Goals of the Tobacco Monitoring Switzerland
The development and implementation phase of the Tobacco Monitoring Switzerland was from November 1, 2000, to December 31, 2002. The currently ongoing continuation and consolidation phase began on January 1, 2003. The Tobacco Monitoring has the following objectives:
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provide up-to-date data on tobacco consumption for various target groups (the public, the media, political decision-makers, prevention specialists, and so on) reliably, quickly, and in a user-friendly way
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fulfill high methodological requirements (continuity, representativeness, sampling methods, sample sizes, and so on), in order to deliver reliable data and to gain acceptance on the part of the target groups
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achieve a good cost-value ratio
- permit comparability with the Swiss Health Survey (Schweizerische Gesundheitsbefragung (SGB)) through suitable methodology
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permit international comparison
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build a basis for prevention and intervention measures
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ensure solid theoretical basis
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Swiss Health Survey (SGB) of 1997 (Calmonte et al., 2000). Federal Statistical Office.
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The Evaluation and Monitoring of Public Action on Tobacco (Vilain, 1988). WHO Regional Office for Europe (Action Plan on Tobacco adopted by the World Health Organization’s Regional Committee for Europe in September 1987, and the „Europe Against Cancer“ Programme of the European Community).
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Standardization of questionnaire items on smoking (Riemann, 1997). German Federal Centre for Health Education.
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Guidelines for controlling and monitoring the tobacco epidemic (1998). WHO Genf.
1 Calmonte, R., Spuhler, Th. & Weiss, W. (2000). Schweizerische Gesundheitsbefragung – Gesundheit und Gesundheitsverhalten in der Schweiz 1997. Neuchâtel: Bundesamt für Statistik. |
