclusion on high mortality rate among heavy smokers: a three-fold difference for all reasons and cancer, and 2.5-fold difference for cardiovascular diseases compared to respective mortality in non-smokers. A special age-adjusted program designed for smoking control in schoolchildren produced positive 3-year results: a decrease from 17 to 5.9% in smoking incidence among boys of forms 5-7, from 42.1 to 20.7% for boys and from 9.6 to 6% for girls of higher forms. A pilot experience gained in a special office organized for those willing to give up smoking is presented. The treatment involved acupuncture, chemotherapy and psychotherapy.
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Chazova
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Prokhorova
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Prokhorov
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Ivanov
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Aleksandrov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009031:Moscow; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D000074606:Smoking Prevention
vernacular_title: Kurenie tabaka i nekotorye meropriiatiia po bor'be s nim.