[Study on the rates of smoking among the residents of Beijing, from 1997 to 2004].
OBJECTIVE
This study is to find out the trend of smoking rates among Beijing residents since the implementation of "Rules of Smoking Cessation in Public in Beijing" and to compare the data collected from 1997 and 2001.


METHODS
Residents of Beijing, aged above 15 in a family were sampled by stratified sampling, and 4 districts were selected as the study locales.


RESULTS
The over smoking rate of Beijing residents decreased by 7.6 percent with male smoking rate decreased by 13.03% and the female smoking rate ascended by 0.14% during that period.


CONCLUSIONS
The smoking rate among residents of Beijing was decreasing which partly giving the credit to the implementation of the "Rules of Smoking Cessation in Public in Beijing".
Li
Chun-yu
CY
School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100069, China.
Cui
Xiao-bo
XB
Rao
Ying-sheng
YS
Sun
Xin-gui
XG
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult