Beliefs about the relative harm of "light" and "low tar" cigarettes: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) China Survey.
Beliefs about the relative harm of "light" and "low tar" cigarettes: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) China Survey.
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DOI：
10.1136/tc.2008.029025
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发表时间：
2010-10
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影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
Driezen P
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作者：
Elton-Marshall T;Fong GT;Zanna MP;Jiang Y;Hammond D;O'Connor RJ;Yong HH;Li L;King B;Li Q;Borland R;Cummings KM;Driezen P
西方国家的许多吸烟者认为“淡味”或“低焦油”香烟比“普通”或“全味”香烟危害小，成瘾性也小。然而，关于包括中国在内的中低收入吸烟者是否存在类似看法的研究很少。调查中国城市成年吸烟者对“淡味”和“低焦油”香烟的信念。我们分析了ITC中国调查第一波的数据，这是一项面对面的家庭调查，随机选择了2006年中国六个城市的4732名成年吸烟者。采用分层多阶段设计对住户进行抽样。在我们的样本中，有一半（50.0%）的吸烟者报告说曾经尝试过被描述为“清淡”、“温和”或“低焦油”的香烟。在我们的样本中，大多数吸烟者（71%）认为“淡味”和/或“低焦油”香烟比“全味”香烟危害小。到目前为止，认为“清淡”和/或“低焦油”香烟危害较小的最强预测因素是认为“清淡”和/或“低焦油”香烟对呼吸系统的影响更平稳（p<0.001，OR=53.87，95%CI 41.28至70.31）。对“淡”和/或“低焦油”香烟的误解与认为这些香烟对呼吸系统更顺畅的信念密切相关。未来的烟草控制政策不应仅限于取消促销“清淡”和“低焦油”香烟的标签和营销，而应通过管制产品特性（例如添加剂、过滤嘴）来强化“清淡”和“低焦油”香烟对呼吸系统更顺畅、因此危害较小的观念。
Many smokers in Western countries perceive “light” or “low tar” cigarettes as less harmful and less addictive than “regular” or “full flavoured” cigarettes. However, there is little research on whether similar perceptions exist among smokers in low and middle incomes, including China. To characterise beliefs about “light” and “low tar” cigarettes among adult urban smokers in China. We analysed data from Wave 1 of the ITC China Survey, a face-to-face household survey of 4732 adult Chinese smokers randomly selected from six cities in China in 2006. Households were sampled using a stratified multistage design. Half (50.0%) of smokers in our sample reported having ever tried a cigarette described as “light,” “mild” or “low tar”. The majority of smokers in our sample (71%) believed that “light” and/or “low tar” cigarettes are less harmful compared to “full flavoured” cigarettes. By far the strongest predictor of the belief that “light” and/or “low tar” cigarettes are less harmful was the belief that “light” and/or “low tar” cigarettes feel smoother on the respiratory system (p<0.001, OR=53.87, 95% CI 41.28 to 70.31). Misperceptions about “light” and/or “low tar” cigarettes were strongly related to the belief that these cigarettes are smoother on the respiratory system. Future tobacco control policies should go beyond eliminating labelling and marketing that promotes “light” and “low tar” cigarettes by regulation of product characteristics (for example, additives, filter vents) that reinforce perceptions that “light” and “low tar” cigarettes are smoother on the respiratory system and therefore less harmful.
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作者：
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通讯作者：
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影响因子：
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