Gagné Thierry
IRSPUM, 7101 av. du Parc, office 3139, Montréal, QC, H3N 1X9, Canada.
École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal (ESPUM), Montréal, QC, Canada.
Can J Public Health. 2017 Sep 14;108(3):e331-e334. doi: 10.17269/CJPH.108.5895.
One of the main enterprises associated with tobacco control is surveillance, that is, to measure and follow over time the extent of smoking among the Canadian population. While surveillance systems have been in place for more than 50 years, knowing the exact prevalence of smoking in Canada continues to be a complex matter and understanding its estimation requires a critical appreciation of our national surveys' idiosyncrasies. This commentary describes the two Statistics Canada surveys that are most commonly used to examine smoking prevalence in this country: the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) and the Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (CTADS). It compares estimates of smoking prevalence obtained from each source and examines potential reasons for their noticeable discrepancies. Canadian researchers interested in smoking prevalence should be aware of current and future limitations, and should discuss and analyze these accordingly.
与烟草控制相关的主要工作之一是监测，即随着时间的推移衡量和跟踪加拿大人口中的吸烟情况。虽然监测系统已经存在了50多年，但要确切了解加拿大的吸烟流行率仍然是一件复杂的事情，理解其估算方法需要认真评估我们国家调查的特点。本评论描述了加拿大统计局最常用于调查该国吸烟流行率的两项调查：加拿大社区健康调查（CCHS）和加拿大烟草、酒精和药物调查（CTADS）。它比较了从每个来源获得的吸烟流行率估计值，并研究了它们存在明显差异的潜在原因。对吸烟流行率感兴趣的加拿大研究人员应该意识到当前和未来的局限性，并应相应地进行讨论和分析。
