Chen Min-Li, Chou Li-Na, Zheng Ya-Cheng
Department of Respiratory Care and Graduate Institute of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Chiayi Campus, Puzi City 61363, Chiayi, Taiwan.
Nursing Department, National Tainan Junior College of Nursing, Tainan 700, Taiwan.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Jun 13;14(6):634. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14060634.
Cigarette smoking not only damages the health of adolescents, but also contributes to air pollution. The Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act in Taiwan stipulates that cigarettes should not be sold to persons younger than 18 years. Therefore, schools should actively educate students and raise awareness of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act to reduce the level of damage to the health of adolescents and maintain good air quality. This study had two main goals: (1) to evaluate the stipulation that no person shall provide tobacco products to persons under the age of 18 and the effects of counseling strategies on store managers confirming customer ages before tobacco sale in southern Taiwan; and (2) to evaluate the situation of tobacco hazard prevention education conducted by school in southern Taiwan. A cross-sectional design was adopted for this study. Study I: The investigation involved an analysis of 234 retailers including convenience stores (n = 70), grocery stores (n = 83), and betel nut stalls (n = 81). The results indicated that among the 234 retailers, 171 (73.1%) of them routinely failed to confirm the buyers' ages before allowing them to purchase tobacco. The number of retailers who exhibited failure to confirm customer ages before selling tobacco products had decreased from 171 (73.1%) to 59 (25.2%) and that of those who confirmed customer ages before selling tobacco products had increased from 63 (26.9%) to 175 (74.8%) after counseling strategies had been provided, thereby revealing statistical significance (χ² = 11.26, < 0.001). Study II: A total of 476 (89.1%) participants had received tobacco hazards prevention education and 58 (10.9%) had not. Among the various residential areas, the highest percentage of participants that did not received tobacco hazards prevention education located in the plane regions (8.4%). The government organizations should continue to adopt counseling strategies to reduce the rate of disobedience of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act by selling tobacco products to minors. Schools should pay close attention to tobacco hazard prevention education for junior high school students to ensure that such students are adequately educated about tobacco hazard prevention.
吸烟不仅损害青少年的健康,还会造成空气污染。台湾的《烟害防制法》规定,不得向未满18岁的人出售香烟。因此,学校应积极教育学生,提高对《烟害防制法》的认识,以降低对青少年健康的损害程度,并维持良好的空气质量。本研究有两个主要目标:(1)评估“不得向未满18岁的人提供烟草制品”这一规定以及辅导策略对台湾南部商店经理在出售烟草前确认顾客年龄的影响;(2)评估台湾南部学校开展烟害预防教育的情况。本研究采用横断面设计。研究一:调查涉及对234家零售商的分析,包括便利店(n = 70)、杂货店(n = 83)和槟榔摊(n = 81)。结果表明,在这234家零售商中,有171家(73.1%)在允许顾客购买烟草之前通常不确认买家年龄。在提供辅导策略后,出售烟草制品前未确认顾客年龄的零售商数量从171家(73.1%)降至59家(25.2%),而出售烟草制品前确认顾客年龄的零售商数量从63家(26.9%)增至175家(74.8%),差异具有统计学意义(χ² = 11.26,< 0.001)。研究二:共有476名(89.1%)参与者接受过烟害预防教育,58名(10.9%)未接受过。在各个居民区中,未接受烟害预防教育的参与者比例最高的位于平原地区(8.4%)。政府机构应继续采用辅导策略,以降低违反《烟害防制法》向未成年人出售烟草制品的比例。学校应密切关注初中生的烟害预防教育,确保这些学生接受充分的烟害预防教育。