Stratton Julie, Shiplo Samantha, Ward Megan, Babayan Alexey, Stevens Adam, Edwards Sarah
Peel Public Health, 7120 Hurontario Street, Mississauga, ON, L5W 1N4, Canada.
Brant County Health Unit, 194 Terrance Hill Street, Brantford, ON, N3R 1G7, Canada.
BMC Public Health. 2016 Jul 22;16:622. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3229-0.
The sale of contraband tobacco allows for tobacco tax evasion, which can undermine the effectiveness of tobacco tax policies in reducing the number of smokers. Estimates of the proportion of contraband vary widely as do the methods used to measure the proportion of contraband being smoked. The purpose of this study is to determine the proportion of contraband use in two different jurisdictions.
A cross-sectional direct collection of cigarette butts was conducted in Peel and Brantford, Ontario, Canada in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Cigarette butts were collected from a variety of locations within both regions. Cigarette butts were assessed and classified into one of the following categories: contraband, legal Canadian, legal Native, International, unknown, and discards.
The overall proportion of contraband cigarettes in Peel was 5.3 %, ranging from 2.8 to 8.6 % by location. In Brantford, the proportion of contraband was 33.0 %, with a range from 32.8 to 33.1 % by location.
The direct collection of cigarette butts was determined to be a feasible method for a local public health unit in determining the proportion of contraband cigarettes. This approach showed that Brantford has a higher proportion of contraband consumption compared to Peel, which may be due to geographic location and proximity to the United States (US)-Canada border and Native Reserves. More research is needed to confirm this geographic association with other jurisdictions.
违禁烟草的销售会导致烟草税收流失，这可能会削弱烟草税收政策在减少吸烟者数量方面的有效性。对违禁品比例的估计差异很大，用于衡量正在吸食的违禁品比例的方法也是如此。本研究的目的是确定两个不同司法管辖区内违禁品的使用比例。
分别于2013年和2014年在加拿大安大略省的皮尔和布兰特福德进行了烟头的横断面直接收集。从两个地区内的各种地点收集烟头。对烟头进行评估并分类为以下类别之一：违禁品、合法加拿大产、合法原住民产、国际产、不明和丢弃物。
皮尔地区违禁香烟的总体比例为5.3%，按地点范围从2.8%到8.6%不等。在布兰特福德，违禁品比例为33.0%，按地点范围从32.8%到33.1%不等。
对于当地公共卫生部门而言，确定违禁香烟比例，直接收集烟头被认为是一种可行的方法。这种方法表明，与皮尔相比，布兰特福德的违禁品消费比例更高，这可能是由于地理位置以及与美国 - 加拿大边境和原住民保留地的距离所致。需要更多研究来证实这种与其他司法管辖区的地理关联。
