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Mechili EA, Przewoźniak K, Driezen P, Kyriakos CN, Girvalaki C, Mons U, Quah ACK, Fernández E, Trofor AC, Demjén T, Katsaounou PA, Zatoński W, Fong GT, Vardavas CI. Smokers' support for the ban on sale of slim cigarettes in six European countries: findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys. OPEN RESEARCH EUROPE 2023; 1:52. [PMID: 37645112 PMCID: PMC10446023 DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.13405.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
Abstract
Background: Efforts to regulate tobacco products and reduce consumption in the European Union (EU) include the European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), which went into force in May 2016. Despite the initial discussion to include a ban on sale of slim cigarettes, it was excluded in the final TPD. The main goal of this study was to examine support for a ban on slim cigarettes among smokers in six European Countries. Methods: Data from the 2018 (Wave 2) International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project 6 European Country (ITC 6E) EUREST-PLUS project survey, a cross sectional study of adult smokers (n=5592) from Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Spain, was analysed. Descriptive statistics were used to estimate support for a ban on slim cigarettes by sociodemographic characteristics and smoking behaviors. Logistic regression analysis was used to examine factors associated with support for a ban on slim cigarettes and perceptions of harm. Results: Support for a ban on slims varied across countries, with highest support in Romania (33.8%), and lowest in Greece (18.0%). Female smokers (OR=0.78; 95%CI=0.67-0.91, daily smokers (OR=0.68; 95%CI=0.47-0.97), menthol smokers (OR=0.55; 95%CI=0.36-0.86), and smokers who did not have plans to quit within next six months (OR=0.45; 95%CI=0.36-0.56) had significantly lower odds of supporting a ban on slim cigarettes. Overall, 21% of smokers perceived slim cigarettes as less harmful than regular cigarettes. Conclusions: Support for a ban of slim cigarettes was relatively low among smokers, while misperceptions that slim cigarettes are less harmful is high, particularly among countries where slim cigarette use is more prevalent. Findings support a ban on slim cigarettes to reduce misperceptions around slim cigarettes being less harmful.
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- Enkeleint A. Mechili
- Department of Health Care, Faculty of Health,, University of Vlora, Vlora, 9401, Albania
- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Chausse d'lxelles 144, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
- School of Medicine, University of Crete, Voutes, Heraklion, 71409, Greece
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- Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, 15B Wawelska Street, Warsaw, 02-034, Poland
- Health Promotion Foundation, Mszczonowska, Nadarzyn, 05-830, Poland
- Collegium Civitas, plac Defilad 1, Warsaw, 00-901, Poland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
- School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, University Avenue West 200, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, 310 Reynolds Building, St. Dunstan's Road, London, W6 9RP, UK
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Chausse d'lxelles 144, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
- School of Medicine, University of Crete, Voutes, Heraklion, 71409, Greece
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- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
- Heart Center, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Kerpener Straße 62, Cologne, 50937, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Tobacco Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Av Gran Via De L’Hospitalet 199-203, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, 08908, Spain
- Tobacco Control Research Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Av Gran Via De L’Hospitalet 199-203, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, 08908, Spain
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bellvitge Campus, Universitat de Barcelona, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, 08908, Spain
- Center for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBER of Respiratory Diseases, CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, C/ Monforte de Lemos 3-5, Madrid, 28029, Spain
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Grigore T. Popa’ Iasi, Strada Universității 16, Iași, 700115, Romania
- AerPur Romania, Street Argentina 35 Sector 1, Bucharest, 011753, Romania
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation, Fiumei 18/B IB IV LPH I 2, Budapest, 1044, Hungary
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- First ICU Evaggelismos Hospital Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Ipsilantou 45-47, Athens, 10676, Greece
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- Health Promotion Foundation, Mszczonowska, Nadarzyn, 05-830, Poland
- European Observatory of Health Inequalities, President Stanisław Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences, Nowy Świat 4 st, Kalisz, 62-800, Poland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
- School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, University Avenue West 200, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, 661 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 0A3, Canada
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Chausse d'lxelles 144, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
- School of Medicine, University of Crete, Voutes, Heraklion, 71409, Greece
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Face Mask Exemptions, Respiratory Patients, and COVID-19 in Spain. Data From the 2021 ITC EUREST-PLUS Spain Survey. OPEN RESPIRATORY ARCHIVES 2023; 5. [PMID: 37497255 PMCID: PMC9554315 DOI: 10.1016/j.opresp.2022.100218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Yong HH, Chow R, East K, Thrasher JF, Hitchman SC, Borland R, Cummings KM, Fong GT. Do Social Norms for Cigarette Smoking and Nicotine Vaping Product Use Predict Trying Nicotine Vaping Products and Attempts to Quit Cigarette Smoking Amongst Adult Smokers? Findings From the 2016-2020 International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Surveys. Nicotine Tob Res 2022; 25:505-513. [PMID: 36082962 PMCID: PMC9910125 DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntac212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Revised: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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INTRODUCTION To examine whether perceived injunctive and descriptive social norms towards cigarette and nicotine vaping product (NVP) use predicted subsequent trying NVPs and attempts to quit cigarette smoking amongst current smokers and whether associations varied across countries. AIMS AND METHODS Three waves of longitudinal cohort data from the International Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey were collected between 2016 and 2020 from 2290 adult smokers in Canada, Australia, England, and the United States who had never used NVPs at baseline (either wave 1 or wave 2) and followed up at the subsequent wave (wave 2 or wave 3, respectively) were analyzed using Generalized Estimating Equations. RESULTS Of the injunctive and descriptive norm measures for smoking and NVP use, NVP initiation was only independently predicted by the injunctive interpersonal norm for NVP use, with perceived approval of NVP use by important others predicting higher odds of trying NVPs (AOR = 1.65, 95% CI = 1.20 to 2.27). This predictive effect was independent of baseline quit intention with no country variations found. By contrast, making cigarette smoking quit attempts were independently predicted by both injunctive and descriptive interpersonal norms with perceived disapproval of smoking by important others (AOR = 1.65, 95% CI = 1.38 to 1.99) and close friends using NVPs (AOR = 1.37, 95% CI = 1.04 to 1.79), both associated with higher odds of smoking quit attempts. CONCLUSIONS Adult smokers who perceive NVP use as normative, either because such behavior is socially approved or common within their close social networks, appear more inclined to try NVPs or make smoking quit attempts than smokers who do not. IMPLICATIONS Social norms can shape a person's behavior and result in behavior change. This study shows that initiation of NVP use behavior among smokers can be reliably predicted by their perception of whether NVP use is acceptable to those important to them within their close social networks. Similarly, any attempts to stop cigarette smoking can be predicted by their perception of how acceptable cigarette smoking is among those who are important to them and whether any of their close friends use NVPs. Changing social norms towards cigarette smoking and NVP use could therefore be incorporated into smoking cessation interventions to help smokers to quit and/or switch to NVP use.
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- Hua-Hie Yong
- Corresponding Author: Hua Yong, PhD, 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia. Telephone: 61-3-9244-6909; Fax: 61-3-9244-6858; E-mail:
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- School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Addictions, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Department of Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change, School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada,Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Quah ACK, Lee S, Seo HG, Cho SI, Lim S, Kim Y, Xu SS, Grey M, Yan M, Boudreau C, Thompson ME, Driezen P, Fong GT. Methods of the 2020 (Wave 1) International Tobacco Control (ITC) Korea Survey. Tob Prev Cessat 2022; 8:13. [PMID: 35434426 PMCID: PMC8961692 DOI: 10.18332/tpc/146685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 02/13/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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This article presents methods used in the 2020 International TC Korea Wave 1 (KRA1) Survey. To date, three cohorts of Korean respondents have participated in the larger ITC Korea Project (cohort 1: 2005-2014, cohort 2: 2016, and cohort 3: 2020-present). The overall objectives of the ITC KRA1 Survey were to examine the use of cigarettes, heated tobacco products (HTPs), e-cigarettes (ECs); whether HTPs might help smokers quit; and the effectiveness of tobacco control policies, such as large graphic warnings, high cigarette taxes, and smoking bans in public places. The KRA1 Survey measures were identical or functionally similar to those of the ITC Japan Survey and, to a lesser extent, those of other ITC countries. Key measures assessed sociodemographic characteristics of respondents; the use of combustible cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and heated tobacco products; and measures assessing policies of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, including price and tax (Article 6), smoke-free laws (Article 8), health warnings (Article 11), education, communication and public awareness (Article 12), advertising, promotion, and sponsorship restrictions (Article 13), and support for cessation (Article 14). Adult tobacco and/or nicotine users aged ≥19 years in South Korea were recruited by a commercial survey firm from its online panel. Overall, 4794 respondents completed the KRA1 Survey. The cooperation rate was 97.4% and the response rate was 15.2%. The cohort design permits assessment of transitions in products used among users in South Korea and evaluations of the impact of policies on tobacco and/or nicotine products used and transitions in use.
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- Anne C K Quah
- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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- Korea Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- National Tobacco Control Center, Korean Health Promotion Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Smoking Cessation, National Cancer Center, Goygang, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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- Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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- Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.,School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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- Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.,School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.,Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
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Nordin ASA, Mohamad AS, Quah ACK, Hairi FM, Yee A, Tajuddin NAA, Hasan SI, Danaee M, Kaai SC, Grey M, Driezen P, Fong GT, Thompson ME. Methods of the 2020 (Wave 1) International Tobacco Control
(ITC) Malaysia survey. Tob Induc Dis 2022; 20:31. [PMID: 35431718 PMCID: PMC8969648 DOI: 10.18332/tid/146568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Revised: 02/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The ITC Malaysia Project is part of the 31-country ITC Project, of which the central objective is to evaluate the impact of tobacco control policies of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). This article describes the methods used in the 2020 International Tobacco Control (ITC) Malaysia (MYS1) Survey. Adult smokers and non-smokers aged ≥18 years in Malaysia were recruited by a commercial survey firm from its online panel. Survey weights, accounting for smoking status, sex, age, education, and region of residence, were calibrated to the Malaysian 2019 National Health and Morbidity Survey. The survey questions were identical or functionally similar to those used in other ITC countries. Questions included demographic measures, patterns of use, quit history, intentions to quit, risk perceptions, beliefs and attitudes about cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and heated tobacco products. Questions also assessed measures assessing the impact of tobacco demand-reduction domains of the FCTC: price/tax (Article 6), smoke-free laws (Article 8), health warnings (Article 11), education, communication and public awareness (Article 12), advertising, promotion, and sponsorship restrictions (Article 13), and support for cessation (Article 14). The total sample size was 1253 (1047 cigarette smokers and 206 non-smokers). Response rate was 11.3%, but importantly, the cooperation rate was 95.3%. The 2020 ITC MYS1 Survey findings will provide evidence on current tobacco control policies and evidence needed by Malaysian government regulatory agencies to develop new or strengthen existing tobacco control efforts that could help achieve Malaysia’s endgame, i.e. a tobacco-free nation by 2040.
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- Amer Siddiq Amer Nordin
- Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Nicotine Addiction Research Group, University of Malaya Centre of Addiction Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Nicotine Addiction Research Group, University of Malaya Centre of Addiction Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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- Nicotine Addiction Research Group, University of Malaya Centre of Addiction Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Nicotine Addiction Research Group, University of Malaya Centre of Addiction Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Nicotine Addiction Research Group, University of Malaya Centre of Addiction Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Department of Primary Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Nicotine Addiction Research Group, University of Malaya Centre of Addiction Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Nicotine Addiction Research Group, University of Malaya Centre of Addiction Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
- School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
- School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
- School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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Study protocol: evaluation of the addictive potential of e-cigarettes (EVAPE): neurobiological, sociological, and epidemiological perspectives. BMC Psychol 2021; 9:181. [PMID: 34794514 PMCID: PMC8600891 DOI: 10.1186/s40359-021-00682-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Tobacco use is the largest preventable cause of diseases and deaths; reducing tobacco intake is, therefore, an urgent public health goal. In recent years, e-cigarettes have been marketed as a 'healthier' alternative to tobacco smoking, whilst product features have evolved tremendously in the meantime. A lively scientific debate has developed regarding the potential benefits and risks of e-cigarettes although, surprisingly, there are few studies investigating the addictive potential of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes. The present work comprises three work packages investigating the addictive potential of e-cigarettes from different perspectives: (1) the neurobiological addictive potential of e-cigarettes; (2) the experience and perception of dependence symptoms among users of e-cigarettes in a social context; and (3) the epidemiological perspective regarding factors influencing the potential for dependence. METHODS Work package I: the neurobiological study will investigate the key elements of addiction in e-cigarettes compared to tobacco cigarettes using neurobiological and neuropsychological correlates associated with craving, incentive motivation, cue reactivity and attentional bias. Work package II: the sociological study part examines self-reports on the experience and perception of dependence symptoms in a social context, using focus group interviews and the analysis of posts in online discussion forums on e-cigarettes. Work package III: the epidemiological study part focuses on tolerance development and the role of psychosocial and product factors by analyzing longitudinal data from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (ITC). DISCUSSION The present study offers a chosen mix of three methodological approaches, thereby comprehensively examining core symptoms of positive and negative reinforcement in addiction. Whether e-cigarettes are as reinforcing and addictive as combustible tobacco cigarettes is an important public health issue with implications for prevention and treatment programs. TRIAL REGISTRATION Work package I: Registered at clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04772014. Work package II: Registered at OSF Registries: https://osf.io/dxgya (2021, January 14).
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East K, McNeill A, Thrasher JF, Hitchman SC. Social norms as a predictor of smoking uptake among youth: a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression of prospective cohort studies. Addiction 2021; 116:2953-2967. [PMID: 33538370 DOI: 10.1111/add.15427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Revised: 09/20/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Social norms towards smoking are a key concept in tobacco control policy and research. However, the influence and strength of different types of social norms on youth smoking uptake is unclear. This study aimed to examine, quantify and compare evidence of the longitudinal associations between different types of social norms towards smoking and youth smoking uptake (initiation and escalation). METHODS Systematic review searching four databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycInfo, CINAHL) from January 1998 to October 2020. Evidence synthesis via narrative review, meta-analysis pooling unadjusted associations (initiation only, due to heterogeneity in escalation outcomes) and meta-regression comparing effect sizes by norm type and study characteristics. Studies included observational prospective cohort studies using survey methodology with youth aged ≤24 years. Measurements included longitudinal associations between descriptive norms (perceived smoking behaviour) and injunctive norms (perceived approval/disapproval of smoking) among social network(s) and subsequent smoking initiation or escalation. RESULTS Thirty articles were identified. In the narrative review, smoking initiation (but not escalation) was consistently predicted by two norms: parental and close friend smoking. Associations between smoking uptake and other descriptive norms (smoking among siblings, family/household, partner, peers, adults) and all injunctive norms (perceived approval of smoking among parents, siblings, close friends/peers, partner, teachers, people important to you, the public) were less consistent or inconclusive. In the meta-analysis pooling unadjusted associations, 17 articles were included (n = 27 767). Smoking initiation was predicted by the following descriptive norms: smoking among parents [Odds Ratio (OR) = 1.88, 95% Confidence Interval (CI) = 1.56-2.28], close friends (OR = 2.53, 95% CI = 1.99-3.23), siblings (OR = 2.44, 95% CI = 1.93-3.08), family/household (OR = 1.55, 95% CI = 1.36-1.76) and adults (OR = 1.34, 95% CI = 1.02-1.75), but not peers (OR = 1.14, 95% CI = 0.92-1.42). Smoking initiation was also predicted by two injunctive norms, perceived approval of smoking among parents (OR = 1.74, 95% CI = 1.27-2.38) and the public (OR = 4.57, 95% CI = 3.21-6.49), but not close friends/peers (OR = 2.36, 95% CI = 0.86-6.53) or people important to the individual (OR = 1.24, 95% CI = 0.98-1.58). CONCLUSIONS In this systematic review (narrative and meta-analysis), descriptive norms of parents' and close friends' smoking behaviour appeared to be consistent predictors of youth smoking initiation, more so than the descriptive norms of more distal social networks and injunctive norms.
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- Katherine East
- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.,Shaping Public Health Policies to Reduce Inequalities and Harm (SPECTRUM) Consortium, London, UK.,School of Public Health and Health Systems, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.,Shaping Public Health Policies to Reduce Inequalities and Harm (SPECTRUM) Consortium, London, UK
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- Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.,Department of Tobacco Research, Center for Population Health Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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Nogueira SO, Fernández E, Driezen P, Fu M, Tigova O, Castellano Y, Mons U, Herbeć A, Kyriakos CN, Demjén T, Trofor AC, Przewoźniak K, Katsaounou PA, Vardavas CI, Fong GT. Secondhand smoke exposure in European countries with different smoke-free legislation. Findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys. Nicotine Tob Res 2021; 24:85-92. [PMID: 34387341 DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntab157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) poses serious and extensive health and economic-related consequences to European society and worldwide. Smoking bans are a key measure to reducing SHS exposure but have been implemented with varying levels of success. We assessed changes in the prevalence of self-reported SHS exposure and smoking behaviour in public places among smokers in six European countries and the influence of the country's type of smoking ban (partial or total ban) on such exposure and smoking behaviour. METHODS The EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys were conducted among adult smokers in Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Spain in 2016 (Wave 1, n=6,011) and 2018 (Wave 2, n=6,027). We used generalised estimating equations models to assess changes between Waves 1 and 2 and to test the interaction between the type of smoking ban and 1) self-reported SHS exposure, 2) self-reported smoking in public places. RESULTS A significant decrease in self-reported SHS exposure was observed in workplaces, from 19.1% in 2016 to 14.0% in 2018 (-5.1%; 95% CI: -8.0%;-2.2%). Self-reported smoking did not change significantly inside bars (22.7% in W2), restaurants (13.2% in W2) and discos/nightclubs (34.0% in W2). SHS exposure in public places was significantly less likely (OR=0.35; 95% CI: 0.26-0.47) in the countries with total bans as compared to those countries with partial bans. CONCLUSION The inverse association between smoking in public places and smoking bans indicates an opportunity for strengthening smoke-free legislation and protecting bystanders from exposure to SHS in public places.
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- Sarah O Nogueira
- Catalan Institute of Oncology, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Consortium for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases, Madrid, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Consortium for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.,School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Consortium for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases, Madrid, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,Consortium for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases, Madrid, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,Consortium for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases, Madrid, Spain
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- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.,Heart Center, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne Cologne, Germany
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- Health Promotion Foundation, Warsaw, Poland.,Centre for Behaviour Change, Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.,European Network on Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Brussels, Belgium
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation, Budapest, Hungary
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy 'Grigore T. Popa' Iasi, Iasi, Romania.,Aer Pur Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Health Promotion Foundation, Warsaw, Poland.,Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.,Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, Poland
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- First ICU Evaggelismos Hospital Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- European Network on Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Brussels, Belgium.,European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Laboratory of Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.,School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.,Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
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Aleyan S, Driezen P, McNeill A, McDermott M, Kahnert S, Kyriakos CN, Mons U, Fernández E, Trofor AC, Zatoński M, Demjén T, Katsaounou PA, Przewoźniak K, Balmford J, Filippidis FT, Fong GT, Vardavas CI, Hitchman SC. Evaluating the impact of introducing standardized packaging with larger health-warning labels in England: findings from adult smokers within the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys. Eur J Public Health 2021; 30:iii91-iii97. [PMID: 32918815 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The European (EU) Tobacco Product Directive (TPD) was implemented in May 2016 to regulate the design and labelling of cigarettes and roll-your-own tobacco. At the same time, the UK introduced standardized packaging measures, whereas Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Spain did not. This study examines the impact of introducing standardized packaging in England using a quasi-experimental design. METHODS Data from adult smokers in Waves 1 (2016; N=9547) and 2 (2018; N=9724) from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation surveys (England) and EUREST-PLUS surveys (Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Spain) were used. Generalized estimating equations were used to estimate changes in pack/brand appeal, salience of health-warning labels (HWLs) and perceived relative harm of different brands in England (where larger HWLs and standardized packaging were implemented), vs. each EU country (where only larger HWLs were implemented). RESULTS There was an increase in the percentage of respondents from Germany, Hungary and Poland reporting they did not like the look of the pack (4.7%, 9.6%, and 14.2%, respectively), but the largest increase was in England (41.0%). Moreover, there was a statistically significant increase in the salience of HWLs in Hungary, Poland and Romania (17.0%, 13.9%, and 15.3%, respectively), but the largest increase was in England (27.6%). Few differences were observed in cross-country comparisons of the perceived relative harm of different brands. CONCLUSIONS Findings suggest that standardized packaging reduces pack appeal and enhances the salience of HWLs over and above the effects of larger HWLs. Findings provide additional evidence and support for incorporating standardized packaging into the EU TPD.
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- Sarah Aleyan
- School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.,Department of Addictions, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.,Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Addictions, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.,SPECTRUM Consortium (Shaping Public Health Policies to Reduce Inequalities and Harm), UK
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- Department of Addictions, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.,Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Brussels, Belgium.,Laboratory of Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Tobacco Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Barcelona, Spain.,Tobacco Control Research Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain.,School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.,Consortium for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBER en Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy 'Grigore T. Popa', Iasi, Romania.,Aer Pur Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Health Promotion Foundation, Warsaw, Poland.,Department for Health, Tobacco Control Research Group, University of Bath, Bath, UK.,European Observatory of Health Inequalities, President Stanislaw Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences, Kalisz, Poland
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation (SHHF), Budapest, Hungary
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- First ICU Evaggelismos Hospital Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.,Center for Health Services Research, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.,European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Health Promotion Foundation, Warsaw, Poland.,Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.,Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Center for Health Services Research, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.,European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.,Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.,Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Brussels, Belgium.,Laboratory of Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.,European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Addictions, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
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Vardavas CI, Kyriakos CN, Driezen P, Girvalaki C, Nikitara K, Filippidis FT, Fernández E, Mons U, Przewoźniak K, Trofor AC, Demjén T, Katsaounou PA, Zatoński W, Willemsen M, Fong GT. Transitions in product use during the implementation of the European Tobacco Products Directive: cohort study findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys. Eur J Public Health 2021; 30:iii10-iii17. [PMID: 32918817 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The emergence of new types of tobacco and tobacco-related products on the European Union (EU) market has precipitated the possibility for both poly-tobacco use and transitions between products. In the EU, the regulatory environment has shifted with the implementation of the European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) in May 2016, which may influence consumer transitions between products. METHODS The aim of this paper was to examine trends and transitions in tobacco products from 2016 to 2018 -before and after implementation of the TPD in the EU. Data come from Wave 1 (pre-TPD) and Wave 2 (post-TPD) of the EUREST-PLUS ITC Six European Country Survey, a cohort study of adults who at the time of recruitment were smokers from six EU countries- Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Spain. D (N = 3195). Bivariate and logistic regression analyses of weighted data was conducted using SAS-callable SUDAAN. RESULTS Overall, among those who smoked factory-made cigarettes (FM) only at Wave 1, 4.3% switched to roll-your-own tobacco (RYO) only. Among RYO only users at Wave 1, 17.0% switched to FM only, however compared to all other countries, respondents from Hungary had the highest percentage of FM only users at Wave 1 switch to RYO only at Wave 2 (18.0%). CONCLUSIONS The most prominent transition overall was from smoking RYO exclusively at Wave 1 to smoking FM tobacco exclusively at Wave 2, however this varied across countries. As the tobacco control regulatory environment of the EU develops, it is important to continue to monitor transitions between types of products, as well as trends in cessation.
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- Constantine I Vardavas
- Laboratory of Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.,European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Brussels, Belgium.,European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.,European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Psychology and School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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- Laboratory of Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.,European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Brussels, Belgium
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Brussels, Belgium
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- European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK.,Center for Health Services Research, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Tobacco Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), Catalonia, Spain.,Tobacco Control Research Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain.,School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bellvitge Campus, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain.,Consortium for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBER en Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Health Promotion Foundation, Warsaw, Poland.,Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute-Oncology Center (MSCI), Warsaw, Poland.,Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, Poland
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy 'Grigore T. Popa' Iasi, Iasi, Romania.,Aer Pur Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation, Budapest, Hungary
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- European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland.,Center for Health Services Research, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.,First ICU Evaggelismos Hospital Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Health Promotion Foundation, Warsaw, Poland.,European Observatory of Health Inequalities, President Stanisław Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences, Kalisz, Poland
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- Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology and School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.,Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
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East KA, Hitchman SC, McNeill A, Ferguson SG, Yong HH, Cummings KM, Fong GT, Borland R. Trends in Social Norms Towards Smoking Between 2002 and 2015 Among Daily Smokers: Findings From the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey (ITC 4C). Nicotine Tob Res 2021; 23:203-211. [PMID: 31532483 PMCID: PMC7789950 DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntz179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To assess trends in daily smokers' social norms and opinions of smoking between 2002 and 2015 in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. METHOD Data were from wave 1 (2002) to wave 9 (2013-2015) of the longitudinal International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey (Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia), involving 23 831 adult daily smokers. Generalized estimating equation logistic regression models, adjusted for demographics and survey design effects, assessed associations of wave and country with outcomes: (A) over half of five closest friends smoke, (B) agreeing that people important to you believe you should not smoke, (C) agreeing that society disapproves of smoking, and (D) negative opinion of smoking. RESULTS Between 2002 and 2015, adjusting for covariates, (A) over half of five closest friends smoke did not change (56% vs. 55%; adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.95 [95% Confidence Interval = 0.85-1.07]), (B) agreeing that people important to you believe you should not smoke generally decreased (89% vs. 82%; AOR = 0.54 [0.46-0.64]) despite an increase around 2006-2007, (C) agreeing that society disapproves of smoking increased between 2002 and 2006-2007 (83% vs. 87%; AOR = 1.38 [1.24-1.54]) then decreased until 2013-2015 (78%; AOR = 0.74 [0.63-0.88]), and (D) negative opinion of smoking decreased between 2002 and 2010-2011 (54% vs. 49%; AOR = 0.83 [0.75-0.91]) despite an increase around 2005-2006 and at the final wave (2013-2015). Except friend smoking, Canada had the greatest, and the United Kingdom the lowest, antismoking social norms and opinions. CONCLUSIONS Except friend smoking and opinion of smoking, daily smokers' social norms became less antismoking between 2002 and 2015 despite increases around 2006-2007. Several potential explanations are discussed yet remain undetermined. IMPLICATIONS Increasingly comprehensive tobacco control policies alongside decreasing smoking prevalence in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia have led to the assumption that smoking has become denormalized in these countries. Absent from the literature is any formal assessment of social norms towards smoking over time. Contrary to our hypotheses, this study found that the injunctive social norms of daily smokers became less antismoking between 2002 and 2015, despite increases around 2006-2007. There was no change over time in the proportion of daily smokers who report that over half of their five closest friends smoke.
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- Katherine A East
- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
- UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, Nottingham, UK
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
- UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, Nottingham, UK
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK
- UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, Nottingham, UK
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- College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
- School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Girvalaki C, Filippidis FT, Kyriakos CN, Driezen P, Herbeć A, Mons U, Papadakis S, Mechili EA, Katsaounou PA, Przewoźniak K, Fernández E, Trofor AC, Demjén T, Fong GT, Vardavas CI. Perceptions, Predictors of and Motivation for Quitting among Smokers from Six European Countries from 2016 to 2018: Findings from EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:E6263. [PMID: 32872132 PMCID: PMC7504326 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17176263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
The European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) was introduced in 2016 in an effort to decrease prevalence of smoking and increase cessation in the European Union (EU). This study aimed to explore quitting behaviours, motivation, reasons and perceptions about quitting, as well as predictors (reported before the TPD implementation) associated with post-TPD quit status. A cohort study was conducted involving adult smokers from six EU countries (n = 3195). Data collection occurred pre-(Wave 1; 2016) and post-(Wave 2; 2018) TPD implementation. Bivariate and logistic regression analyses of weighted data were conducted. Within this cohort sample, 415 (13.0%) respondents reported quitting at Wave 2. Predictors of quitting were moderate or high education, fewer cigarettes smoked per day at baseline, a past quit attempt, lower level of perceived addiction, plans for quitting and the presence of a smoking-related comorbidity. Health concerns, price of cigarettes and being a good example for children were among the most important reasons that predicted being a quitter at Wave 2. Our findings show that the factors influencing decisions about quitting may be shared among European countries. European policy and the revised version of TPD could emphasise these factors through health warnings and/or campaigns and other policies.
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- Charis Girvalaki
- Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, 71003 Crete, Greece; (C.N.K.); (S.P.); (E.A.M.); (C.I.V.)
- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College, London W6 8RP, UK;
- Center for Health Services Research, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 10561 Athens, Greece;
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- Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, 71003 Crete, Greece; (C.N.K.); (S.P.); (E.A.M.); (C.I.V.)
- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Psychology and School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada;
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- Health Promotion Foundation, 00 764 Warsaw, Poland; (A.H.); (K.P.); (G.T.F.)
- Centre for Behaviour Change, Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany;
- Heart Center, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50923 Cologne, Germany
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- Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, 71003 Crete, Greece; (C.N.K.); (S.P.); (E.A.M.); (C.I.V.)
- Division of Prevention and Rehabilitation, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4W7, Canada
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- Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, 71003 Crete, Greece; (C.N.K.); (S.P.); (E.A.M.); (C.I.V.)
- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
- Department of Health Care, Faculty of Public Health, University of Vlora, 9401 Vlora, Albania
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- Center for Health Services Research, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 10561 Athens, Greece;
- First ICU Evaggelismos Hospital Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 10676 Athens, Greece
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- Health Promotion Foundation, 00 764 Warsaw, Poland; (A.H.); (K.P.); (G.T.F.)
- Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, 02-781 Warsaw, Poland
- Collegium Civitas, 00-901 Warsaw, Poland
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- Tobacco Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), 08908 L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain;
- Tobacco Control Research Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), 08908 L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bellvitge Campus, Universitat de Barcelona, 08908 L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBER of Respiratory Diseases, CIBERES), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Grigore T. Popa’ Iasi, 700115 Iasi, Romania;
- Aer Pur Romania, 052034 Bucharest, Romania
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation, 1044 Budapest, Hungary;
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- Health Promotion Foundation, 00 764 Warsaw, Poland; (A.H.); (K.P.); (G.T.F.)
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, ON M5G 0A3, Canada
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- Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, 71003 Crete, Greece; (C.N.K.); (S.P.); (E.A.M.); (C.I.V.)
- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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Nikitara K, Girvalaki C, Kyriakos CN, Driezen P, Filippidis FT, Kahnert S, Hitchman SC, Mons U, Fernández E, Trofor AC, Przewoźniak K, Demjén T, Katsaounou PA, Zatoński W, Fong GT, Vardavas CI. Changes in electronic cigarette use and label awareness among smokers before and after the European Tobacco Products Directive implementation in six European countries: findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys. Eur J Public Health 2020; 30:iii62-iii67. [PMID: 32918814 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Article 20 of the European Tobacco Product Directive (TPD), which went into effect in May 2016, regulates electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in the European Union (EU). The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in e-cigarette use, design attributes of the products used and awareness of e-cigarette labelling and packaging among smokers from six EU Member States (MS) before and after TPD implementation. METHODS Data come from Wave 1 (2016, pre-TPD) and Wave 2 (2018, post-TPD) of the ITC Six European Country Survey among a sample of smokers and recent quitters who use e-cigarettes from six EU MS. Weighted logistic generalized estimating equations regression models were estimated to test the change in binary outcomes between Waves 1 and 2 using SAS-callable SUDAAN. RESULTS In 2018, current daily/weekly e-cigarette use among adult smokers was just over 2%, but this varied from the highest in Greece (4%) to lowest in Poland (1.2%). From Waves 1 to 2, there was a significant increase in respondents reporting noticing and reading health and product safety information on leaflets inside e-cigarette packaging (8.39-11.62%, P < 0.001). There were no significant changes between waves of respondents reporting noticing or reading warning labels on e-cigarette packages/vials. CONCLUSIONS e-cigarette use among smokers in these six EU countries is low. Although reported noticing and reading leaflets included in the packaging of e-cigarettes increased significantly from before to after the TPD, there was no significant change in reported noticing and reading of warning labels. Findings indicate the importance of continued monitoring of TPD provisions around e-cigarettes.
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- Katerina Nikitara
- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Brussels, Belgium
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Brussels, Belgium.,School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Brussels, Belgium.,School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Department of Psychology and School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.,Center for Health Services Research, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, Heidelberg, Germany.,Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Tobacco Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), Catalonia, Spain.,Tobacco Control Research Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain.,School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bellvitge Campus, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain.,Consortium for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBER of Respiratory Diseases, CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy 'Grigore T. Popa' Iasi, Iasi, Romania.,AerPur Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Health Promotion Foundation, Warsaw, Poland.,Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.,Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, Poland
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation, Budapest, Hungary
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- Center for Health Services Research, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.,First ICU Evaggelismos Hospital Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Health Promotion Foundation, Warsaw, Poland.,European Observatory of Health Inequalities, President Stanisław Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences, Kalisz, Poland
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- Department of Psychology and School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.,Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Brussels, Belgium.,School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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Thompson ME, Driezen P, Boudreau C, Bécuwe N, Agar TK, Quah ACK, Zatoński W, Przewoźniak K, Mons U, Demjén T, Tountas Y, Trofor A, Fernández E, McNeill A, Willemsen M, Vardavas C, Fong GT. Methods of the International Tobacco Control (ITC) EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys. Eur J Public Health 2020; 30:iii4-iii9. [PMID: 32053183 PMCID: PMC7526778 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe surveys aim to evaluate the impact of the European Union's Tobacco Products Directive (EU TPD) implementation within the context of the WHO FCTC. This article describes the methodology of the 2016 (Wave 1) and 2018 (Wave 2) International Tobacco Control 6 European (6E) Country Survey in Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Spain; the England arm of the 2016 (Wave 1) and 2018 (Wave 2) ITC 4 Country Smoking and Vaping (4CV) Survey; and the 2016 (Wave 10) and 2017 (Wave 11) ITC Netherlands (NL) Survey. All three ITC surveys covering a total of eight countries are prospective cohort studies with nationally representative samples of smokers. METHODS In the three surveys across the eight countries, the recruited respondents were cigarette smokers who smoked at least monthly, and were aged 18 and older. At each survey wave, eligible cohort members from the previous waves were retained, regardless of smoking status, and dropouts were replaced by a replenishment sample. RESULTS Retention rates between the two waves of the ITC 6E Survey by country were 70.5% for Germany, 41.3% for Greece, 35.7% for Hungary, 45.6% for Poland, 54.4% for Romania and 71.3% for Spain. The retention rate for England between ITC 4CV1 and ITC 4CV2 was 39.1%; the retention rates for the ITC Netherlands Survey were 76.6% at Wave 10 (2016) and 80.9% at Wave 11 (2017). CONCLUSION The ITC sampling design and data collection methods in these three ITC surveys allow analyses to examine prospectively the impact of policy environment changes on the use of cigarettes and other tobacco products in each country, to make comparisons across the eight countries.
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- Mary E Thompson
- Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Health Promotion Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
- European Observatory of Health Inequalities, President Stanisław Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences, Kalisz, Poland
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- Health Promotion Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
- Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute – Oncology Center, Warsaw, Poland
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- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation (SHHF), Budapest, Hungary
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- Center for Health Services Research, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), Athens, Greece
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Grigore T. Popa’ Iasi, Iasi, Romania
- Aer Pur Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Tobacco Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Tobacco Control Research Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bellvitge Campus, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBER en Enfermedades, Respiratorias, CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- Addictions Department, King's College London, London, UK
- UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, King's College London, London, UK
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation (SHHF), Budapest, Hungary
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
- Laboratory of Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Crete (UoC), Heraklion, Greece
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
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Chung-Hall J, Fong GT, Meng G, Craig LV, McNeill A, Hitchman SC, Fernández E, Mons U, Trofor AC, Przewoźniak K, Zatoński WA, Demjén T, Katsaounou PA, Kyriakos CN, Vardavas CI. Support for e-cigarette policies among smokers in seven European countries: longitudinal findings from the 2016-18 EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys. Eur J Public Health 2020; 30:iii68-iii77. [PMID: 32918824 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The 2016 European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) required Member States (MS) to implement new regulations for electronic cigarettes (ECs). We conducted a longitudinal study to assess changes over 2 years in smokers' support for EC policies and identify predictors of support in seven European countries after TPD implementation. METHODS Prospective cohort surveys were conducted among adult smokers in Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Spain and England in 2016 (n = 9547; just after TPD) and 2018 (n = 10 287; 2 years after TPD). Multivariable logistic regression models employing generalized estimating equations assessed changes in support for four EC policies, and tested for country differences and strength of key predictors of support. RESULTS Banning EC use in smoke-free places was supported by 53.1% in 2016 and 54.6% in 2018 with a significant increase in Greece (51.7-66.0%) and a decrease in Spain (60.1-48.6%). Restricting EC/e-liquid nicotine content was supported by 52.2 and 47.4% in 2016 and 2018, respectively, with a significant decrease in England (54.2-46.5%) and Romania (52.5-41.0%). An EC promotion ban was supported by 41.1 and 40.2%. A flavour ban was supported by 33.3% and 32.3% with a significant increase in Hungary (34.3-43.3%). Support was generally higher in Poland, Hungary and Greece vs. England. Support was lower among dual and EC-only users, and low-income smokers. CONCLUSIONS Smokers in all countries strongly supported banning EC use in smoke-free places and restricting nicotine content after TPD implementation, with no clear trends for changes in policy support.
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- Janet Chung-Hall
- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.,School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.,Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Addictions, King's College London, London, UK
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- Tobacco Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,Tobacco Control Research Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bellvitge Campus, Universitat de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,Consortium for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBER of Respiratory Diseases, CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy 'Grigore T. Popa' Iasi, Lasi, Romania.,Aer Pur Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Health Promotion Foundation, Warsaw, Poland.,Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.,Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, Poland
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- Health Promotion Foundation, Warsaw, Poland.,European Observatory of Health Inequalities, President Stanisław Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences, Kalisz, Poland
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation, Budapest, Hungary
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- First ICU Evaggelismos Hospital Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.,Center for Health Services Research, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Brussels, Belgium.,School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Brussels, Belgium.,School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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Kahnert S, Driezen P, Balmford J, Kyriakos CN, Demjén T, Fernández E, Katsaounou PA, Trofor AC, Przewoźniak K, Zatoński WA, Fong GT, Vardavas CI, Mons U. Impact of the Tobacco Products Directive on self-reported exposure to e-cigarette advertising, promotion and sponsorship in smokers-findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys. Eur J Public Health 2020; 30:iii55-iii61. [PMID: 32918820 PMCID: PMC7526780 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Advertising, promotion and sponsorship of electronic cigarettes (ECAPS) have increased in recent years. Since May 2016, the Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU (TPD2) prohibits ECAPS in various advertising channels, including media that have cross-border effects. The objective of this study was to investigate changes in exposure to ECAPS in a cohort of smokers from six European Union member states after implementation of TPD2. METHODS Self-reported exposure to ECAPS overall and in various media and localities was examined over two International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation survey waves (2016 and 2018) in a cohort of 6011 adult smokers from Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Spain (EUREST-PLUS Project) using longitudinal generalized estimating equations models. RESULTS Self-reported ECAPS exposure at both timepoints varied between countries and across examined advertising channels. Overall, there was a significant increase in ECAPS exposure [adjusted odds ratio (aOR): 1.25, 95% CI: 1.09-1.44]. Between waves, no consistent patterns of change in ECAPS exposure across countries and different media were observed. Generally, ECAPS exposure tended to decline in some channels regulated by TPD2, particularly on television and radio, while exposure tended to increase in some unregulated channels, such as at points of sale. CONCLUSIONS The findings suggest that the TPD2 was generally effective in reducing ECAPS in regulated channels. Nonetheless, further research is warranted to evaluate its role in reducing ECAPS exposure, possibly by triangulation with additional sources of data.
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- Sarah Kahnert
- Cancer Prevention Unit & WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
- School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
- School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Barcelona, Spain
- Tobacco Control Unit, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBER of Respiratory Diseases, CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- First ICU Evaggelismos Hospital Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Grigore T. Popa’, Iasi, Romania
- Aer Pur Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Health Promotion Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
- Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
- Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, Poland
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- Health Promotion Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
- European Observatory of Health Inequalities, President Stanisław Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences, Kalisz, Poland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
- School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
- School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
- European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Cancer Prevention Unit & WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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Filippidis FT, Driezen P, Kyriakos CN, Katsaounou P, Petroulia I, Girvalaki C, Fu M, Fernández E, Mons U, Trofor AC, Demjén T, Przewoźniak K, Zatoński WA, Fong GT, Tountas Y, Vardavas CI. Transitions from and to roll-your-own tobacco, perceptions and health beliefs among smokers: findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys. Eur J Public Health 2020; 30:iii18-iii25. [PMID: 32267933 PMCID: PMC7526787 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The prevalence of roll-your-own tobacco (RYO) in Europe has been increasing. The aim of this study was to investigate transitions between factory-made (FM) cigarettes and RYO in a longitudinal sample of European smokers, and their perceptions of relative harmfulness and knowledge of health effects. METHODS We used data collected from the EUREST-PLUS ITC 6 European Country (6E) Surveys in 2016 (n = 6011 smokers) and in 2018 (n = 6027) in Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Spain. A total of 3195 cohort respondents were interviewed in both years. Use of RYO and FM, knowledge of health effects of smoking as well as perceptions about RYO were assessed. We used logistic regression models to explore sociodemographic correlates of transitions from one product to the other, of perceptions and knowledge related to smoking health effects. RESULTS Approximately 7.4% of exclusive FM smokers transitioned to RYO and 29.5% of exclusive RYO smokers transitioned to FM cigarettes from 2016 to 2018. RYO use in 2018 was more frequent among smokers of low education and income, but none of these factors were associated with transitions. Most RYO smokers perceived RYO as cheaper than FM and 21.7% of them considered RYO to be less harmful than FM. Knowledge of the health effects of smoking was not associated with type of product smoked. CONCLUSIONS RYO is popular among European smokers; its lower cost seems to be a major factor for RYO users; reasons for transitions to and from RYO are less clear and need to be further investigated.
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- Filippos T Filippidis
- Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK
- Center for Health Services Research, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Psychology and School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Brussels, Belgium
- Laboratory of Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Center for Health Services Research, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- First ICU Evaggelismos Hospital Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Center for Health Services Research, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Tobacco Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), Catalonia
- Tobacco Control Research Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bellvitge Campus, Universitat de Barcelona, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBER of Respiratory Diseases, CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- Tobacco Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), Catalonia
- Tobacco Control Research Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bellvitge Campus, Universitat de Barcelona, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBER of Respiratory Diseases, CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Grigore T. Popa’ Iasi, Iasi, Romania
- Aer Pur Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation, Budapest, Hungary
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- Health Promotion Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
- Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
- Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, Poland
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- Health Promotion Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
- European Observatory of Health Inequalities, President Stanisław Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences, Kalisz, Poland
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- Department of Psychology and School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
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- Center for Health Services Research, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Brussels, Belgium
- Laboratory of Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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Vardavas CI, Kyriakos CN, McNeill A, Fong GT. Evaluating the impact of the Tobacco Products Directive within the context of the FCTC in Europe-findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys: introductory Commentary. Eur J Public Health 2020; 30:iii1-iii3. [PMID: 32918823 PMCID: PMC7526776 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Constantine I Vardavas
- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Brussels, Belgium
- School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Brussels, Belgium
- School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Department of Addictions, King’s College London, London, UK
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- Department of Psychology and School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
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Kahnert S, Driezen P, Balmford J, Kyriakos CN, Aleyan S, Hitchman SC, Nogueira S, Demjén T, Fernández E, Katsaounou PA, Trofor AC, Przewoźniak K, Zatoński WA, Fong GT, Vardavas CI, Mons U. Effectiveness of tobacco warning labels before and after implementation of the European Tobacco Products Directive-findings from the longitudinal EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe surveys. Eur J Public Health 2020; 30:iii84-iii90. [PMID: 32918822 PMCID: PMC7526774 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Tobacco product packaging is a key part of marketing efforts to make tobacco use appealing. In contrast, large, prominent health warnings are intended to inform individuals about the risks of smoking. In the European Union, since May 2016, the Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU (TPD2) requires tobacco product packages to carry combined health warnings consisting of a picture, a text warning and information on stop smoking services, covering 65% of the front and back of the packages. METHODS Key measures of warning label effectiveness (salience, cognitive reactions and behavioural reaction) before and after implementation of the TPD2, determinants of warning labels' effectiveness and country differences were examined in a longitudinal sample of 6011 adult smokers from Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Spain (EUREST-PLUS Project) using longitudinal Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) models. RESULTS In the pooled sample, the warning labels' effectiveness increased significantly over time in terms of salience (adjusted OR = 1.18; 95% CI: 1.03-1.35), while cognitive and behavioural reactions did not show clear increases. Generally, among women, more highly educated smokers and less addicted smokers, the effectiveness of warning labels tended to be higher. CONCLUSION We found an increase in salience, but no clear increases for cognitive and behavioural reactions to the new warning labels as required by the TPD2. While it is likely that our study underestimated the impact of the new pictorial warning labels, it provides evidence that health messages on tobacco packaging are more salient when supported by large pictures.
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- Sarah Kahnert
- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
- School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
- School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Addictions, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London
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- Department of Addictions, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London
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- Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Department, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
- Tobacco Control Unit, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBER en Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation, Budapest, Hungary
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- Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Department, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
- Tobacco Control Unit, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBER en Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
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- First ICU Evaggelismos Hospital Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Grigore T. Popa’ Iasi, Iasi, Romania
- Aer Pur Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Health Promotion Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
- Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
- Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, Poland
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- Health Promotion Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
- European Observatory of Health Inequalities, President Stanisław Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences, Kalisz, Poland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
- School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
- School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
- European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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Jackson SE, Proudfoot H, Brown J, East K, Hitchman SC, Shahab L. Perceived non-smoking norms and motivation to stop smoking, quit attempts, and cessation: a cross-sectional study in England. Sci Rep 2020; 10:10487. [PMID: 32591555 PMCID: PMC7320183 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-67003-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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This study examined the prevalence of non-smoking norms in England and their associations with motivation to stop smoking, quit attempts, and cessation. Data were from a representative cross-sectional survey of 1,521 adults (301 combustible tobacco smokers). Descriptive non-smoking norms were endorsed, with just 16% of adults (12% of smokers) believing smoking was uncommon. Injunctive non-smoking norms were more prevalent, with 60-77% of adults (17-48% of smokers) viewing smoking as something of which others disapproved. Personal non-smoking norms were also prevalent among all adults (73% indicated they would prefer to live with a non-smoker) but not smokers (69% had no preference). Smokers who endorsed stronger descriptive non-smoking norms had increased odds of reporting high motivation to stop smoking (ORadj = 1.63, 95%CI 1.06-2.52). Female (but not male) past-year smokers who endorsed stronger injunctive (ORadj = 2.19, 95%CI 1.41-3.42) and personal (ORadj = 1.90, 95%CI 1.29-2.82) non-smoking norms had increased odds of having made a past-year quit attempt. In conclusion, perceived descriptive non-smoking norms are not held by the majority of adults in England. Injunctive and personal non-smoking norms are prevalent among all adults but lower among smokers. There is some evidence that smokers - in particular, women - who endorse stronger non-smoking norms are more likely to be motivated to stop smoking and to make a quit attempt.
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- Sarah E Jackson
- Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, UK.
- Shaping Public Health Policies To Reduce Inequalities and Harm (SPECTRUM) Consortium, Edinburgh, UK.
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- Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, UK
- Shaping Public Health Policies To Reduce Inequalities and Harm (SPECTRUM) Consortium, Edinburgh, UK
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
- Shaping Public Health Policies To Reduce Inequalities and Harm (SPECTRUM) Consortium, Edinburgh, UK
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
- Shaping Public Health Policies To Reduce Inequalities and Harm (SPECTRUM) Consortium, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, UK
- Shaping Public Health Policies To Reduce Inequalities and Harm (SPECTRUM) Consortium, Edinburgh, UK
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Herbeć A, Zatoński M, Zatoński WA, Janik-Koncewicz K, Mons U, Fong GT, Quah ACK, Driezen P, Demjén T, Tountas Y, Trofor AC, Fernández E, McNeill A, Willemsen M, Vardavas CI, Przewoźniak K. Dependence, plans to quit, quitting self-efficacy and past cessation behaviours among menthol and other flavoured cigarette users in Europe: The EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys. Tob Induc Dis 2019; 16:A19. [PMID: 34671234 PMCID: PMC8525627 DOI: 10.18332/tid/111356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2019] [Revised: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION This study characterises smoking and cessation-related behaviours among menthol and other flavoured cigarette users in Europe prior to the implementation of the European Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) ban on the sale of flavoured cigarettes. METHODS An analysis of cross-sectional data from the 2016 EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys was conducted among a sample of 10760 adult smokers from eight European Union Member States. Respondents were classified as menthol, other flavoured, unflavoured, or no usual flavour cigarette users and compared on smoking and cessation behaviours and characteristics. Data were analysed in SPSS Complex Samples Package using bivariate and multivariate regression analyses adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics, dependence, and country. RESULTS In bivariate analyses, cigarette flavour was significantly associated with all outcomes (p<0.001). After adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics, these associations attenuated but remained significant and in the same direction for dependence, self-efficacy, plans to quit, past quit attempts, and ever e-cigarette use. In fully adjusted models, compared to smokers of non-flavoured cigarettes, menthol smokers were less likely to smoke daily (AOR=0.47, 95% CI: 0.32-0.71), smoke within 30 min of waking (0.52,0.43-0.64), consider themselves addicted (0.74,0.59-0.94), and more likely to have ever used e-cigarettes (1.26,1.00-1.57); other flavoured cigarette smokers were less likely to smoke daily (0.33,0.15-0.77), and have higher self-efficacy (1.82,1.20-2.77); no usual flavour smokers were less likely to smoke daily (0.34,0.22-0.51), smoke within 30 min of waking (0.66,0.55-0.80), consider themselves addicted (0.65,0.52-0.78), have ever made a quit attempt (0.69,0.58-0.84), have ever used e-cigarettes (0.66,0.54-0.82), and had higher self-efficacy (1.46,1.19-1.80). CONCLUSIONS Smokers of different cigarette flavours in Europe differ on smoking and cessation characteristics. The lower dependence of menthol cigarette smokers could lead to greater success rates if quit attempts are made, however cross-country differences in smoking behaviours and quitting intentions could lead to the TPD ban on cigarette flavours having differential impact if not accompanied by additional measures, such as smoking cessation support.
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- Aleksandra Herbeć
- Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland.,Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.,Centre for Behaviour Change, Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, United Kingdom
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- Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland.,European Observatory of Health Inequalities, President Stanisław Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences, Kalisz, Poland.,Tobacco Control Research Group, Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
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- European Observatory of Health Inequalities, President Stanisław Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences, Kalisz, Poland.,Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland
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- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada.,School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada.,Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation (SHHF), Budapest, Hungary
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), Athens, Greece
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy 'Grigore T. Popa' Iasi, Iasi, Romania.,Aer Pur Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Tobacco Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), and Tobacco Control Research Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Catalonia, Spain.,School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, London, United Kingdom.,National Addiction Centre, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium.,University of Crete (UoC), Heraklion, Greece
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- Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Warsaw, Poland.,Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland
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Fu M, Castellano Y, Tigova O, Mons U, Agar T, Kyriakos CN, Trofor AC, Quah ACK, Fong GT, Przewoźniak K, Zatoński WA, Demjén T, Tountas Y, Vardavas CI, Fernández E. Smoking in public places in six European countries: Findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Survey. Tob Induc Dis 2019; 16:A18. [PMID: 34671233 PMCID: PMC8525624 DOI: 10.18332/tid/104673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2019] [Revised: 02/21/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Surveillance of tobacco consumption in public places is an important measure to evaluate the impact of tobacco control interventions over time. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of smoking as seen by smokers and their smoking behaviour in public places, in six European countries. METHODS We used baseline data of the International Tobacco Control Six European countries (ITC 6E) Survey, part of the EUREST-PLUS Project, conducted in 2016 in national representative samples of about 1000 adult smokers aged 18 years and older in Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Spain. For each setting (workplaces, restaurants, bars/pubs and discos) participants were asked whether they had seen someone smoking during their last visit there and whether they too had smoked there. We report the overall and by-country weighted prevalence of seeing someone smoking and the smokers' own smoking behaviour at each setting. We also assess the relationship between seeing someone smoking and smoking themselves at these settings. RESULTS The prevalence of smoking as seen by smokers was 18.8% at workplaces, with high variability among countries (from 4.7% in Hungary to 40.8% in Greece). Among smokers visiting leisure facilities in the last year, during their last visit 22.7% had seen someone smoking inside restaurants and 12.2% had smoked themselves there, while for bars/pubs the corresponding prevalences were 33.9% and 20.4%, and inside discos 44.8% and 34.8%. CONCLUSIONS Smoking is still prevalent at leisure facilities, particularly at discos in Europe, with high variability among countries. More extensive awareness campaigns and stricter enforcement are needed to increase the compliance of smoke-free regulations, especially in leisure facilities.
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- Marcela Fu
- Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
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- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada
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- European Network on Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium.,University of Crete (UoC), Heraklion, Greece
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy 'Grigore T. Popa' Iasi (UMF Iasi), Iasi, Romania.,Aer Pur Romania (APR), Bucharest, Romania
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- University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada.,Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), Toronto, Canada
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- Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland.,Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center (MSCI), Warsaw, Poland
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- Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland.,European Observatory of Health Inequalities, President Stanisław Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences (PSWZ), Kalisz, Poland
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation (SHHF), Budapest, Hungary
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), Athens, Greece
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- European Network on Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium.,University of Crete (UoC), Heraklion, Greece
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.,University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
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Fu M, Castellano Y, Tigova O, Mons U, Agar T, Kyriakos CN, Quah ACK, Fong GT, Trofor AC, Przewoźniak K, Zatoński WA, Demjén T, Tountas Y, Vardavas CI, Fernández E. Correlates of the support for smoke-free policies among smokers: A cross-sectional study in six European countries of the EUREST-PLUS ITC EUROPE SURVEYS. Tob Induc Dis 2019; 16:A17. [PMID: 31516471 PMCID: PMC6661849 DOI: 10.18332/tid/103918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2018] [Revised: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION This report describes the support for smoke-free policies in different settings among smokers in six European countries and the relationship between their opinions about the places where smoking should be banned and their beliefs about the harms of secondhand smoke to non-smokers. METHODS A cross-sectional survey (the ITC 6 European Country Survey, part of the EUREST-PLUS Project) was conducted using nationally representative samples of adult smokers in Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Spain (n=6011). We describe the prevalence of agreement and support for smoke-free policies in different settings according to sociodemographics, smoking characteristics and beliefs about the danger of secondhand smoke to non-smokers. RESULTS There was high agreement with smoking regulations in cars with preschool children and in schoolyards of primary/secondary schools (>90% overall) and low agreement with banning smoking in outdoor terraces of bars/pubs (8.6%; 95%CI: 7.5%-9.8%) and restaurants (10.1%; 95%CI: 8.9%-11.4%). The highest support for complete smoking bans inside public places came from smokers in Poland, among women, people aged ≥25 years, who had low nicotine dependence, and who tried to quit smoking in the last 12 months. About 78% of participants agreed that tobacco smoke is dangerous to non-smokers, ranging from 63.1% in Hungary to 88.3% in Romania; the highest agreement was noted among women, the 25-54 age groups, those with higher education, low cigarette dependence, and those who tried to quit in the last 12 months. The support for complete smoking bans in public places was consistently higher among smokers who agreed that secondhand smoke is dangerous to non-smokers. CONCLUSIONS Smokers in six European countries declared strong support for smoke-free policies in indoor settings and in settings with minors but low support in outdoor settings, particularly leisure facilities. More education is needed to increase the awareness about the potential exposure to secondhand smoke in specific outdoor areas.
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- Marcela Fu
- Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Barcelona, Spain
- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
- University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Barcelona, Spain
- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Barcelona, Spain
- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
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- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Psychology and School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
- University of Crete (UoC), Heraklion, Greece
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- Department of Psychology and School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada
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- Department of Psychology and School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), Toronto, Canada
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Grigore T. Popa’ Iasi (UMF Iasi), Iasi, Romania
- Aer Pur Romania (APR), Bucharest, Romania
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- Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland
- Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute ‒ Oncology Center (MSCI), Warsaw, Poland
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- Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland
- European Observatory of Health Inequalities, President Stanisław Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences (PSWZ), Kalisz, Poland
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation (SHHF), Budapest, Hungary
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), Athens, Greece
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
- University of Crete (UoC), Heraklion, Greece
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Barcelona, Spain
- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
- University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
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East KA, Hitchman SC, McDermott M, McNeill A, Herbeć A, Tountas Y, Bécuwe N, Demjén T, Fu M, Fernández E, Mons U, Trofor AC, Zatoński WA, Fong GT, Vardavas CI. Social norms towards smoking and electronic cigarettes among adult smokers in seven European Countries: Findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys. Tob Induc Dis 2019; 16:A15. [PMID: 31516469 PMCID: PMC6661854 DOI: 10.18332/tid/104417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2018] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION This study explores whether current smokers' social norms towards smoking and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) vary across seven European countries alongside smoking and e-cigarette prevalence rates. At the time of surveying, England had the lowest current smoking prevalence and Greece the highest. Hungary, Romania and Spain had the lowest prevalence of any e-cigarette use and England the highest. METHODS Respondents were adult (≥18 years) current smokers from the 2016 EUREST-PLUS ITC (Romania, Spain, Hungary, Poland, Greece, Germany) and ITC 4CV England Surveys (N=7779). Using logistic regression, associations between country and (a) smoking norms and (b) e-cigarette norms were assessed, adjusting for age, sex, income, education, smoking status, heaviness of smoking, and e-cigarette status. RESULTS Compared with England, smoking norms were higher in all countries: reporting that at least three of five closest friends smoke (19% vs 65-84% [AOR=6.9-24.0; Hungary-Greece]), perceiving that people important to them approve of smoking (8% vs 14-57% [1.9-51.1; Spain-Hungary]), perceiving that the public approves of smoking (5% vs 6-37% [1.7-15.8; Spain-Hungary]), disagreeing that smokers are marginalised (9% vs 16-50% [2.3-12.3; Poland-Greece]) except in Hungary. Compared with England: reporting that at least one of five closest friends uses e-cigarettes was higher in Poland (28% vs 36% [2.7]) but lower in Spain and Romania (28% vs 6-14% [0.3-0.6]), perceiving that the public approves of e-cigarettes was higher in Poland, Hungary and Greece (32% vs 36-40% [1.5-1.6]) but lower in Spain and Romania in unadjusted analyses only (32% vs 24-26%), reporting seeing e-cigarette use in public at least some days was lower in all countries (81% vs 12-55% [0.1-0.4]; Spain-Greece). CONCLUSIONS Smokers from England had the least pro-smoking norms. Smokers from Spain had the least pro-e-cigarette norms. Friend smoking and disagreeing that smokers are marginalised broadly aligned with country-level current smoking rates. Seeing e-cigarette use in public broadly aligned with country-level any e-cigarette use. Generally, no other norms aligned with product prevalence.
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- Katherine A. East
- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
- UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, King’s College London (KCL), London, United Kingdom
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
- UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, King’s College London (KCL), London, United Kingdom
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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- National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
- UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, King’s College London (KCL), London, United Kingdom
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- UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, King’s College London (KCL), London, United Kingdom
- Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), Athens, Greece
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation (SHHF), Budapest, Hungary
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Barcelona, Spain
- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Barcelona, Spain
- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
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- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Grigore T. Popa’ Iasi, Iasi, Romania
- Aer Pur Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland
- European Observatory of Health Inequalities, President Stanisław Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences, Kalisz, Poland
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- Department of Psychology and School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
- University of Crete (UoC), Heraklion, Greece
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Hedman L, Katsaounou PA, Filippidis FT, Ravara SB, Lindberg A, Janson C, Gratziou C, Rohde G, Kyriakos CN, Mons U, Fernández E, Trofor AC, Demjén T, Przewoźniak K, Tountas Y, Fong GT, Vardavas CI. Receiving support to quit smoking and quit attempts among smokers with and without smoking related diseases: Findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys. Tob Induc Dis 2019; 16:A14. [PMID: 31516468 PMCID: PMC6661851 DOI: 10.18332/tid/102787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2018] [Revised: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/12/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Having a chronic disease either caused or worsened by tobacco smoking does not always translate into quitting smoking. Although smoking cessation is one of the most cost-effective medical interventions, it remains poorly implemented in healthcare settings. The aim was to examine whether smokers with chronic and respiratory diseases were more likely to receive support to quit smoking by a healthcare provider or make a quit attempt than smokers without these diseases. METHODS This population-based study included a sample of 6011 adult smokers in six European countries. The participants were interviewed face-to-face and asked questions on sociodemographic characteristics, current diagnoses for chronic diseases, healthcare visits in the last 12 months and, if so, whether they had received any support to quit smoking. Questions on smoking behavior included nicotine dependence, motivation to quit smoking and quit attempts in the last 12 months. The results are presented as weighted percentages with 95% confidence intervals (CI) and as adjusted odds ratios with 95% CI based on logistic regression analyses. RESULTS Smokers with chronic respiratory disease, those aged 55 years and older, as well as those with one or more chronic diseases were more likely to receive smoking cessation advice from a healthcare professional. Making a quit attempt in the last year was related to younger age, high educational level, higher motivation to quit, lower nicotine dependence and having received advice to quit from a healthcare professional but not with having chronic diseases. There were significant differences between countries with smokers in Romania consistently reporting more support to quit as well as quit attempts. CONCLUSIONS Although smokers with respiratory disease did indeed receive smoking cessation support more often than smokers without disease, many smokers did not receive any advice or support to quit during a healthcare visit.
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- Linnea Hedman
- The Tobacco Control Committee of the European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, The OLIN Unit, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Contributed equally
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- The Tobacco Control Committee of the European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), Athens, Greece
- Contributed equally
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- The Tobacco Control Committee of the European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), Athens, Greece
- Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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- The Tobacco Control Committee of the European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Health Sciences Research Centre (CICS-UBI), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal
- Public Health Research Centre, National School of Public Health, NOVA University, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, The OLIN Unit, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- The Tobacco Control Committee of the European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- The Tobacco Control Committee of the European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), Athens, Greece
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- Medical Clinic I, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
- University of Crete (UoC), Heraklion, Greece
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- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut Català d’Oncologia and Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Catalonia, Spain
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Grigore T. Popa’ Iasi, Iasi, Romania
- Aer Pur Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation (SHHF), Budapest, Hungary
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- Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland
- Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute-Oncology Center (MSCI), Warsaw, Poland
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), Athens, Greece
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- Department of Psychology and School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
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- The Tobacco Control Committee of the European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland
- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
- University of Crete (UoC), Heraklion, Greece
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Driezen P, Thompson ME, Fong GT, Demjén T, Tountas Y, Trofor AC, Przewoźniak K, Zatoński WA, Fernández E, Mons U, Vardavas CI. Cross-border purchasing of cigarettes among smokers in Six Countries of the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys. Tob Induc Dis 2019; 16:A13. [PMID: 31516467 PMCID: PMC6661845 DOI: 10.18332/tid/100411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2018] [Revised: 11/22/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The availability of lower-cost cigarettes in neighboring countries provides price-sensitive smokers with incentives to purchase cheaper out-of-country cigarettes. This study estimates the prevalence of and factors associated with cross-border purchasing of cheaper cigarettes among smokers from Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Spain. The prevalence of cross-border purchasing was estimated by residential location, defined as living in regions bordering a lower-price country (where prices were at least €1/pack lower), regions bordering a similar- or higher-price country, and internal non-border regions. METHODS Data were from a survey of nationally representative samples of adult smokers (n=6011) from Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Spain. The primary outcome was purchasing cheaper out-of-country cigarettes in the previous six months. Residential location was defined using The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS2 in Germany and NUTS3 in the other countries). Multivariable logistic regression tested differences in purchasing cheaper out-of-country cigarettes by country and residential location. RESULTS Residential location was associated with purchasing cheaper out-of-country cigarettes in Germany and Poland (p<0.05): 31% of German and 11% of Polish smokers living in regions bordering lower-price countries reported purchasing cheaper out-of-country cigarettes in the previous six months. Smokers living in regions bordering lower-price countries had 4.21 times greater odds of purchasing cheaper out-of-country cigarettes compared to smokers living in non-border regions. CONCLUSIONS Overall, only a minority of smokers in the six countries purchased cheaper cigarettes outside their country. However, smokers living in regions bordering countries where cigarettes were at least €1/pack lower than their home country had significantly higher odds of purchasing cheaper out-of-country cigarettes. This effect was especially prominent among German smokers. Tax harmonization policies designed to minimize cross-border price differentials can eliminate lower-priced alternatives for price-sensitive smokers.
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- Pete Driezen
- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada
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- Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
- School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation (SHHF), Budapest, Hungary
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), Athens, Greece
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Grigore T. Popa’ Iasi, Iasi, Romania
- Aer Pur Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland
- Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute-Oncology Center (MSCI), Warsaw, Poland
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- Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland
- European Observatory of Health Inequalities, President Stanisław Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences, Kalisz, Poland
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Catalonia, Spain
- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Catalonia, Spain
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
- University of Crete (UoC), Heraklion, Greece
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Nogueira SO, Tigova O, Castellano Y, Mons U, Kyriakos CN, McNeill A, Trofor AC, Zatoński WA, Przewoźniak K, Demjén T, Tountas Y, Quah ACK, Fong GT, Fu M, Vardavas CI, Fernández E. Cigarette brand loyalty among smokers in six European countries: Findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys. Tob Induc Dis 2019; 16:A12. [PMID: 31516466 PMCID: PMC6661850 DOI: 10.18332/tid/99116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Revised: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION This study aims to describe the degree of smokers' loyalty to a specific brand of tobacco products and the variables related to choosing a specific brand among smokers in six European countries. METHODS A cross-sectional analysis was conducted for a representative sample of adult smokers from Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Spain (approximately 1000 smokers per country). The prevalence of smokers' having a usual brand of cigarettes smoked (factory-made or roll-yourown cigarettes), the brand of choice, the factors for choosing a specific brand and the degree of loyalty to that brand (not at all, a little, somewhat and a lot) were assessed by country, sociodemographics and smoking-related variables. RESULTS In total, 86.6% of the smokers reported having a usual brand. In three out of the six countries, one brand holds the loyalty of between 17.8% and 24.5% of the smokers that reported having a usual brand for factory-made cigarettes. Most participants reported being loyal 'a lot' to their brand of choice (44.4%). The reasons most reported for choosing a cigarette brand were the taste (83.2%) and the price (51.7%). CONCLUSIONS Brand loyalty is high among factory-made and roll-your-own cigarette smokers in six European countries. Future research on longitudinal trends of brand loyalty to evaluate the effect of tobacco control policies in these European countries is warranted.
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- Sarah O. Nogueira
- Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Barcelona, Spain
- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Barcelona, Spain
- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Barcelona, Spain
- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
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- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
- University of Crete (UoC), Heraklion, Greece
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- UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, King’s College London (KCL), London, United Kingdom
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Grigore T. Popa’ Iasi, Iasi, Romania
- Aer Pur Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland
- European Observatory of Health Inequalities, President Stanisław Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences, Kalisz, Poland
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- Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland
- Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute-Oncology Center (MSCI), Warsaw, Poland
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation (SHHF), Budapest, Hungary
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), Athens, Greece
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- Department of Psychology and School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Psychology and School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Barcelona, Spain
- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
- University of Crete (UoC), Heraklion, Greece
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Barcelona, Spain
- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Petroulia I, Kyriakos CN, Papadakis S, Tzavara C, Filippidis FT, Girvalaki C, Peleki T, Katsaounou P, McNeill A, Mons U, Fernández E, Demjén T, Trofor AC, Herbeć A, Zatoński WA, Tountas Y, Fong GT, Vardavas CI. Patterns of tobacco use, quit attempts, readiness to quit and self-efficacy among smokers with anxiety or depression: Findings among six countries of the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys. Tob Induc Dis 2019; 16:A9. [PMID: 31516463 PMCID: PMC6661848 DOI: 10.18332/tid/98965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2018] [Revised: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION We compared smoking behaviors, past quit attempts, readiness to quit and beliefs about quitting among current cigarette smokers with probable anxiety or depression (PAD) to those without PAD, from six European Union (EU) Member States (MS). METHODS A nationally representative cross-sectional sample of 6011 adult cigarette smokers from six EU MS (Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Spain) was randomly selected through a multistage cluster sampling design in 2016. Respondents were classified as having PAD based on self-reported current diagnosis or treatment for anxiety or depression, or a positive screen for major depression, according to a validated two-item instrument. Sociodemographic characteristics, patterns of tobacco use, past quitting, readiness to quit, self-efficacy and beliefs about quitting were assessed for patients with and without PAD. Logistic regression was used to examine predictors of PAD. All analyses were conducted using the complex samples package of SPSS. RESULTS Among smokers sampled, 21.0% (95% CI: 19.3-22.9) were identified as having PAD. Logistic regression analyses controlling for socioeconomic variables and cigarettes smoked per day found smokers with PAD were more likely to have made an attempt to quit smoking in the past (AOR=1.48; 95% CI: 1.25-1.74), made a quit attempt in the last 12 months (AOR=1.75; 95% CI: 1.45-2.11), and report lower self-efficacy with quitting (AOR=1.83; 95% CI: 1.44-2.32) compared to smokers without PAD. Additionally, it was found that individuals with PAD were more likely to report having received advice to quit from a doctor or health professional and having used quitline support as part of their last quit attempt. CONCLUSIONS Smokers with PAD report a greater interest in quitting in the future and more frequent failed quit attempts than smokers without PAD; however, the high rates of untreated anxiety or depression, nicotine dependence, low confidence in the ability to quit, infrequent use of cessation methods, as well as socioeconomic factors may make quitting difficult.
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- Ioanna Petroulia
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), Athens, Greece
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
- University of Crete (UoC), Heraklion, Greece
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- University of Crete (UoC), Heraklion, Greece
- Division of Prevention and Rehabilitation, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), Athens, Greece
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), Athens, Greece
- Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), Athens, Greece
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- King’s College London (KCL), London, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Tobacco Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), and Cancer Control and Prevention Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Catalonia, Spain
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation (SHHF), Budapest, Hungary
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- Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie ‘Grigore T. Popa’ Iași, Iași, România
- Aer Pur Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Health Promotion Foundation, Warsaw, Poland
- European Observatory of Health Inequalities, President Stanisław Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences, Kalisz, Poland
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), Athens, Greece
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- Department of Psychology & School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
- University of Crete (UoC), Heraklion, Greece
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Fu M, Castellano Y, Tigova O, Kyriakos CN, Fong GT, Mons U, Zatoński WA, Agar TK, Quah ACK, Trofor AC, Demjén T, Przewoźniak K, Tountas Y, Vardavas CI, Fernández E. Prevalence and correlates of different smoking bans in homes and cars among smokers in six countries of the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys. Tob Induc Dis 2019; 16:A8. [PMID: 31516462 PMCID: PMC6661853 DOI: 10.18332/tid/94827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2018] [Revised: 08/18/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Second-hand smoke exposure has decreased in a number of countries due to widespread smoke-free legislation in public places, but exposure is still present in private settings like homes and cars. Our objective was to describe to what extent smokers implement smoking rules in these settings in six European Union (EU) Member States (MS). METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted with a nationally representative sample of adult smokers from Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Spain (ITC six European countries survey, part of the EUREST-PLUS Project). We analysed data from 6011 smokers regarding smoking rules in their homes and in cars with children (no rules, partial ban, total ban). We described the prevalence of smoking rules by EU MS and several sociodemographic and smoking characteristics using prevalence ratios (PR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) derived from Poisson regression models. \. RESULTS In homes, 26.5% had a total smoking ban (from 13.1% in Spain to 35.5% in Hungary), 44.7% had a partial ban (from 41.3% in Spain to 49.9% in Greece), and 28.8% had no-smoking rules (from 20.2% in Romania to 45.6% in Spain). Prevalence of no-smoking rules in cars with children was 16.2% (from 11.2% in Germany to 20.4% in Spain). The correlates of not restricting smoking in homes and cars included: low education (PR=1.51; 95%CI: 1.20-1.90 and PR=1.55; 95%CI: 1.09-2.20), smoking >30 cigarettes daily (PR=1.53; 95%CI: 1.10-2.14 and PR=2.66; 95%CI: 1.40-5.05) and no attempts to quit ever (PR=1.18; 95%CI: 1.06-1.31 and PR=1.28; 95%CI: 1.06-1.54). CONCLUSIONS Among smokers in six EU MS, no-smoking rules were more prevalent in homes than in cars with children. Whilst awareness about the health effects of exposure to tobacco smoke on children seemed to be high, more research is needed to better understand the factors that promote private smoke-free environments.
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- Marcela Fu
- Catalan Institute of Oncology, Catalonia, Spain
- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Catalonia, Spain
- University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology, Catalonia, Spain
- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Catalonia, Spain
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology, Catalonia, Spain
- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Catalonia, Spain
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- European Network on Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
- University of Crete (UoC), Heraklion, Greece
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- University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
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- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland
- European Observatory of Health Inequalities, The President Stanisław Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences, Kalisz, Poland
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- University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Grigore T. Popa’ Iasi, Iasi, Romania
- Aer Pur Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation (SHHF), Budapest, Hungary
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- Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland
- Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute-Oncology Center, Warsaw, Poland
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), Athens, Greece
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- European Network on Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
- University of Crete (UoC), Heraklion, Greece
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology, Catalonia, Spain
- Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Catalonia, Spain
- University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Zatoński M, Herbeć A, Zatoński W, Przewoźniak K, Janik-Koncewicz K, Mons U, Fong GT, Demjén T, Tountas Y, Trofor AC, Fernández E, McNeil A, Willemsen M, Hummel K, Quah ACK, Kyriakos CN, Vardavas CI. Characterising smokers of menthol and flavoured cigarettes, their attitudes towards tobacco regulation, and the anticipated impact of the Tobacco Products Directive on their smoking and quitting behaviours: The EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys. Tob Induc Dis 2018; 16:A4. [PMID: 31516460 PMCID: PMC6659514 DOI: 10.18332/tid/96294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2018] [Revised: 09/12/2018] [Accepted: 09/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Little research exists on the sociodemographic characteristics of menthol and flavoured cigarette (MFC) smokers in Europe. This study assessed the proportion of MFC smokers in Europe, their sociodemographic characteristics, and their attitudes towards tobacco control measures. METHODS Cross-sectional data were collected in 2016 among 10760 adult current smokers from 8 European countries (ITC Europe Project and EUREST-PLUS). Smokers of menthol, other flavoured, unflavoured tobacco, or no usual brand were compared on sociodemographic characteristics, attitudes towards a range of tobacco control measures (e.g. ban on flavouring), and on intentions regarding their smoking behaviour following the ban on flavoured tobacco. Data were analysed in SPSS Complex Samples Package using univariate analyses. RESULTS Among the respondents, 7.4% smoked menthol cigarettes and 2.9% other flavoured tobacco, but large differences existed between countries (e.g. 0.4% smokers smoked menthol cigarettes in Spain vs 12.4% in England). Compared to other groups, menthol cigarette smokers were younger, more likely to be female, better educated, had higher household income, and smoked fewer cigarettes (all p<0.001). A quarter of menthol smokers supported a ban on additives, compared with almost half of all other smokers (p<0.001). In case of a ban on flavourings, around a fifth of all MFC smokers intended to switch to another brand, and a third to reduce the amount they smoked or to quit smoking, but there was no consistent pattern across MFC smokers among the countries. CONCLUSIONS The ban on flavourings introduced by the EU Tobacco Products Directive (extended to 2020 for menthols) will affect one in ten smokers in the countries surveyed, which provides an opportunity for targeting these groups with cessation programmes. However, smokers of menthol and flavoured cigarettes in the different European countries are a heterogeneous group and may need different approaches.
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- Mateusz Zatoński
- Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- European Observatory of Health Inequalities, President Stanisław Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences, Kalisz, Poland
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- Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland
- UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, London, United Kingdom
- Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland
- European Observatory of Health Inequalities, President Stanisław Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences, Kalisz, Poland
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- Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland
- Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Warsaw, Poland
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- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Psychology & School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation (SHHF), Budapest, Hungary
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Grigore T. Popa’ Iasi, Iasi, Romania
- Aer Pur Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Tobacco Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), and Cancer Control and Prevention Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet, Catalonia, Spain
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Tobacco Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), and Cancer Control and Prevention Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet, Catalonia, Spain
- National Addiction Centre, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Health Promotion, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
- University of Crete (UoC), Heraklion, Greece
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
- University of Crete (UoC), Heraklion, Greece
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Kahnert S, Demjén T, Tountas Y, Trofor AC, Przewoźniak K, Zatoński WA, Fernández E, McNeill A, Willemsen M, Kyriakos CN, Fong GT, Vardavas CI, Mons U. Extent and correlates of self-reported exposure to tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship in smokers: Findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys. Tob Induc Dis 2018; 16:A7. [PMID: 31105981 PMCID: PMC6519076 DOI: 10.18332/tid/94828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Revised: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship (TAPS) are known to promote tobacco consumption and to discourage smoking cessation. Consequently, comprehensive TAPS bans are effective measures to reduce smoking. The objective of this study was to investigate to what extent smokers are exposed to TAPS in general, and in various media and localities, in different European countries. METHODS A Cross-sectional analysis of national representative samples of adult smokers in 2016 from Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Spain (EUREST-PLUS Project, n=6,011), as well as England (n=3,503) and the Netherlands (n=1,213) (ITC Europe Surveys) was conducted. Prevalence of self-reported TAPS exposure is reported by country, and socio-economic correlates were investigated using logistic regression models. RESULTS Self-reported exposure to TAPS varied widely among the countries, from 15.4 % in Hungary to 69.2 % in the Netherlands. In most countries, tobacco advertising was most commonly seen at the point of sale, and rarely noticed in mass media. The multivariate analysis revealed some variation in exposure to TAPS by sociodemographic factors. Age showed the greatest consistency across countries with younger smokers (18-24-year-olds) being more likely to notice TAPS than older smokers. CONCLUSIONS TAPS exposure tended to be higher in countries with less restrictive regulation but was also reported in countries with more comprehensive bans, although at lower levels. The findings indicate the need for a comprehensive ban on TAPS to avoid a shift of marketing efforts to less regulated channels, and for stronger enforcement of existing bans.
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- Sarah Kahnert
- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Medical Faculty, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Smoking or Health Hungarian Foundation (SHHF), Budapest, Hungary
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- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), Athens, Greece
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T. Popa” Iasi, Iasi, Romania
- Aer Pur Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland
- Oncology Center, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Health Promotion Foundation (HPF), Warsaw, Poland
- European Observatory of Health Inequalities, President Stanisław Wojciechowski State University of Applied Sciences, Kalisz, Poland
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- Tobacco Control Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Catalonia, Spain
- Cancer Control and Prevention Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Catalonia, Spain
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- King’s College London (KCL), London, United Kingdom
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- Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
- Netherlands Expertise Center for Tobacco Control (Trimbos Institute), Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
- University of Crete (UoC), Heraklion, Greece
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada
- School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo (UW), Waterloo, Canada
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Canada
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- European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), Brussels, Belgium
- University of Crete (UoC), Heraklion, Greece
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- Cancer Prevention Unit and WHO Collaborating Centre for Tobacco Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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