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0274/2025 - Setbacks in achieving smoking control targets: an analysis of time trends and projections for 2030
Retrocessos no alcance das metas de controle do tabagismo: uma análise de tendências temporais e projeções para 2030

Author:

• Deborah Carvalho Malta - Malta, DC - <dcmalta@uol.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8214-5734

Co-author(s):

• Crizian Saar Gomes - Gomes, CS - <criziansaar@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6586-4561
• Laís Santos de Magalhães Cardoso - Cardoso, LSM - <laissmcardoso@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1114-5470
• Guilherme Augusto Veloso - Veloso, G. A. - <guilhermeaugustoveloso@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5348-3793
• Regina Tomie Ivata Bernal - Bernal, RTI - <reginabernal@terra.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7917-3857
• Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr - Kerr, LRFS - <ligiakerr@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4941-408X


Abstract:

This study aims to analyze the trend in cigarette consumption among the adult population in Brazilian capitals from 2006 to 2023 and estimate the projections of this trend through 2030. This is a time trend study using data from Vigitel. The prevalence of cigarette use was calculated for the total population and stratified by sociodemographic variables. Trend analysis was performed using the joinpoint regression model. To estimate the prevalence projections, the exponential smoothing model was applied, considering the prevalences from 2015 to 2023. Overall, cigarette use decreased from 15.7% in 2006 to 9.3% in 2023 (AAPC: -3.3). This trend was observed across all sociodemographic strata. However, in the capitals, Goiânia was the only one where the prevalence remained stable. The trend analysis revealed a slowdown in the decline or even stagnation of prevalence after 2015. The projections indicate that the target of a 40% reduction by 2030 will not be achieved, as the projected prevalence is 7.96%, which is higher than the expected prevalence of 6.24%. These results point to setbacks in anti-tobacco policies in the country. Therefore, it is urgent to resume and expand various actions, taking into account the changes in context and the weaknesses of the policies, in order to reverse this situation

Keywords:

Tobacco Use Disorder; Health Status Indicators; Sustainable Development Goals; Health Surveys; Time Series Studies

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Malta, DC, Gomes, CS, Cardoso, LSM, Veloso, G. A., Bernal, RTI, Kerr, LRFS. Setbacks in achieving smoking control targets: an analysis of time trends and projections for 2030. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2025/Aug). [Citado em 26/01/2026]. Está disponível em: http://www.cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/setbacks-in-achieving-smoking-control-targets-an-analysis-of-time-trends-and-projections-for-2030/19750



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