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Table 2 Daily smoking odds ratios (99% confidence interval), 1990 as reference category.

From: Smoking trends among adolescents from 1990 to 2002 in ten European countries and Canada

Country

1990

1994

1998

2002

Trend group

Boys

Finland

1

0.72 (0.50–1.04)

0.63 (0.43–0.92)

0.66 (0.46–0.96)*

Group A

Sweden

1

1.00 (0.60–1.66)

0.87 (0.51–1.46)

0.54 (0.30–0.97)*

 

Norway

1

0.88 (0.62–1.25)

1.02 (0.73–1.43)

0.85 (0.60–1.22)

 

Austria

1

1.54 (0.96–2.47)

1.55 (0.94–2.56)

1.66 (0.99–2.78)

 

Hungary

1

0.99 (0.69–1.43)

1.46 (0.93–2.29)

1.37 (0.92–2.06)

 

Belgium

1

2.01 (1.31–3.08)**

2.49 (1.61–3.83)**

1.79 (1.18–2.73)**

Group B

Canada

1

1.54 (1.07–2.23)*

1.63 (1.14–2.34)**

1.08 (0.69–1.71)

 

UK

1

1.37 (1.00–1.86)

1.51 (1.12–2.02)**

1.06 (0.76–1.47)

 

Switzerland

1

1.42 (0.80–2.55)

2.90 (1.76–4.77)**

2.36 (1.40–3.98)**

Group C

Latvia

1

1.78 (1.02–3.13)*

2.11 (1.22–3.65)**

2.20 (1.27–3.79)**

 

Poland

1

1.09 (0.73–1.62)

1.58 (1.11–2.27)*

1.55 (1.09–2.20)*

 

Total

1

1.21 (1.08–1.37)**

1.41 (1.26–1.59)**

1.22 (1.08–1.38)**

 

Girls

Finland

1

0.67 (0.45–1.01)

0.73 (0.49–1.10)

0.87 (0.60–1.28)

Group A

Sweden

1

0.93 (0.59–1.47)

1.19 (0.76–1.85)

0.99 (0.63–1.54)

 

Norway

1

0.93 (0.65–1.37)

1.37 (0.98–1.91)

1.32 (0.95–1.85)

 

Belgium

1

1.13 (0.75–1.70)

1.94 (1.28–2.93)**

1.57 (1.05–2.35)

Group B

Canada

1

1.46 (1.07–1.99)*

1.49 (1.10–2.02)*

0.62 (0.41–0.93)*

 

UK

1

1.55 (1.19–2.02)**

2.03 (1.58–2.60)**

1.56 (1.18–2.06)**

 

Austria

1

2.46 (1.31–4.64)**

3.50 (1.87–6.52)**

4.15 (2.18–7.89)**

Group C

Switzerland

1

5.72 (2.51–13.05)**

8.71 (3.95–19.21)**

7.38 (3.30–16.54)**

 

Latvia

1

3.47 (1.48–8.11)**

6.62 (2.93–14.93)**

8.60 (3.83–19.33)**

 

Poland

1

1.50 (0.80–2.83)

2.61 (1.47–4.64)**

2.16 (1.24–3.78)**

 

Hungary

1

1.14 (0.76–1.73)

1.02 (0.59–1.78)

2.07 (1.41–3.04)**

 

Total

1

1.29 (1.14–1.46)**

1.76 (1.56–1.98)**

1.61 (1.43–1.82)**

 
  1. Analyses for boys and girls separately and countries listed by same trend.
  2. Group A: declining or stabilising trend; Group B: increasing trend followed by decreasing trend; Group C: increasing trend with or without stabilisation in last surveys.
  3. * p < 0.01; ** p < 0.001