The Tobacco Control Scale: a new scale to measure country activity
The Tobacco Control Scale: a new scale to measure country activity
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DOI：
10.1136/tc.2005.015347
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发表时间：
2006-06-01
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影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
Raw, M.
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作者：
Joossens, L.;Raw, M.
目标：使用新的烟草控制量表量化国家一级烟草控制政策的实施情况，并使用该量表报告初步结果。方法：使用在国际烟草控制专家小组的帮助下设计的评分系统，向30个欧洲国家的记者发送问卷。结果：这30个国家根据总分进行排名，满分为100分。只有四个国家（爱尔兰、英国、挪威、冰岛）得分在70分以上，与得分62分的第五名马耳他有8分的差距（大多数得分差异很小）。只有13个国家得分在50分以上，其中11个来自欧盟（EU）。排名第二的是丹麦（45分）和葡萄牙（39分），将排名分为三组：70分及以上、45分至62分、39分及以下。爱尔兰总分最高，为74分，卢森堡以26分垫底。然而，即使是因公共场所禁烟而备受赞誉的爱尔兰，2005年也没有增加烟草税，这是自1995年以来的第一次。结论：虽然烟草控制量表存在局限性，但这是第一次在如此多的国家开发并应用这样的量表。我们希望它将有助于鼓励各国加强其烟草控制政策目前薄弱的领域。
Objectives: To quantify the implementation of tobacco control policies at country level using a new Tobacco Control Scale and to report initial results using the scale.Method: A questionnaire sent to correspondents in 30 European countries, using a scoring system designed with the help of a panel of international tobacco control experts.Results: The 30 countries are ranked by their total score on the scale out of a maximum possible score of 100. Only four countries (Ireland, United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland) scored 70 or more, with an eight point gap (most differences in scores are small) to the fifth country, Malta, on 62. Only 13 countries scored above 50, 11 of them from the European Union (EU), and the second largest points gap occurs between Denmark on 45 and Portugal on 39, splitting the table into three groups: 70 and above, 45 to 62, 39 and below. Ireland had the highest overall score, 74 out of 100, and Luxembourg was bottom with 26 points. However even Ireland, much praised for their ban on smoking in public places, did not increase tobacco taxes in 2005, for the first time since 1995.Conclusions: Although the Tobacco Control Scale has limitations, this is the first time such a scale has been developed and applied to so many countries. We hope it will be useful in encouraging countries to strengthen currently weak areas of their tobacco control policy.