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Review
. 2020 Dec 31:3:100043.
doi: 10.1016/j.gloepi.2020.100043. eCollection 2021 Nov.

Trends in tobacco smoking and smoking cessation in Russia with a focus on Indigenous populations: A narrative review

Alexander Merkin  1 , Artem Nikolaev  2 , Igor Nikoforov  1 , Alexander Komarov  3 , Marewa Glover  4
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Trends in tobacco smoking and smoking cessation in Russia with a focus on Indigenous populations: A narrative review

Alexander Merkin et al. Glob Epidemiol. .

Abstract

Introduction: Tobacco smoking is one of the main preventable causes of illness and premature death. Globally, more than 7 million people die annually from diseases associated with smoking, and this number is projected to increase to 8 million per year by 2030. Wide disparities in smoking prevalence exist by gender, age, socioeconomic status, rurality and ethnicity. In several countries, smoking is disproportionately high among the Indigenous populations.

Objective: This review assesses the prevalence and harm of smoking and current trends in smoking cessation among the diverse multi-ethnic populations of Russia, with a particular emphasis on Indigenous populations.

Data sources: We systematically searched health, nursing, social science and grey literature databases and bibliographies for relevant studies. Search strings combined keywords related to smoking prevalence and smoking cessation with keywords related to Russia and the Indigenous populations of Russia.

Study selection: Studies were included if they were published between 1 January 2005 and 14 October 2020, and if they reported prevalence of tobacco smoking and/or activities and outcomes of a smoking cessation programme or ban in the Russian Federation.

Conclusions: Tobacco smoking is significant in the entire Russian population, a higher prevalence of smoking in Indigenous populations compared to the dominant Russian (Slavic) ethnic group is common. Smoking prevalence data for most of the Indigenous ethnic groups of Russia remains unclear. Tobacco control interventions for Indigenous groups are underdeveloped even though they have the potential to deliver proportionately greater reduction in smoking harm.

Keywords: Cessation; Prevalenceharmindigenous; Russia; Smoking; Tobacco; Tobacco control.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Process of study selection in the Russian search engines.
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Process of study selection in the International search engines.
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