Botello-Harbaum Maria T, Haynie Denise L, Iannotti Ronald J, Wang Jing, Gase Lauren, Simons-Morton Bruce
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Nicotine Tob Res. 2009 Jul;11(7):875-85. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntp081. Epub 2009 May 14.
Tobacco policies that limit the sale of cigarettes to minors and restrict smoking in public places are important strategies to deter youth from accessing and consuming cigarettes.
We examined the relationship of youth cigarette smoking status to state-level youth access and clean indoor air laws, controlling for sociodemographic characteristics and cigarette price. Data were analyzed from the 2001 to 2002 U.S. Health Behavior in School-Aged Children survey, a cross-sectional survey conducted with a nationally representative sample of 13,339 students in the United States.
Compared with students living in states with strict regulations, those living in states with no or minimal restrictions, particularly high school students, were more likely to be daily smokers. These effects were somewhat reduced when logistic regressions were adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics and cigarette price, suggesting that higher cigarette prices may discourage youth to access and consume cigarettes independent of other tobacco control measures.
Strict tobacco control legislation could decrease the potential of youth experimenting with cigarettes or becoming daily smokers. The findings are consistent with the hypothesis that smoking policies, particularly clean indoor air provisions, reduce smoking prevalence among high school students.
限制向未成年人销售香烟以及在公共场所限制吸烟的烟草政策，是阻止青少年获取和消费香烟的重要策略。
我们研究了青少年吸烟状况与州级青少年获取香烟及清洁室内空气法律之间的关系，并对社会人口统计学特征和香烟价格进行了控制。数据来自2001年至2002年美国学龄儿童健康行为调查，这是一项对美国13339名学生进行的全国代表性横断面调查。
与生活在有严格规定州的学生相比，生活在没有或限制极少州的学生，尤其是高中生，更有可能成为每日吸烟者。当对逻辑回归进行社会人口统计学特征和香烟价格调整后，这些影响有所减弱，这表明较高的香烟价格可能会使青少年独立于其他烟草控制措施之外而减少获取和消费香烟。
严格的烟草控制立法可以降低青少年尝试吸烟或成为每日吸烟者的可能性。这些发现与吸烟政策，特别是清洁室内空气规定会降低高中生吸烟率这一假设相一致。
