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Lower smoking rates and increased perceived harm of cigarettes among French adults one year after comprehensive tobacco control measures
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posted on 2019-08-01, 00:00 authored by Fabienne El-Khoury, Camille Bolze, Ramchandar Gomajee, Vicki WhiteVicki White, Maria MelchiorCONTEXT: France has high smoking rates, and recently intensified tobacco control policies spearheaded by the introduction of plain tobacco packaging (PP), and an increase in graphic health warnings (GHW). We examine smoking and e-cigarettes use rates, as well as smoking-related perceptions before (2016) and one year after (2017) comprehensive tobacco control measures. METHODS: DePICT is a two waves cross-sectional national telephone survey of French adults aged 18-64 years (2016: 4456 - 2017: 4114). Data were weighted to be representative of the French adult population. Adjusted prevalence ratios (PR, 95% CI) estimating changes between the two study waves were calculated using multivariate Log-Binomial regression models. MAIN FINDINGS: In 2017, as compared with 2016, smoking rates (PR = 0.93 (0.88-0.99) and current e-cigarette use (PR = 0.76 (0.61-0.96)) decreased in France. Further, French adults were more likely to report fear of the consequences of smoking (PR = 1.10 (1.06-1.14)) and that smoking is dangerous (PR = 1.08 (1.06-1.11)). Smokers were also more likely to report that health messages on tobacco products are efficient (PR = 1.18 (1.05-1.32)). CONCLUSIONS: Our study provides early and encouraging results on potential effects of the comprehensive tobacco control strategies in France introduced in 2017, including PP and larger GHW. Our findings also suggest that e-cigarettes did not replace traditional smoking.
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Drug and alcohol dependenceVolume
201Pagination
65 - 70Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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1879-0046Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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