Smoking Habits Survey, 1973-2011

During the 1960's the question of influencing people's smoking habits was treated several times in the Norwegian Parliament. Important documents for the justification of a more restrictive policy with respect to the marketing of tobacco products "Påvirkning av røykeadferd", The Norwegian Cancer Society 1967, where the proposal to build an administration that would take care of the work on smoking and health was raised. Report to the Storting nr. 62, 1968-1969, that proposed a ban on cigarette advertising, and Recommandation of the Social Commitee nr. 143, 1969-1970. The National Council on Tobacco and Health was created in 1971, and the same year came "Innstilling til lov om restriktive tiltak ved omsetning av tobakksvarer" (The Tobacco Act), enacted as law nr. 14 og March 9th 1973 and implemented from July 1st 1975.

On behalf of the National Council on Tobacco and Health Statistics Norway has since 1973 conducted smoking habits surveys as an addition to the Labour Force Surveys every 4th quarter. In 1974 and in 1975 the Smoking habits survey was conducted each quarter of the year. The purpose was to obtain information on the status and changes in Norwegian smoking habits, mainly as research material for the National Council on Tobacco and Health. From 1992 to 2004, questions on smoking habits have largely been asked in connection with Statistics Norway's Omnibus Surveys. The Travel and Holiday Surveys is a continuation of the Omnibus Surveys. The main purpose of these surveys is to identify Norwegians' travel habits, and to ensure the collection of other official statistics. Questions about smoking habits are included in these surveys.

This cumulative file includes all the smoke questions from the Smoking Habits Surveys from 1973-2010. The questions that are repeated are merged so that one can study changes over time. Variable names are changed so that the variables that are equal have the same variable name.

20世纪60年代，挪威议会曾多次就影响民众吸烟习惯的议题开展讨论。其中为制定更为严格的烟草制品营销管制政策提供重要依据的文件包括：1967年挪威癌症协会发布的《影响吸烟行为》（Påvirkning av røykeadferd），该文件提议设立专门机构负责吸烟与健康相关工作；1968-1969年度提交给挪威议会（Storting）的第62号报告，提议禁止香烟广告；以及1969-1970年度社会委员会第143号建议。1971年，国家烟草与健康委员会正式成立；同年出台《烟草制品销售限制性措施法案提案》（Innstilling til lov om restriktive tiltak ved omsetning av tobakksvarer），该法案于1973年3月9日以第14号法律正式颁布，并于1975年7月1日正式实施。

受国家烟草与健康委员会委托，挪威统计署（Statistics Norway）自1973年起，每第四季度开展一次吸烟习惯调查，作为劳动力调查的补充项目。1974年与1975年则按季度开展吸烟习惯调查。此项调查的核心目标是获取挪威民众吸烟习惯的现状与变化数据，主要作为国家烟草与健康委员会的研究支撑材料。1992年至2004年，吸烟习惯相关问题被纳入挪威统计署的综合调查（Omnibus Surveys）中。旅行与假日调查（Travel and Holiday Surveys）是综合调查的延续项目，其主要目的是调研挪威民众的旅行习惯，并保障其他官方统计数据的采集工作，相关吸烟习惯问题也被纳入该调查之中。

本汇总数据集包含1973年至2010年所有吸烟习惯调查中的全部吸烟相关问题。对于重复出现的问卷题目进行了合并处理，以便研究者开展长期趋势分析；同时对变量名称进行统一调整，使含义相同的变量拥有一致的命名。