Australian smokers support stronger regulatory controls on tobacco: findings from the ITC Four-Country Survey.
Australian smokers support stronger regulatory controls on tobacco: findings from the ITC Four-Country Survey.
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澳大利亚吸烟者支持加强对烟草的监管控制：ITC 四国调查的结果。
DOI：
10.1111/j.1753-6405.2007.00035.x
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发表时间：
2007
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
ITCCollaboration
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作者：
Young,David;Borland,Ron;Siahpush,Mohammad;Hastings,Gerard;Fong,GeoffreyT;Cummings,KMichael;ITCCollaboration
目的：考察澳大利亚吸烟者对烟草业监管的态度，并与英国、美国和加拿大三个类似国家的态度进行比较。方法：2004年，作为国际烟草控制政策评估四国调查的第三波，对2,056名澳大利亚成年吸烟者和6,166名加拿大、美国和英国吸烟者进行了电话调查。只有16%的人认为应该允许烟草公司随意做香烟广告/促销，70%的人认为应该对烟草产品进行更严格的监管，64%的人认为政府应该采取更多措施来解决吸烟的危害。吸烟者以愤世嫉俗的方式看待政府未能做到这一点-- 77%的人认为政府并不真正关心吸烟问题，因为烟草税的钱。反对意见主要来自那些对吸烟的风险持有自我豁免信念的吸烟者，他们对吸烟持积极态度，不接受吸烟是社会非正常化的，也不认为烟草公司对吸烟造成的危害负责。结论和影响：大多数澳大利亚吸烟者认为烟草业对他们发现自己处于的困境负有部分责任，并希望政府采取更有力的行动，以维护他们的真实的利益。对监管的支持与对政府不作为的冷嘲热讽之间的密切关系应该会刺激政府采取行动。
Objective:To examine Australian smokers' attitudes towards regulation of the tobacco industry and to compare their attitudes with those of three similar countries – the United Kingdom (UK), the United States (US), and CanadaMethod:A telephone survey of 2,056 adult Australian smokers and 6,166 Canadian, US, and UK smokers was conducted in 2004 as the third wave of the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Four‐Country Survey.Results:Australian smokers display the strongest support for regulation. Only 16% believe that tobacco companies should be allowed to advertise/promote cigarettes as they please, 70% agree that tobacco products should be more tightly regulated, and 64% agree that governments should do more to tackle the harms of smoking. Smokers see government failure to do so in cynical terms – 77% agree that governments do not really care about smoking because of money from tobacco taxes. Opposition comes largely from smokers who hold self‐exempting beliefs about smoking's risks, have a positive attitude to smoking, do not accept that smoking is socially denormalised, and do not hold tobacco companies responsible for harms caused by smoking.Conclusions and Implications:The majority of Australian smokers believe that the tobacco industry is partly responsible for the predicament they find themselves in and want governments to act more strongly in their real interests. The strong relationship between support for regulation and cynicism about government inaction should stimulate governments into action.