Liu Sherry T, Loomis Brett R, Kinsey Susan H, Nagler Caryn F, Chen Patrick, Sukasih Amang, Engstrom Martha C, Choiniere Conrad J
Center for Tobacco Products, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993, USA.
RTI International, 3040 East Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
Prev Med Rep. 2022 Jul 7;28:101898. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101898. eCollection 2022 Aug.
The National Panel of Tobacco Consumer Studies (TCS Panel) is a probability-based panel of about 4,000 U.S. adult cigarette, cigar, and smokeless tobacco users developed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco Products to conduct observational and experimental studies to inform tobacco regulatory activities. This paper describes the methods and characteristics of the current panel. The TCS Panel employed a stratified 4-stage sample design and in-person screening of U.S. sampled households. Selected eligible adults participated in an enrollment interview and completed a baseline survey assessing tobacco use behaviors to enroll in the Panel; 3,893 individuals were enrolled from September 2016-August 2017. Replenishment occurred from July 2019-December 2019 with 2,260 new members, for a current panel of 3,929 members. Demographic and tobacco use characteristics of the current panel were analyzed in 2020. Most demographic characteristics of the TCS Panel are similar to those of U.S. tobacco users in the 2018 National Health Interview Survey, suggesting a lack of systematic bias in the Panel. Small, but statistically significant, differences were observed in the proportion of 18- to 25-year-olds; high school diploma and bachelor's degree/higher; never married and married ( < 0.05 for all). The TCS Panel appears to be representative of U.S. cigarette, cigar, and smokeless tobacco users; such panels can be a feasible method for conducting tobacco regulatory science research. The TCS Panel has been used to field studies examining purchasing behaviors, receipt and use of free samples/coupons, and the impact of a hypothetical tobacco product standard.
国家烟草消费者研究小组（TCS小组）是一个基于概率的小组，由美国食品药品监督管理局烟草制品中心组建，约有4000名美国成年香烟、雪茄和无烟烟草使用者，旨在开展观察性和实验性研究，为烟草监管活动提供信息。本文描述了当前小组的方法和特征。TCS小组采用分层四阶段抽样设计，并对美国抽样家庭进行面对面筛选。选定的符合条件的成年人参加了一次登记访谈，并完成了一项评估烟草使用行为的基线调查，以加入该小组；2016年9月至2017年8月有3893人登记加入。2019年7月至12月进行了补充招募，新增2260名成员，目前小组成员为3929人。2020年对当前小组成员的人口统计学和烟草使用特征进行了分析。TCS小组的大多数人口统计学特征与2018年全国健康访谈调查中美国烟草使用者的特征相似，这表明该小组没有系统性偏差。在18至25岁人群的比例、高中文凭和学士学位/更高学历人群的比例、未婚和已婚人群的比例方面观察到了微小但具有统计学意义的差异（所有差异均<0.05）。TCS小组似乎代表了美国的香烟、雪茄和无烟烟草使用者；这样的小组可以成为开展烟草监管科学研究的一种可行方法。TCS小组已被用于实地研究，考察购买行为、免费样品/优惠券的接收和使用情况，以及一项假设的烟草产品标准的影响。
