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Title: Knowledge of the health risks of smoking and impact of cigarette warning labels among tobacco users in six European countries: Findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys
Author: Trofor, Antigona C.
Papadakis, Sophia
Lotrean, Lucia M.
Nogueira, Sarah O.
Fernández Muñoz, Esteve
Radu Loghin, Cornel
Eremia, Marius
Mihaltan, Florin
Driezen, Driezen
Kyriakos, Christina N.
Mons, Ute
Demjén, Tibor
Tountas, Yannis
Przewoźniak, Krzysztof
McNeill, Ann
Fong, Geoffrey T.
Vardavas, C.I. (Constantine Ilias)
EUREST-PLUS consortium
Keywords: Fumadors
Avaluació del risc per la salut
Enquestes
Europa
Cigarette smokers
Health risk assessment
Surveys
Europe
Issue Date: 13-Feb-2019
Publisher: BioMed Central
Abstract: INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to examine knowledge of health effects of smoking and the impact of cigarette package warnings among tobacco users from six European Union (EU) Member States (MS) immediately prior to the introduction of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) in 2016 and to explore the interrelationship between these two factors. METHODS Cross-sectional data were collected via face-to-face interviews with adult smokers (n=6011) from six EU MS (Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Spain) between June-September 2016. Sociodemographic variables and knowledge of health risks of smoking (KHR) were assessed. Warning salience, thoughts of harm, thoughts of quitting and foregoing of cigarettes as a result of health warnings were assessed. The Label Impact Index (LII) was used as a composite measure of warning effects. Linear and logistic regression analyses were used to examine sociodemographic predictors of KHR and LII and the inter-relationship between knowledge and LII scores. RESULTS The KHR index was highest in Romania and Greece and lowest in Hungary and Germany. While the majority of smokers knew that smoking increases the risk for heart diseases, lung and throat cancer, there was lower awareness that tobacco use caused mouth cancer, pulmonary diseases, stroke, and there were very low levels of knowledge that it was also associated with impotence and blindness, in all six countries. Knowledge regarding the health risks of passive smoking was moderate in most countries. The LII was highest in Romania and Poland, followed by Spain and Greece, and lowest in Germany and Hungary. In almost all countries, there was a positive association between LII scores and higher KHR scores after controlling for sociodemographic variables. Several sociodemographic factors were associated with KHR and LII, with differences in these associations documented across countries. CONCLUSIONS These data provide evidence to support the need for stronger educational efforts and policies that can enhance the effectiveness of health warnings in communicating health risks and promoting quit attempts. Data will serve as a baseline for examining the impact of the TPD.
Note: Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/99542
It is part of: Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2019, vol. 16, num. Suppl 2, p. A10
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/135757
Related resource: https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/99542
ISSN: 1617-9625
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