Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 10610, Taiwan.
Health Educ Res. 2011 Apr;26(2):179-91. doi: 10.1093/her/cyq073. Epub 2010 Nov 17.
The present study evaluated the impact of Taiwan's graphic cigarette warning labels and smoke-free law on awareness of the health hazards of smoking and thoughts of quitting smoking. National representative samples of 1074 and 1094 people, respectively, were conducted successfully by telephone in July 2008 (pre-law) and March 2009 (post-law). Results reveal that the prevalence of thinking about the health hazards of smoking among smokers increased from 50.6% pre-law to 79.6% post-law, while the prevalence among non-smokers increased from 68.8 to 94.1% during the same period. The prevalence rates of smokers who reported thinking of quitting rose from 30.2% pre-law to 51.7% post-law. Multivariate analyses results indicated that the implementation of graphic warning labels and the smoke-free law significantly increased the odds of awareness about the health hazards of smoking [odds ratio (OR) = 6.39, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 4.84-8.44] and thoughts of quitting smoking (OR = 2.39, 95% CI = 1.48-3.87). In conclusion, the implementation of a smoke-free law in combination with graphic cigarette warning labels has been effective in increasing thoughts about the health hazards of smoking and quitting smoking.
本研究评估了台湾图形香烟警示标签和无烟法律对吸烟危害认知和戒烟意愿的影响。分别于 2008 年 7 月（法律实施前）和 2009 年 3 月（法律实施后）通过电话成功对 1074 名和 1094 名全国代表性样本进行了调查。结果表明，吸烟者中认为吸烟危害健康的比例从法律实施前的 50.6%增加到法律实施后的 79.6%，而同期非吸烟者的比例从 68.8%增加到 94.1%。报告有戒烟意愿的吸烟者比例从法律实施前的 30.2%增加到法律实施后的 51.7%。多变量分析结果表明，实施图形警示标签和无烟法律显著增加了对吸烟危害健康的认识[比值比（OR）=6.39，95%置信区间（CI）=4.84-8.44]和戒烟意愿（OR=2.39，95%CI=1.48-3.87）。总之，实施无烟法律与图形香烟警示标签相结合，已被证明能有效提高对吸烟危害健康的认识和戒烟意愿。
