Metzger Kristina B, Mostashari Farzad, Kerker Bonnie D
Bureau of Epidemiology Services, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 125 Worth St, Room 315, CN-6, New York, NY 10013, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2005 Jun;95(6):1050-5. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.048025.
Recently, New York City and New York State increased cigarette excise taxes and New York City implemented a smoke-free workplace law. To assess the impact of these policies on smoking cessation in New York City, we examined over-the-counter sales of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products.
Pharmacy sales data were collected in real time as part of nontraditional surveillance activities. We used Poisson generalized estimating equations to analyze the effect of smoking-related policies on pharmacy-specific weekly sales of nicotine patches and gum. We assessed effect modification by pharmacy location.
We observed increases in NRT product sales during the weeks of the cigarette tax increases and the smoke-free workplace law. Pharmacies in low-income areas generally had larger and more persistent increases in response to tax increases than those in higher-income areas.
Real-time monitoring of existing nontraditional surveillance data, such as pharmacy sales of NRT products, can help assess the effects of public policies on cessation attempts. Cigarette tax increases and smoke-free workplace regulations were associated with increased smoking cessation attempts in New York City, particularly in low-income areas.
最近，纽约市和纽约州提高了香烟消费税，纽约市实施了无烟工作场所法。为评估这些政策对纽约市戒烟情况的影响，我们对非处方尼古丁替代疗法（NRT）产品的销售情况进行了调查。
作为非传统监测活动的一部分，实时收集药房销售数据。我们使用泊松广义估计方程来分析与吸烟相关政策对特定药房每周尼古丁贴片和口香糖销售额的影响。我们根据药房位置评估效应修正。
我们观察到在提高香烟消费税和实施无烟工作场所法的那几周，NRT产品的销售额有所增加。与高收入地区的药房相比，低收入地区的药房对税收增加的反应通常更大且更持久。
对现有非传统监测数据（如药房NRT产品销售数据）进行实时监测，有助于评估公共政策对戒烟尝试的影响。提高香烟消费税和实施无烟工作场所规定与纽约市戒烟尝试的增加有关，尤其是在低收入地区。
