Italy SimSmoke: the effect of tobacco control policies on smoking prevalence and smoking attributable deaths in Italy

BMC Public Health

Giuseppe Gorini¹  Carlo La Vecchia³  Giulia Carreras¹  Kenneth Blackman²  Silvano Gallus⁴  David Levy⁵ 

[1]Environmental & Occupational Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Prevention & Research Institute (ISPO), Florence, Italy

[2]Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, MD, 20705, USA

[3]Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

[4]Department of Epidemiology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Via La Masa, 19-20156, Milan, Italy

[5]Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA

关键词: Italy;    Smoking attributable mortality;    Tobacco control policy;    Simulation models;    Smoking prevalence;   

Others  :  1163192
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-12-709

 received in 2012-03-30, accepted in 2012-08-02,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

While Italy has implemented some tobacco control policies over the last few decades, which resulted in a decreased smoking prevalence, there is still considerable scope to strengthen tobacco control policies consistent with the World Health Organization (WHO) policy guidelines. The present study aims to evaluate the effect of past and project the effect of future tobacco control policies on smoking prevalence and associated premature mortality in Italy.

Methods

To assess, individually and in combination, the effect of seven types of policies, we used the SimSmoke simulation model of tobacco control policy. The model uses population, smoking rates and tobacco control policy data for Italy.

Results

Significant reductions of smoking prevalence and premature mortality can be achieved through tobacco price increases, high intensity media campaigns, comprehensive cessation treatment program, strong health warnings, stricter smoke-free air regulations and advertising bans, and youth access laws. With a comprehensive approach, the smoking prevalence can be decreased by as much as 12% soon after the policies are in place, increasing to a 30% reduction in the next twenty years and a 34% reduction by 30 years in 2040. Without effective tobacco control policies, a total of almost 300 thousand lives will be prematurely lost due to smoking by the year 2040.

Conclusion

Besides presenting the benefits of a comprehensive tobacco control strategy, the model helps identify information gaps in surveillance and evaluation schemes that will promote the effectiveness of future tobacco control policy in Italy.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Levy et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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