Madanat Hala N, Barnes Michael D, Cole Eugene C, Njord Rebecca
Division, of Health Promotion, and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, California 92182, USA.
Int Q Community Health Educ. 2009;30(3):239-55. doi: 10.2190/IQ.30.3.e.
As one of the first countries to ratify the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, Jordan has signaled an interest in stronger anti-tobacco restrictions. This study examines whether Jordanian students believe smoking is an individual right or a social issue, and if they would support more stringent policies and enforcement. Undergraduate Jordanian students (n = 1211) from public and private universities completed the survey. Never smokers scored significantly higher on smoking being a social issue that required public policy response (p-value < .001); whereas smokers scored significantly higher with all individual right items. Ample opportunity exists for developing and enforcing stronger tobacco policies both on college campus and generally in the country. However, increasing tobacco taxes may need to be preceded by health communication campaigns that increase knowledge of the effectiveness of the tobacco tax in reducing use and resultant premature deaths.
作为最早批准《世界卫生组织烟草控制框架公约》的国家之一，约旦已表明有意实施更严格的控烟措施。本研究调查了约旦学生是否认为吸烟是个人权利还是社会问题，以及他们是否会支持更严格的政策和执法。来自公立和私立大学的1211名约旦本科生完成了此项调查。从不吸烟的学生在认为吸烟是需要公共政策应对的社会问题这一项上得分显著更高（p值<0.001）；而吸烟者在所有关于个人权利的项目上得分显著更高。无论是在大学校园还是在整个国家，都有充分的机会制定和实施更严格的烟草政策。然而，在提高烟草税之前，可能需要开展健康宣传活动，以增加人们对烟草税在减少烟草使用和由此导致的过早死亡方面有效性的认识。
