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MINI 11 - Tobacco Control and Prevention (ID 108)
- Event: WCLC 2015
- Type: Mini Oral
- Track: Prevention and Tobacco Control
- Presentations: 1
- Moderators:S.M. Janes, E. Stone, K.M. Cummings
- Coordinates: 9/07/2015, 16:45 - 18:15, 601+603
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MINI11.05 - Prevalence Use of Others Tobacco Products: Findings from the ITC Brazil Survey (ID 2769)
16:45 - 18:15 | Author(s): F.L. Mendes
- Abstract
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Background:
Tobacco use is responsible for 5.4 million deaths every year worldwide and a leading cause of preventable death. Brazil is widely regarded as an international leader in tobacco control. The WHO FCTC aims to protect individuals from the consequences of tobacco use by providing a framework for tobacco control measures. Parties are obligated to implement measures to prevent and reduce all tobacco consumption and to monitor the magnitude and patterns of tobacco use. The ITC Brazil Survey includes several measures to assess smokers’ tobacco use behaviour, such as cigarette consumption and types of products used.
Methods:
The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Survey (ITC) Brazil Survey is a longitudinal cohort survey and was conducted in Brazil with 1,200 adult smokers and 600 adult non-smokers living in three cities. Telephone-administered surveys were conducted using an area stratified random sampling strategy, yielding a representative sample of the four largest cities in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, and Sao Paulo). The Wave 1 Survey (in 2009) and Wave 2 (2012-2013) included questions a variety of tobacco control measures, including use of tobacco products.
Results:
Brazilian smokers in the ITC Survey smoked mainly factory-made cigarettes and five percent reported that they regularly smoke a flavored brand (including menthol). In Wave 2, all respondents were asked about their use of other tobacco products, and the results show evidence of other tobacco product use even among non-cigarette smokers. Thirteen percent of the overall sample (smokers and non-smokers combined) have smoked clove cigarettes, 10% have smoked cigars, 8% smoked shisha, 5% smoked pipes, and 4% smoked bidis. The percentage of smokers and non-smokers in the sample who have tried various tobacco products, by city, shows a significantly higher use of shisha among smokers in São Paulo (18%) compared to Rio de Janeiro (5%) and Porto Alegre (8%), and non-smokers in São Paulo were significantly more likely to smoke cigars than in the other two cities. Despite the prohibition of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) sale, importation, and advertising in Brazil since August 2009, in the ITC Brazil Wave 2 Survey, respondents were asked “Have you ever heard of electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes?”. The results showed that 35% of smokers and 29% of non-smokers had heard of them. The highest level of awareness of the product was in Porto Alegre where 39% of smokers and 29% of non-smokers had heard of them. Among smokers who had heard of e-cigarettes, 38 smokers (12%) and one non-smoker reported trying these products.
Conclusion:
Daily consumption of cigarettes is relatively high in Brazil for both male and female daily smokers, based on a comparison of the average number of cigarettes smoked per day among 20 ITC countries and an average consumption of 17 cigarettes per day — twice the average consumption of smokers in Mexico, so its recommended to reinforce educational campaigns about the dangers of smoking, and the electronic cigarette use, increase its inspections and mainly reinforce educational campaigns about the dangers of shisha.
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