Heydari Gholamreza, EbnAhmady Arezoo, Lando Harry A, Chamyani Fahimeh, Masjedi Mohammadreza, Shadmehr Mohammad B, Fadaizadeh Lida
National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada; School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
East Mediterr Health J. 2017 Nov 19;23(9):598-603. doi: 10.26719/2017.23.9.598.
This study was conducted to quantify the implementation of the MPOWER policies and to assess any possible changes across Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) countries. In this comparative cross-sectional study based on 10 categories mentioned in MPOWER report 2015 a checklist was designed. Seven questions were scored from 0-4 and three from 0-3. The 22 EMR countries were ranked and compared by their total score on a scale of 0-37. The highest scores were achieved by Egypt and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Pakistan, Sudan and Yemen showed progress, while Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, and the Syrian Arab Republic had decreased scores. The total score of the EMR countries had decreased compared to 2013. Thus, there remains a need for greater focus on tobacco taxation and smoke-free policies to address this retrograde step.
开展这项研究是为了量化“MPOWER”政策的实施情况，并评估东地中海区域（EMR）各国可能出现的任何变化。在这项基于2015年“MPOWER”报告中提及的10个类别的比较性横断面研究中，设计了一份清单。七个问题的评分从0到4，三个问题的评分从0到3。22个EMR国家按其0至37分的总分进行排名和比较。埃及和伊朗伊斯兰共和国得分最高。巴基斯坦、苏丹和也门取得了进展，而巴林、约旦、科威特、阿曼和阿拉伯叙利亚共和国得分下降。与2013年相比，EMR国家的总分有所下降。因此，仍需要更加关注烟草税和无烟政策，以应对这一倒退局面。
