Center for Global Tobacco Control, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2013 Mar;103(3):e93-9. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300950. Epub 2013 Jan 17.
We compared multiple measures of surveillance of "light" cigarette use, including population use, sales, and design features. Measures were obtained before the 2010 descriptors ban to establish a baseline for future evaluation of the effect of the ban.
We examined light cigarette use, sales, and design using 3 data sets from 2009. We assessed population use using National Survey on Drug Use and Health data. Sales data were drawn from AC Nielsen. We gathered design features, including nicotine concentration, filter ventilation, and weight, from tobacco industry disclosures mandated by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
In 2009, 52.7% of smokers self-reported light cigarette use, which accounted for 56.0% of cigarettes sold in the United States. Self-reported light smokers were more likely to be female, White, older, and nondaily smokers. Of design features analyzed, only average filter ventilation differed significantly between light and "full-flavored" cigarettes.
Assessment of the impact of the descriptors ban and any future policies surrounding light cigarettes should use multiple surveillance strategies, including measures of population use, sales, and cigarette design.
我们比较了“淡味”香烟监测的多种指标，包括人群使用、销售和设计特点。这些指标是在 2010 年描述符禁令之前获得的，以便为未来评估禁令的效果建立一个基线。
我们使用来自 2009 年的三个数据集来检查淡味香烟的使用、销售和设计情况。我们使用国家药物使用和健康调查数据评估人群使用情况。销售数据来自尼尔森公司。我们从马萨诸塞州公共卫生部要求的烟草业披露中收集了设计特点，包括尼古丁浓度、滤嘴通风和重量。
在 2009 年，52.7%的吸烟者自我报告使用淡味香烟，占美国销售香烟的 56.0%。自我报告的淡味吸烟者更可能是女性、白人、年龄更大和非每日吸烟者。在分析的设计特点中，只有平均滤嘴通风在淡味和“全味”香烟之间有显著差异。
评估描述符禁令的影响和任何围绕淡味香烟的未来政策，应该使用多种监测策略，包括人群使用、销售和香烟设计的衡量标准。
