Department of Family Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88, Olympic-ro-43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 05505, South Korea.
BMC Public Health. 2018 Nov 7;18(1):1242. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-6151-9.
According to the Juvenile Protection Act in Korea, no one is allowed to sell, rent, or distribute tobacco products to adolescents. Furthermore, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Article 16 prohibits the sale of tobacco products to minors. In this study, we investigated the trends in and associated factors of the ease of cigarette purchase among Korean adolescents from 2005 to 2016.
The analyses were based on the data of the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey. We estimated the trends in the ease of cigarette purchase from 2005 to 2016 and evaluated associated factors. Ease of cigarette purchase was defined as the proportion of adolescents who were able to purchase cigarettes from among those who had tried to purchase cigarettes in the past 30 days.
The ease of cigarette purchase began decreasing since 2008 (81.3%) compared to 2005 (83.9%). It decreased to 76.5% in 2013 and further decreased to 71.4% in 2016. The ease of cigarette purchase increased for adolescents who were in higher grades, smoked larger amounts of cigarettes per day, lived in metropolitan cities, had problematic drinking in the past year, and had close friends who smoked. It decreased in adolescents who had current smokers among their family members.
Although the proportion of adolescents who were able to purchase cigarettes significantly decreased starting in 2008, more than 70% of Korean adolescents can still purchase cigarettes. Enforcement of the Juvenile Protection Act must be strengthened in order to prevent cigarette use among adolescents.
根据韩国的《青少年保护法》，任何人都不得向青少年出售、出租或分发烟草制品。此外，《烟草控制框架公约》第 16 条禁止向未成年人销售烟草制品。在这项研究中，我们调查了 2005 年至 2016 年韩国青少年购买香烟的便利性趋势及其相关因素。
分析基于韩国青少年风险行为网络调查的数据。我们估计了 2005 年至 2016 年购买香烟便利性的趋势，并评估了相关因素。购买香烟的便利性被定义为过去 30 天内尝试购买香烟的青少年中能够购买香烟的比例。
与 2005 年（83.9%）相比，2008 年开始购买香烟的便利性开始下降（81.3%）。2013 年降至 76.5%，2016 年进一步降至 71.4%。购买香烟便利性增加的青少年是年级较高、每天吸烟量较大、居住在大都市、过去一年有问题饮酒以及有吸烟密友的青少年。在有家庭成员吸烟的青少年中，购买香烟的便利性降低。
尽管自 2008 年以来，能够购买香烟的青少年比例显著下降，但仍有 70%以上的韩国青少年能够购买香烟。为了防止青少年吸烟，必须加强《青少年保护法》的执行力度。
