The Effect of the Tobacco Control Act on Smoker's Intention to Quit Smoking

描述（由申请人提供）：本研究将探讨最近颁布的家庭吸烟预防和烟草控制法案对成年吸烟者和戒烟意愿的潜在意想不到的后果。使用第三波成年吸烟者纵向队列调查（N=4000； 800名非洲裔美国人，700名西班牙裔美国人）中新插入的项目，本研究提案的目的是验证以下假设：对FDA立法的认识与政府对卷烟的监管将创造更安全的卷烟的信念有关，从而降低吸烟者的戒烟意图（主要结果）、戒烟动机（次要结果）和24小时戒烟尝试次数（次要结果）。本研究亦将运用多元逻辑回归及路径分析，检视心理社会特质对“意识”与“信念”、“信念”与戒烟意向之间关系的潜在中介/调节作用。这项研究将使政策制定者和烟草控制研究人员第一次看到吸烟者如何解释政府对烟草制品的管制，并可能为《家庭吸烟预防和烟草控制法》的其他方面的实施提供信息。拟议的培训计划将支持申请人完成她在约翰霍普金斯大学彭博公共卫生学院的博士研究，重点是政策和消费者认知对吸烟行为的影响。在两年的时间里，Pearson女士将完成调查发展和高级统计方法的方法课程，与她的赞助商和共同赞助商一起撰写手稿，并完成拟议的研究，目标是成为一名独立的烟草控制研究人员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This research will examine the potential unintended consequences of the recently enacted Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act on adult smokers' and intention to quit. Using newly-inserted items in the 3rd wave of a longitudinal cohort survey of adult smokers (N=4000; 800 African American, 700 Hispanic), the purpose of this research proposal is to test the hypothesis that awareness of FDA legislation is linked to belief that government regulation of cigarettes will create a safer cigarette, thus decreasing smokers' intention to quit (primary outcome), motivation to quit (secondary outcome) and number of 24-hour quit attempts (secondary outcome). It will also examine the potential mediating/moderating effects of psychosocial characteristics on the relationship between "awareness" and "belief" and between "belief" and intention to quit using multiple logistic regression and path analysis. This research will give policymakers and tobacco control researchers a first look as to how smokers interpret government regulation of tobacco products, and may inform the implementation other aspects of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. The proposed training program will support the applicant in the completion of her doctoral studies at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, focusing on the effects of policy and consumer perception on smoking behavior. Over the course of two years, Ms. Pearson will complete methods courses in survey development and advanced statistical methods, develop manuscripts with her sponsor and co-sponsor, and complete the proposed research, with the goal of becoming an independent tobacco control researcher. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death and disability in the United States. With data from a large survey of current smokers, this research will investigate the impact of awareness of the FDA's new power to regulate tobacco products on smokers' belief that regulation will create a safer cigarette, thus reducing their motivation to quit. To reduce tobacco's toll on society, there is an urgent need to assess smokers' awareness of and reactions to the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act before the FDA implements the major components of the legislation.