title: [Smoking behavior in France: recent developments].
abstract: The French "cancer fight plan" was launched 2 years ago and has given a new impulse to smoking prevention. Among the different measures proposed, increasing the tobacco price dramatically was the more efficient to reduce the smoking prevalence, and epidemiological effects already exist. In just 2 years, the smoking prevalence has fallen from 35.2 % to 30.4 % in the French adult population and that difference is more importance among youth. The prevalence has dropped from 44.5 % to 36.4 % in this category between 1999 and 2003 after several years of increasing. Health professionals are also concerning by this quick decrease as shown by several recent study. All of these developments are welcome but are very fragile and all of the aspects of prevention are still necessary.
authors.affiliation: Institut de veille sanitaire, 94215 Saint-Maurice Cedex. g.brucker@invs.sante.fr
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brucker
authors.forename: Loïc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Josseran
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000639:trends; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D000074606:Smoking Prevention