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

• 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
• ISSN: 0376-8716; 1879-0046
• DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.12.021

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.