Milcarz Marek, Polańska Kinga, Bak-Romaniszyn Leokadia, Kaleta Dorota
Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical University of Lodz, 90-647 Lodz, Poland.
Department of Nutrition in Digestive Tract Diseases, Medical University of Lodz, 93-338 Lodz, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Sep 7;14(9):1029. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14091029.
The aim of the study was to examine how social care beneficiaries rate the relative harmfulness of tobacco/nicotine-containing products compared to traditional cigarettes. This information is crucial for the development of effective tobacco control strategies targeting disadvantaged populations. The cross-sectional study covered 1817 respondents who were taking advantage of social aid services offered by the local social care institutions in the Piotrkowski district, via face-to-face interviews. The linear regression analysis indicated that relative to women, men consider slim cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and e-cigarettes to be more harmful than traditional cigarettes ( < 0.05). The smokers of traditional cigarettes reported menthol cigarettes to be less harmful than traditional cigarettes, relative to the non-smokers ( = 0.05). The current results demonstrate that social care beneficiaries are not aware of the fact that some products are less harmful than others. Education concerning tobacco/nicotine products should include advice on how to reduce the adverse health effects of smoking (e.g., avoiding inhalation of combusted products), while driving the awareness that no nicotine-containing products are safe.
该研究的目的是考察社会福利受益者如何评价含烟草/尼古丁产品相对于传统卷烟的相对危害性。这些信息对于制定针对弱势群体的有效控烟策略至关重要。这项横断面研究通过面对面访谈，涵盖了1817名利用皮奥特科夫斯基区当地社会福利机构提供的社会救助服务的受访者。线性回归分析表明，相对于女性，男性认为细支卷烟、无烟烟草和电子烟比传统卷烟危害更大（<0.05）。与不吸烟者相比，传统卷烟吸烟者报告薄荷醇卷烟比传统卷烟危害小（=0.05）。目前的结果表明，社会福利受益者并未意识到某些产品比其他产品危害小这一事实。关于烟草/尼古丁产品的教育应包括如何减少吸烟对健康的不利影响的建议（例如，避免吸入燃烧产物），同时提高人们对不含尼古丁的产品也不安全的认识。
