ITC EUREST-PLUS Spain: protocol of a prospective longitudinal study of smokers in Spain

Marcela Fu; Yolanda Castellano; Olena Tigova; Pete Driezen; Mary E Thompson; Susan C Kaai; Anne C K Quah; Geoffrey T Fong; Constantine I Vardavas; Esteve Fernández

doi:10.1016/j.gaceta.2023.102307

ITC EUREST-PLUS Spain: protocol of a prospective longitudinal study of smokers in Spain

Gac Sanit. 2023 May 27:37:102307. doi: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2023.102307. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Tobacco Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology, WHO Collaborating Center for Tobacco Control, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Tobacco Control Research Group; Epidemiology, Public Health, Cancer Prevention and Palliative Care Programme; Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Public Health, Mental Health, and Maternal and Child Health Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bellvitge Campus, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Center for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Spain. Electronic address: mfu@iconcologia.net.
² Tobacco Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology, WHO Collaborating Center for Tobacco Control, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Tobacco Control Research Group; Epidemiology, Public Health, Cancer Prevention and Palliative Care Programme; Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Center for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Spain; Department of Odontostomatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bellvitge Campus, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
³ Tobacco Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology, WHO Collaborating Center for Tobacco Control, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Tobacco Control Research Group; Epidemiology, Public Health, Cancer Prevention and Palliative Care Programme; Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; Center for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Spain; Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bellvitge Campus, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece; Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States of America.

PMID: 37247520
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2023.102307

Abstract

Objective: The ITC EUREST-PLUS Spain Survey is a longitudinal study of a representative sample of Spanish adult (≥18 years old) smokers. This protocol describes the methods of the 2021 follow-up survey.

Method: The ITC EUREST-PLUS Survey, a prospective cohort study of a representative sample of smokers in six European countries, was conducted in 2016 (baseline) and 2018 (waves 1 and 2). The 2021 ITC EUREST-PLUS Spain Survey is a continuation of the Spanish cohort with a new interview in 2021 (wave 3). Lost participants were replaced with new smokers recruited using the same multi-stage sampling design. This latest follow-up aims to examine current patterns and transitions of tobacco use and to evaluate the impact of new tobacco-related policies.

Comments: The ITC EUREST-PLUS Spain Survey will provide recent information about the impact of tobacco control policies on smoking behaviour.

Keywords: Características de estudios epidemiológicos; Cohort studies; Encuestas y cuestionarios; Epidemiologic study characteristics; España; Estudios de cohortes; Fumar; Methods; Métodos; Productos de tabaco; Smoking; Spain; Surveys and questionnaires; Tobacco use.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Prospective Studies
Smokers*
Smoking* / epidemiology
Spain