Use of and beliefs about light cigarettes in four countries: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Survey
Use of and beliefs about light cigarettes in four countries: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Survey
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DOI：
10.1080/1462220412331320716
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发表时间：
2004-12-01
影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
McNeill, A
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作者：
Borland, R;Yong, HH;McNeill, A
这项研究调查了四个国家的成年吸烟者对所谓的轻型香烟的使用和信念：澳大利亚（Aus），加拿大（Can），英国（U.K.）和美国（U.S.）。研究方法是对这四个国家的9,046名吸烟者进行平行电话调查。结果表明，除英国外，每个国家超过一半的吸烟者报告吸烟的香烟品牌。除加拿大外，在每个国家接受调查的大多数吸烟者仍然认为，与普通香烟相比，淡味香烟对健康有益（加拿大43%，美国51%，澳大利亚55%，英国55%）。70%）。这四个国家的大多数吸烟者都认为，淡味香烟比普通香烟对喉咙和胸部更光滑。在这四个国家中，使用淡香烟的预测因素和对可能的好处的信念非常相似。这些结果表明，公众需要持续教育，为什么轻烟不会减少危害，也不会使戒烟更容易。结果提供了进一步的证据，表明所有四个国家都需要采取监管措施，禁止在产品营销中使用误导性的轻和温和描述符，包括包装图像（如《烟草控制框架公约》第11条所规定），放弃使用标准的联邦贸易委员会/国际标准化组织焦油和尼古丁含量作为消费者信息，并采取政策管制卷烟的欺骗性设计特征，例如通风过滤器。
This study examined reported use of, and beliefs about, so-called light cigarettes among adult smokers in four countries: Australia (Aus), Canada (Can), the United Kingdom (U.K.) and the United States (U.S.). The method used was parallel telephone surveys among 9,046 smokers across the four countries. The results indicated that more than half of all smokers in each country except the U.K. reported smoking light cigarette brands. A majority of smokers surveyed in each country except Canada continue to believe that light cigarettes offer some health benefit compared to regular cigarettes (Canada 43%, U.S. 51%, Australia 55%, U.K. 70%). A majority of smokers in all four countries believed that light cigarettes are smoother on the throat and chest than regular cigarettes. Predictors of use of light cigarettes and beliefs about possible benefits were very similar in the four countries. These results demonstrate an ongoing need for public education about why light cigarettes do not reduce harm and do not make quitting easier. The results provide further evidence for the need for regulatory measures in all four countries to prohibit the use of misleading light and mild descriptors including package imagery in product marketing (as prescribed in Article 11 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control), abandon the use of standard FTC/ISO tar and nicotine yields as consumer information, and adopt policies to regulate deceptive design features of cigarettes, such as ventilated filters.