The experience of tobacco withdrawal symptoms among current smokers and ex-smokers in the general population: Findings from nationwide China Health Literacy Survey during 2018-19.

Objective: To clarify the extent to which smokers in the general population experience tobacco withdrawal symptoms and whether such experience differs in those who continue to smoke and those who stopped smoking.

Methods: We included relevant questions in the nationally-representative China Health Literacy Survey (CHLS) conducted in 2018-2019. Among 87,028 participants, there were 22,115 ever-smokers aged 20-69 years who provided information on their smoking history and their experience of tobacco withdrawal symptoms.

[Status quo of lifestyle among women of five occupations in six provinces of China].

Objective: To learn the status quo of lifestyle among women of five occupations in six provinces of China.

Methods: A questionnaire was administered among 7416 women from five occupations (civil servants, teachers of elementary and high schools, technical staff, enterprise managers and physical laborers) in Beijing, Hebei, Jilin, Hubei, Ningxia and Gansu of China. The sample was selected by multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling method from December 2009 to June 2010.

[Status of knowledge and behavior of drug use among residents in 5 provinces in China in 2011].

Objective: To understand the status of knowledge and behavior of drug use among urban and rural residents in 5 provinces in China to suggest priority intervention strategies and measures for drug use health education.

Methods: From March to May of 2011, 6159 urban and rural residents were selected from Beijing, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Shaanxi provinces by the multistage stratified sampling method and were investigated by the questionnaires on drug use knowledge and behavior.

Results: The residents' average awareness rate for 11 pieces of basic drug use information was 48.

[Study on lifestyle and self-rated health among 5 kinds of occupational populations in 6 provinces in China].

Objective: To know about the status of self-rated health and life style among 5 kinds of occupational populations in 6 provinces in China and to explore the influencing factors related with health of the occupational population.

Methods: From May to August 2009, a total of 13 492 persons aged 18 - 60 years including civil servants, scientific and technical personnel, administrative staff, teachers and physical workers were selected by multi-stage stratified sampling from Beijing city, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Hubei and Qinghai provinces to undergo surveys on the Lifestyle of Occupational Population in Urban in China and Self-rated Health Measurement Scale Version 1.0 (SRHMS V1.