| What contributed to the major decline in per capita cigarette consumption during California's comprehensive tobacco control programme? | |
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PMID: 16885580 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVES: California experienced a notable decline in per capita cigarette consumption during its comprehensive tobacco control programme. This study examines what proportion of the decline occurred from: (1) fewer ever smokers in the population, (2) more ever smokers quitting, and (3) current smokers smoking less. DESIGN, SUBJECTS: Per capita cigarette consumption computed from cigarette sales and from adult respondents to the large, cross-sectional, population-based California Tobacco Surveys of 1990 (n = 24,296), 1996 (n = 18,616) and 2002 (n = 20,525) were examined for similar trends. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Changes (period 1: 1990-1996; period 2: 1996-2002) in per capita cigarette consumption from self-reported survey data were partitioned for the entire population and for demographic subgroups into the three components mentioned above. RESULTS: In periods 1 and 2, most of the decline in per capita cigarette consumption for the population as a whole was from current smokers smoking less followed by a reduction in ever smokers. The decline from smokers smoking less was particularly evident among young adults (18-29 years) in period 1. While the portion of the decline due to quitting in the entire population in period 1 was negligible, in period 2 it accounted for 22% of the total per capita decline. The decline from quitting in period 2 was mostly observed among women. CONCLUSIONS: Rather than near-term benefits from smokers quitting, population health benefits from reduced per capita cigarette consumption will likely occur over the longer term from fewer people becoming ever smokers, and more less-addicted smokers eventually quitting successfully. |
Authors:
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Elizabeth A Gilpin; Karen Messer; Martha M White; John P Pierce |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Tobacco control Volume: 15 ISSN: 1468-3318 ISO Abbreviation: Tob Control Publication Date: 2006 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-08-03 Completed Date: 2007-03-22 Revised Date: 2013-07-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9209612 Medline TA: Tob Control Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 308-16 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0901, USA. |
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Adolescent Adult California / epidemiology Cross-Sectional Studies Female Health Promotion / legislation & jurisprudence Humans Male Middle Aged Prevalence Program Evaluation* Smoking / epidemiology*, legislation & jurisprudence Smoking Cessation / legislation & jurisprudence |
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