Department of Pharmaceutical Systems & Policy, West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, Translational Tobacco Reduction Research Program, Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.
Health Policy. 2010 Oct;97(2-3):136-44. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.04.009. Epub 2010 May 18.
Research on the effects of state-level tobacco control policies targeted at youth has been mixed, with little on the effects of these policies and youth smoking cessation. This study explored the association between state-level tobacco control policies and youth smoking cessation behaviors from 1991 to 2006.
The study design was a population-based, nested survey of students within states. Study participants were 8th, 10th, and 12th graders who reported smoking "regularly in the past" or "regularly now" from the Monitoring the Future study. Main cessation outcome measures were: any quit attempt; want to quit; non-continuation of smoking; and discontinuation of smoking.
Results showed that cigarette price was positively associated with a majority of cessation-related measures among high school smokers. Strength of sales to minors' laws was also associated with adolescent non-continuation of smoking among 10th and 12th graders.
Findings suggest that increasing cigarette price can encourage cessation-related behaviors among high school smokers. Evidence-based policy, such as tax increases on tobacco products, should be included as an important part of comprehensive tobacco control policy, which can have a positive effect on decreasing smoking prevalence and increasing smoking cessation among youth.
针对青少年的国家级控烟政策的研究结果参差不齐，关于这些政策对青少年戒烟的影响的研究则更少。本研究旨在探讨 1991 年至 2006 年期间国家级控烟政策与青少年戒烟行为之间的关联。
这是一项基于人群的嵌套式学生调查研究。研究对象为来自“监测未来研究”中报告过去或现在“经常吸烟”的 8 年级、10 年级和 12 年级学生。主要的戒烟结果测量指标包括：任何戒烟尝试；想要戒烟；不再继续吸烟；以及停止吸烟。
结果表明，香烟价格与大多数与戒烟相关的高中吸烟者的测量指标呈正相关。未成年人销售法的力度也与 10 年级和 12 年级青少年不再继续吸烟有关。
研究结果表明，提高香烟价格可以鼓励高中生采取与戒烟相关的行为。基于证据的政策，如提高烟草产品的税收，应作为综合控烟政策的重要组成部分，这对降低青少年吸烟率和增加青少年戒烟率将产生积极影响。
