Agaku Israel T, Egbe Catherine O, Ayo-Yusuf Olalekan A
School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa; Department of Public Health, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa.
Health Place. 2021 Mar;68:102507. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102507. Epub 2021 Jan 22.
We estimated the spatial distribution of e-cigarette vape shops in South Africa and measured associations with tobacco use among adults. We linked geocoordinates of identified vape shops to internet protocol addresses of individual participants in the 2018 Health 24 survey (n = 18,208). We used logistic regression to measure the associations between proximity to vape shops and tobacco-related behaviors. In total, we identified 240 vape shops; 49.6% of these were within a 5 km radius of a higher educational institution. Proximity to vape shops was associated with ever e-cigarette use among young adults aged 18-29 years (AOR = 1.33, 95%CI = 1.16-1.54). Efforts to regulate e-cigarette marketing can benefit public health.
我们估计了南非电子烟商店的空间分布，并测量了其与成年人烟草使用之间的关联。我们将已确定的电子烟商店的地理坐标与2018年健康24调查中个体参与者的互联网协议地址相链接（n = 18208）。我们使用逻辑回归来测量靠近电子烟商店与烟草相关行为之间的关联。我们总共确定了240家电子烟商店；其中49.6%位于高等教育机构半径5公里范围内。靠近电子烟商店与18至29岁年轻人曾经使用电子烟有关（优势比=1.33，95%置信区间=1.16-1.54）。规范电子烟营销的努力有益于公众健康。
