Tobacco Control Unit, Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Programme, Institut Catala d' Oncologia (ICO), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalunya, Spain.
School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain.
Tob Control. 2022 Nov;31(6):765-769. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056177. Epub 2021 Mar 16.
Several measures recommended by the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control have not been implemented in the European Union, despite changes in the legislation such as the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD). This study aims to understand smokers' and recent quitters' levels of support for tobacco control measures that go beyond the TPD during and after its implementation.
Data from wave 1 (2016, n=6011) and wave 2 (2018, n=6027) of the EUREST-PLUS International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project Six European Countries Survey, a cohort of adult smokers in Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Spain were used to estimate the level of support for seven different tobacco control measures, overall and by country.
In 2018, the highest support was for implementing measures to further regulate tobacco products (50.5%) and for holding tobacco companies accountable for the harm caused by smoking (48.8%). Additionally, in 2018, 40% of smokers and recent quitters supported a total ban on cigarettes and other tobacco products within ten years, if assistance to quit smoking is provided. Overall, support for tobacco control measures among smokers and recent quitters after the implementation of the TPD remained stable over time.
There is considerable support among smokers and recent quitters for tobacco control measures that go beyond the current measures implemented. A significant percentage of smokers would support a ban on tobacco products in the future if the government provided assistance to quit smoking. This highlights the importance of implementing measures to increase smoking cessation in conjunction with other policies.
尽管立法有所变化，例如《烟草制品指令》（TPD），但世界卫生组织《烟草控制框架公约》推荐的几项措施并未在欧盟实施。本研究旨在了解吸烟者和近期戒烟者在 TPD 实施期间和之后对超越 TPD 的烟草控制措施的支持程度。
利用德国、希腊、匈牙利、波兰、罗马尼亚和西班牙六个欧洲国家 EUREST-PLUS 国际烟草控制政策评估项目的第一波（2016 年，n=6011）和第二波（2018 年，n=6027）的数据，对成年吸烟者进行了队列研究，以评估七种不同的烟草控制措施的总体和国家层面的支持程度。
2018 年，实施进一步规范烟草产品的措施（50.5%）和追究烟草公司吸烟造成的危害的责任（48.8%）得到了最高的支持。此外，2018 年，40%的吸烟者和近期戒烟者支持在十年内全面禁止香烟和其他烟草产品，如果提供戒烟援助。总体而言，TPD 实施后，吸烟者和近期戒烟者对烟草控制措施的支持保持稳定。
吸烟者和近期戒烟者对超越当前实施措施的烟草控制措施有相当大的支持。如果政府提供戒烟援助，相当一部分吸烟者将支持未来禁止烟草产品。这突出了实施增加戒烟措施与其他政策相结合的重要性。
