Jarvis Martin J
Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK.
Addiction. 2003 Nov;98(11):1569-74. doi: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00528.x.
Available estimates of cigarette smoking prevalence from the General Household Survey (GHS), the source of official smoking data in Britain, can be over a year out of date. With a number of policy initiatives being undertaken at national level, it would be useful to be able to track changes in a more timely manner.
We compared prevalence estimates from the Omnibus Survey, a monthly survey conducted by the Office for National Statistics, with those from the General Household Survey in order to examine whether they may provide a complementary and more timely source of cigarette smoking prevalence data.
The age and socio-economic structure of the samples from the Omnibus and GHS surveys was very similar. When data from monthly Omnibus Surveys for the year 2000 were combined, prevalence estimates were within 1% point of those from the GHS for 2000, and overall sample sizes were also similar. The Omnibus data show a significant linear decline in prevalence between 1999 and 2002 of about 0.4% per year. This coincides with the introduction of a national strategy for reducing smoking prevalence.
The Omnibus Survey can be a useful additional tool for assessing changes in smoking prevalence.
英国家庭综合调查（GHS）是英国官方吸烟数据的来源，其提供的吸烟流行率估计数据可能会过时一年以上。鉴于国家层面正在开展多项政策举措，能够更及时地跟踪变化情况将很有帮助。
我们将英国国家统计局每月进行的综合调查的流行率估计数据与家庭综合调查的数据进行了比较，以检验前者是否能提供补充性的、更及时的吸烟流行率数据来源。
综合调查和家庭综合调查样本的年龄和社会经济结构非常相似。将2000年每月综合调查的数据合并后，流行率估计值与2000年家庭综合调查的估计值相差在1个百分点以内，而且总体样本量也相似。综合调查数据显示，1999年至2002年间流行率呈显著线性下降，每年约下降0.4%。这与一项降低吸烟流行率的国家战略的出台相吻合。
综合调查可以成为评估吸烟流行率变化的一个有用的补充工具。
