Scottish Health Survey 2015 - volume 1: main report

References and notes

1 ASH Scotland. Up in smoke: The economic cost of tobacco in Scotland. November 2010. www.ashscotland.org.uk/media/4634/Up_in_smoke_Nov2010_web.pdf

2 Koplan JP and Mackay J. Curtailing tobacco use: first we need to know the numbers. The Lancet 380 (9842):629-30. 2012.

3 World Health Organization. WHO Tobacco Fact Sheet No. 339. July 2015. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs339/en/

4 See: www.scotpho.org.uk/publications/reports-and-papers/1922-smoking-attributable-deaths-inscotland-trend-analysis-and-breakdown-by-disease-type-and-age-groups-2003-2014

5 See: www.gov.scot/About/Performance/scotPerforms/indicator

6 National Performance Framework: Changes to the National Indicator Set. Edinburgh: Scottish Government, 2012. www.gov.scot/About/Performance/scotPerforms/NIchanges See also: www.scotlandperforms.com

7 Creating a Tobacco-free Generation: A Tobacco Control Strategy for Scotland. Edinburgh: Scottish Government, 2013. www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0041/00417331.pdf

8 See www.healthscotland.com/uploads/documents/19844-PlanningAndProvidingSpecialistSmokingCessationServices.pdf

9 See: www.nhsinform.co.uk/~/media/nhs24/aboutus/nhs%2024%20board/local%20delivery%20plan/2015-16/nhs%2024%20%20local%20delivery%20plan%2015-16%20pdf.ashx

10 See: gss.civilservice.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Comparability-Report-Final.pdf

11 Gray L & Leyland AH. Chapter 4: Smoking. In Bromley, C., Bradshaw, P. and Given, L. [eds.] The 2008 Scottish Health Survey - Volume 1: Main Report. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. 2009. www.gov.scot/Publications/2009/09/28102003/0

12 Gray L & Leyland AH. Chapter 4: Smoking. In Rutherford, L., Hinchliffe, S. and Sharp, C. [eds.] The Scottish Health Survey 2012 - Volume 1: Main Report. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. 2013. www.gov.scot/Publications/2013/09/3684

13 Gray L & Leyland AH. Volume 1, Chapter 4: Smoking. In: Campbell-Jack D, Hinchliffe S, Bromley C, eds. The Scottish Health Survey 2014. Edinburgh: The Scottish Government Health Directorate; 2015.

14 Gray L & Leyland AH. Volume 1, Chapter 4: Smoking. In: Rutherford L, Hinchliffe S, Sharp C, eds. The Scottish Health Survey 2013. Edinburgh: The Scottish Government Health Directorate; 2014.

15 Dowling, S (2012). Chapter 4: Smoking. In Rutherford, L, Sharp, C. and Bromley, C. (eds.) The Scottish Health Survey 2011 - Volume 1: Main Report. Edinburgh: Scottish Government.

16 Geometric means can only be calculated for positive numbers. The cases in the dataset with values of zero were therefore converted to 0.05 prior to the calculation. 0.05ng/ml is the lowest value for cotinine detectable by the tests used in the survey.