Profese online 2021, 14(1):86-91

TOBACCO USE IN SLOVAKIA AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE

Tibor Baška1
1 Ústav verejného zdravotníctva, Jesseniova lekárska fakulta v Martine, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Slovenská republika

Background: Tobacco use is a widespread public health issue in Slovakia and presents one of the most significant preventable risk factors of chronic diseases.

Aim: The review summarizes current available epidemiological data in tobacco use and its health consequences in context of respective public health preventive measures.

Methodology: The review summarizes official World Health Organization estimates as well as epidemiological data from Global Tobacco Surveillance System and Global Burden of Disease projects.

Results: Cigarette smoking remains a dominant form of tobacco use in Slovakia. According to official estimates, 27.1% of males and 15.6% of females smoked in 2017 and the gender difference has been decreasing within last decades. Adolescents’ cigarette smoking has been gradually decreasing (15.5% of boys and 18.9% of girls in 2016) on account of an increase of other forms of tobacco use as well as electronic cigarettes. Tobacco use contributes to overall mortality in 24.4% among males and 9.0% among females.

Conclusions: Comparing other developed European countries, there are reserves in tobacco control measures considering prevention of passive smoking in public places, cessation support within health providing system as well as effective enforcement of existing legislative measures.

Keywords: Slovakia, tobacco use, prevalence, mortality, DALYs, tobacco control

Received: April 2021; Revised: August 2021; Accepted: August 2021; Published: August 2021  Show citation

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