Use of flavoured cigarettes in Poland: data from the global adult tobacco survey (2009–2010)

BMC Public Health

Teresa Makowiec-Dąbrowska²  Anna Szosland-Fałtyn³  Bukola Usidame¹  Dorota Kaleta⁴ 

[1] Department of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA;Department of Work Physiology and Ergonomics, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Łódź, Poland;Department of Refrigeration and Food Quality in Łódź, Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology, Warsaw, Poland;Department of Preventive Medicine, Medical University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland

关键词: Poland;    GATS;    Adults;    Socio-demographic factors;    Menthol cigarettes;    Flavoured cigarettes;    Tobacco smoking;   

Others  :  1161255
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-14-127

 received in 2013-08-17, accepted in 2014-02-04,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Nowadays the European Union faces a debate on the ban of sale of flavoured cigarettes. There is growing evidence that certain subgroups of smokers are more vulnerable to the use of flavoured cigarettes. However in some European countries, figures on the use of these cigarettes are still scarce. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of flavoured cigarettes use in Poland, and examine whether its use among adults varies by socio-demographic characteristics.

Methods

Data on tobacco use including flavoured cigarettes and other characteristics were derived from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS). GATS is a cross-sectional, household survey implemented in Poland between 2009 and 2010. GATS provided data on a representative sample of 7,840 individuals covering 2,254 current smokers. Logistic regression model was used to obtain odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of the selected socio-economic variables on the use of flavoured cigarettes.

Results

Among females the aromatized cigarettes use was 26.1% compared to 10.5% in males (OR = 2.3; 95% CI: 1.62–3.2; p ≤ 0.001). Respondents aged 20–29 years had an increased likelihood of using flavoured cigarettes compared to subjects aged 60 years or older (OR = 2.7; 95% CI: 1.1–6.5; p ≤ 0.001). Respondents aware of negative health consequences of smoking had OR = 1.4 95% CI: 1.1–2.1 (p ≤ 0.05) of smoking aromatized cigarettes compared to those who were unaware. Participants who perceived some kinds of cigarettes less harmful than others were also more likely to use flavoured cigarettes compared to subjects who were convinced that all cigarettes are equally harmful (OR = 1.4; 95% CI: 1.1–1.8; p ≤ 0.01). High educational attainment, living in large cities, being non-economically active was also associated with use of flavoured cigarettes.

Conclusion

Our results are consistent with majority of epidemiology studies on this topic to date and should be considered in the enactment of tobacco control legislation at the national as well as European levels. For combating tobacco epidemic, further efforts need to be made to prevent smoking uptake. Ban of flavoured cigarettes could considerably support achieving this goal.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Kaleta et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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