Aro Miia, Sandström Patrick, Ståhl Timo, Ollila Hanna, Ruokolainen Otto, Kurko Terhi, Keski-Kuha Teemu, Vasankari Tuula
Finnish Lung Health Association, Helsinki, Finland.
Department of Public Health and Welfare Helsinki, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
Nordisk Alkohol Nark. 2024 Aug;41(4):394-402. doi: 10.1177/14550725241243150. Epub 2024 Apr 18.
Some previous studies suggest that the consumption of tobacco and nicotine products overall declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the results are mixed. We investigated tobacco and nicotine product sales in Finland, including the sales of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). Our particular focus was on nicotine pouches used as NRT. We aimed to evaluate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sales of tobacco and NRT products in 2020 by comparing the sales to the previous year. The data were derived from a large sales group (S group) in Finland, representing 46% of the market share in grocery trade in 2020. The gross weekly sales of tobacco (cigarettes, loose tobacco) and NRT (patches, inhalers, tablets, gum and "other", consisting mainly of nicotine pouches) were retrieved from February to December 2020 from 1062 points of sale throughout the country and compared to the same period in 2019. During this period, there was a significant increase in cigarette sales. Moreover, the sales of NRT were significantly higher throughout 2020 compared with 2019. Specifically, the sales of nicotine pouches sold as NRT increased, especially after the travel restrictions in Finland were initiated and the national boundaries closed in the spring of 2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland, the sales of cigarettes and NRT products increased, especially those of nicotine pouches sold as NRT. Our findings call for further research to reveal the factors leading to this increase and to determine whether the situation is long-standing.
一些先前的研究表明，在新冠疫情期间，烟草和尼古丁产品的消费总体上有所下降，但结果喜忧参半。我们调查了芬兰的烟草和尼古丁产品销售情况，包括尼古丁替代疗法（NRT）产品的销售。我们特别关注用作NRT的尼古丁袋。我们旨在通过将2020年烟草和NRT产品的销售情况与上一年进行比较，评估新冠疫情对其销售的影响。数据来自芬兰的一个大型销售集团（S集团），该集团在2020年杂货贸易市场中占46%的份额。2020年2月至12月，从全国1062个销售点获取了烟草（香烟、散装烟草）和NRT（贴片、吸入器、片剂、口香糖以及主要由尼古丁袋组成的“其他”产品）的每周总销售额，并与2019年同期进行了比较。在此期间，香烟销售额显著增加。此外，2020年全年NRT的销售额明显高于2019年。具体而言，作为NRT销售的尼古丁袋的销售额有所增加，尤其是在芬兰于2020年春季实施旅行限制并关闭国界之后。在芬兰的新冠疫情期间，香烟和NRT产品的销售额增加，尤其是作为NRT销售的尼古丁袋的销售额。我们的研究结果呼吁进一步开展研究，以揭示导致这种增长的因素，并确定这种情况是否会长期存在。
