Tobacco advertising, environmental smoking bans, and smoking in Chinese urban areas

Abstract Objectives To evaluate whether cigarette smoking in Chinese urban areas was respectively associated with exposure to tobacco advertising and smoking bans in households, workplaces, and public places. Methods Participants were 4735 urban residents aged 15 years and older, who were identified...

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Published in:Drug and alcohol dependence 2012-07, Vol.124 (1), p.121-127
Main Authors: Yang, Tingzhong, Rockett, Ian R.H, Li, Mu, Xu, Xiaochao, Gu, Yaming
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Advertising
Advertising as Topic
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bans
Biological and medical sciences
Cessation
China
China - epidemiology
Cities
Environment
Female
Household
Households
Humans
Intervention
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Peoples Republic of China
Prevalence
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
Smoking Cessation
Smoking restriction
Sociodemographic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tobacco advertising
Tobacco control public place
Tobacco Industry
Tobacco Smoke Pollution
Tobacco smoking
Tobacco, tobacco smoking
Toxicology
Urban Areas
Urban Population
Workplace
Workplaces
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Summary:Abstract Objectives To evaluate whether cigarette smoking in Chinese urban areas was respectively associated with exposure to tobacco advertising and smoking bans in households, workplaces, and public places. Methods Participants were 4735 urban residents aged 15 years and older, who were identified through multi-stage quota-sampling conducted in six Chinese cities. Data were collected on individual sociodemographics and smoking status, and regional tobacco control measures. The sample was characterized in terms of smoking prevalence, and multilevel logistic models were employed to analyze the association between smoking and tobacco advertising and environmental smoking restrictions, respectively. Results Smoking prevalence was 30%. Multilevel logistic regression analysis showed that smoking was positively associated with exposure to tobacco advertising, and negatively associated with workplace and household smoking bans. Conclusions The association of smoking with both tobacco advertising and environmental smoking bans further justifies implementation of comprehensive smoking interventions and tobacco control programs in China.
ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.12.021