Cavazos-Rehg Patricia A, Krauss Melissa J, Sowles Shaina J, Spitznagel Edward L, Grucza Richard, Chaloupka Frank J, Bierut Laura J
Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, St. Louis, MO.
Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Biostatistics, St. Louis, MO.
Tob Regul Sci. 2016 Apr;2(2):106-122. doi: 10.18001/TRS.2.2.2.
Multiple levels of influence interplay to impact youth tobacco use. We work towards understanding important policy and environmental strategies that are associated with youth tobacco use behaviors.
We utilized data from participants of the Monitoring the Future (MTF) study and linked national data from multiple sources to assess correlates of youth tobacco use behaviors across individual, family, school, community, and state-level policy influences.
Higher cigarette prices had the strongest association with youth tobacco use behaviors. Demographic and socio-economic characteristics at the individual, familial, and community/school-levels were associated with youth tobacco use behaviors.
In the present study, we confirm that higher cigarette prices could help to reduce youth tobacco use behaviors. Several states are still lagging behind in terms of their low cigarette tax and they should enact tax policies to reduce youth tobacco use.
多种影响因素相互作用，对青少年烟草使用产生影响。我们致力于了解与青少年烟草使用行为相关的重要政策和环境策略。
我们利用了“未来监测”（MTF）研究参与者的数据，并将来自多个来源的全国数据相链接，以评估在个人、家庭、学校、社区和州级政策影响下青少年烟草使用行为的相关因素。
较高的香烟价格与青少年烟草使用行为的关联最为紧密。个人、家庭以及社区/学校层面的人口统计学和社会经济特征与青少年烟草使用行为相关。
在本研究中，我们证实较高的香烟价格有助于减少青少年烟草使用行为。几个州在低香烟税方面仍滞后，它们应制定税收政策以减少青少年烟草使用。
