Gioacchino de Candia
ABSTRACT
Objective: Tobacco smoke is a cause and contributory cause of many diseases that affect the respiratory and circulatory systems, according to numerous studies and research in this field. The purpose of this report is to carry out an analysis of the relationship stubborn on the health of smokers, non-smokers and former smokers, in a representative sample of the Italian population.
Methods: The analysis starts from the last survey carried out by ISTAT on the Status of health and use of health services of the Italian population, made between 2012 and 2013, analyzing a sample of 119,073 units, from which extracted the data on to adults.
Results: The research highlights, through the analysis of odds ratio (OR), the relationship between smoking and disease as smoking-related, as generic. It is also produced the incidence of these diseases by age, by analyzing more domains of study in relation to smokers and former smokers, who smoke / smoked at least 20 cigarettes per day.
Conclusions: Although in Italy the “overdue†is operational for over a decade, the number of smokers is still high, with the incidence of smoking-related diseases.
Keywords: tobacco, smoke, health, Italy, odds ratio