1) The study compared awareness of tobacco advertising and promotion among smokers in China, Thailand, Australia, and the US - countries with different tobacco control policies.
2) In China, over a third of smokers reported noticing tobacco advertisements on television, billboards, and in stores - the highest levels of any country. A quarter noticed tobacco sponsorships.
3) Overall awareness of tobacco marketing was significantly higher in China than in Thailand and Australia, but lower than in the US, indicating a gap between China and countries with stronger tobacco control policies.
4) China needs to do more to restrict tobacco promotion, including enhancing policies and enforcement, to reduce high levels of marketing awareness among smokers.
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1. Counterfeit drugs are a major global problem that negatively impact public health and pharmaceutical companies. They range from lacking active ingredients to having incorrect dosages and can lead to treatment failure, increased antimicrobial resistance, and even death.
2. India accounts for a large portion of the global counterfeit drug trade due to its large pharmaceutical industry, lack of regulation, and high drug prices. Many counterfeit drugs originate in India and are distributed worldwide.
3. Strategies to reduce counterfeiting include strengthening drug regulation, increasing inspections, consumer awareness campaigns, implementing track-and-trace technologies like barcodes and RFID in supply chains, and harsher penalties for counterfeiters.
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 grants the FDA authority to regulate tobacco products. Key provisions include banning fruit-flavored cigarettes, graphic health warnings covering 50% of cigarette packs, limits on advertising and marketing appeals to youth. It does not preempt all state/local tobacco control laws. The act aims to reduce youth tobacco use and inform the public of health risks but was partially struck down by a Kentucky court over some marketing restrictions.
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1. Counterfeit drugs are a major global problem that negatively impact public health and pharmaceutical companies. They range from lacking active ingredients to having incorrect dosages and can lead to treatment failure, increased antimicrobial resistance, and even death.
2. India accounts for a large portion of the global counterfeit drug trade due to its large pharmaceutical industry, lack of regulation, and high drug prices. Many counterfeit drugs originate in India and are distributed worldwide.
3. Strategies to reduce counterfeiting include strengthening drug regulation, increasing inspections, consumer awareness campaigns, implementing track-and-trace technologies like barcodes and RFID in supply chains, and harsher penalties for counterfeiters.
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 grants the FDA authority to regulate tobacco products. Key provisions include banning fruit-flavored cigarettes, graphic health warnings covering 50% of cigarette packs, limits on advertising and marketing appeals to youth. It does not preempt all state/local tobacco control laws. The act aims to reduce youth tobacco use and inform the public of health risks but was partially struck down by a Kentucky court over some marketing restrictions.
This document summarizes the history of drug laws in the United States from the 1700s to present day. It discusses early regulation of alcohol and opium, the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, the Harrison Narcotic Act of 1914, prohibition, the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, and major drug laws passed in the 1960s-2000s that aimed to increase drug safety regulations, control narcotics, and enforce harsher penalties for drug offenses. It also explores debates around decriminalization, legalization, harm reduction strategies, and the impacts of the war on drugs.
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The document discusses the growing global tobacco epidemic and the international response. It outlines how tobacco companies have expanded globally through free trade policies and marketing. The tobacco industry lobbies governments to protect profits. Tobacco use impoverishes individuals, families and countries by reducing spending on necessities, increasing healthcare costs, and lowering productivity. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was established as the first international public health treaty to address these issues. Civil society organizations play a key role in supporting FCTC ratification and implementation.
The document discusses the growing global tobacco epidemic and the international response. It outlines how tobacco companies have expanded globally through free trade policies and marketing. The tobacco industry lobbies governments to protect profits. Tobacco use impoverishes individuals, families and countries by reducing spending on necessities, increasing healthcare costs, and lowering productivity. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was established as the first international public health treaty to address these issues. Civil society organizations play a key role in supporting FCTC ratification and implementation.
This document summarizes the results of the Wave 3 survey of the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project in Mauritius. Some key findings include:
- Pictorial health warnings on tobacco packaging implemented in 2009 led to increased awareness of health risks and knowledge about smoking dangers.
- Support for smoke-free laws is high but compliance still needs improvement, especially in restaurants and bars.
- Tobacco prices decreased in affordability only slightly between 2010-2011, less than other countries with strong tobacco control policies.
- Most Mauritians were exposed to an anti-smoking media campaign in 2011 and it had a positive impact, but taxation and prices still need to increase further to reduce smoking.
The document discusses the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (ITC Project). The ITC Project conducts international cohort surveys to evaluate the impact of tobacco control policies outlined in the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). It surveys over 50% of the world's population, 60% of smokers, and 70% of tobacco users in 20 countries. The ITC Project aims to provide evidence to guide strong implementation of FCTC policies and disseminates its findings to support the global fight against the tobacco epidemic.
Tobacco use is a major public health problem that kills over 5 million people worldwide each year. In Sudan, smoking prevalence among males is around 24% compared to only 2% among females. There are effective tobacco control strategies available through the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) including tax increases, advertising bans, smoke-free laws, health warnings on packages, and cessation support. Quitting tobacco has significant health, economic, and social benefits for individuals and their families.
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This document discusses tobacco control and prevention policies recommended by the American College of Physicians. It provides background on the health and economic impacts of tobacco use. Key points include:
- Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the US. Comprehensive tobacco control programs are needed to reduce smoking rates.
- The FDA was given authority in 2009 to regulate tobacco, but regulation alone is not enough. States must fund tobacco control efforts and increase tobacco taxes.
- Smokeless tobacco and cigars also harm health. Secondhand smoke exposure causes illness and death in nonsmokers.
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Australia and the USA
L Li, H-H Yong, R Borland, G T Fong, M E Thompson, Y Jiang, Y Yang, B
Sirirassamee, G Hastings and F Harris
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Reported awareness of tobacco advertising and
promotion in China compared to Thailand, Australia
and the USA
L Li,1 H-H Yong,1 R Borland,1 G T Fong,2,3 M E Thompson,4 Y Jiang,5 Y Yang,5
B Sirirassamee,6 G Hastings,7 F Harris8
1
VicHealth Centre for Tobacco ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to compare smokers’
Control, The Cancer Council Background: China currently does not have compre- awareness of tobacco advertising and promotion in
Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria,
hensive laws or regulations on tobacco advertising and China with levels in Thailand and Australia
Australia; 2 Department of
Psychology, University of promotion, although it ratified the World Health (countries with strong policies) and with the
Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco USA (which has weak policies). This provides an
Canada; 3 Ontario Institute for Control (FCTC) in October 2005 and promised to ban all indication of China’s relative progress towards
Cancer Research, Toronto, tobacco advertising by January 2011. Much effort is eliminating this activity.
Ontario, Canada; 4 Department
of Statistics and Actuarial needed to monitor the current situation of tobacco In China, it is estimated that over 350 million
Science, University of Waterloo, advertising and promotion in China. people smoke.11 Smoking kills some 1 million
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; Objective: This study aims to examine levels of Chinese each year with economic costs in 2000
5
Center for Chronic and Non- awareness of tobacco advertising and promotion among estimated at 5 billion US dollars.12 The Chinese
communicable Disease Control
and Prevention, Chinese Center smokers in China as compared to other countries with government has made some efforts to implement
for Disease Control and different levels of restrictions. laws and regulations to restrict tobacco advertising
Prevention, Beijing, China; Methods: One developing country (Thailand) and two since the 1990s. The 1991 Tobacco Products
6
Institute for Population and developed countries (Australia and the USA) were Monopoly Law (Article 19) and the 1994
Social Research, Mahidol
selected for comparison. All four countries are part of the Advertisement Law (Article 18) ban direct tobacco
University, Bangkok, Thailand;
7
Institute for Social Marketing, International Tobacco Control (ITC) Policy Evaluation advertisements on radio, television, newspapers
University of Stirling, Stirling, Survey project. Between 2005 and 2006, parallel ITC and periodicals. The 1995 Tobacco Advertisement
UK; 8 The Open University surveys were conducted among adult smokers (at least Management Regulations not only prohibit direct
Business School, Milton Keynes, and disguised forms of advertisements in the above
smoked weekly) in China (n = 4763), Thailand
UK
(n = 2000), Australia (n = 1767) and the USA media (Articles 3 and 4), but also restrict competi-
Correspondence to: (n = 1780). Unprompted and prompted recall of noticing tions and programs connected with tobacco
Dr L Li, VicHealth Centre for tobacco advertising and promotion were measured. companies or their products brands (Article 8).
Tobacco Control, The Cancer However, there are gaps. There are no clear
Council Victoria, 100 Drummond
Results: Chinese respondents reported noticing tobacco
Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, advertisements in a range of channels and venues, with restrictions on outdoor and internet tobacco
Australia; Lin.Li@cancervic.org. highest exposure levels on television (34.5%), billboards advertisements, and also little restrictions on
au (33.4%) and in stores (29.2%). A quarter of respondents tobacco company sponsorships. As a result, a range
noticed tobacco sponsorships, and a high level of of marketing activities continue.13 14
Received 31 July 2008 China ratified the WHO FCTC in October 2005,
awareness of promotion was reported. Cross-country
Accepted 23 February 2009
Published Online First comparison reveals that overall reported awareness was promising to ban all tobacco advertising by January
29 March 2009 significantly higher in China than in Thailand (particularly) 2011. Like China, Thailand and Australia have
and Australia, but lower than in the USA. ratified the FCTC. The US has yet to ratify the
Conclusions: There is a big gap between China and the FCTC.
better-performing countries such as Thailand and In Thailand substantial tobacco control efforts
Australia regarding tobacco promotion restrictions. China have been made over the years, including laws and
needs to do more, including enhanced policy and more regulations designed to limit access to tobacco
robust enforcement. products, placing bans on displaying cigarettes and
on various advertising, and enhancing pictorial
health warnings on cigarette packets.1 8 9 15 16 The
Banning tobacco advertising and promotion is an Tobacco Products Control Act 1992 comprehen-
important part of the effort to curb the tobacco sively banned advertising and promotion and made
epidemic. Comprehensive advertising bans reduce most forms of promotional activities illegal. These
tobacco consumption whereas partial bans have restrictions on tobacco marketing have been
little or no effect.1–5 Article 13 of the World Health reasonably well enforced, despite a reported
Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on increase in point-of-sale advertising and indirect
Tobacco Control (FCTC) states that each party to marketing since 1997.8 9 15
the convention shall ‘‘undertake a comprehensive Australia has a well known record on tobacco
ban or,… restrict tobacco advertising, promotion control, although smoking prevalence is still high
and sponsorship on radio, television, print media among the Aboriginal population.10 17 Consider-
This paper is freely available and, as appropriate, other media, such as the able progress in banning advertising has been
online under the BMJ Journals
unlocked scheme, see http://
internet’’.6 Some countries have enacted compre- achieved since federal legislation banning direct
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/info/ hensive advertising bans and positive impacts have cigarette advertising on television and radio came
unlocked.dtl been reported.1 7–10 into effect with the Australian Broadcasting and
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Television Act Amendment ACT 1976. Advertising was were included in the analysis. Additional information about the
banned in print media in 1993 and outdoors in 1996. Several ITC China survey methodology and sampling is available at
states have banned point-of-sale advertising and have con- http://www.itcproject.org.
siderably limited the number of packs permitted to be Thai participants came from the first wave of the ITC
displayed.10 17–19 Sponsorships of sport and arts were also Southeast Asia (ITC-SEA) survey, which was conducted in
banned by 1996,19 but exemptions were allowed until 2006 for January to February 2005. Respondents were selected based on a
internationally significant events, most notably Formula 1 multistage cluster sampling procedure. The primary strata
Grand Prix motor racing. consisted of regions. Respondents were selected from Bangkok
The US has fewer restrictions compared to Thailand and and two provinces in each of Thailand’s four regions. There was
Australia. In response to the first Surgeon General’s Report on a secondary stratification into rural and urban regions within
Smoking and Health, Congress enacted the Cigarette Labelling each province. Subdistricts and communities were selected
and Advertising Act in 1965, which required health warnings on within urban and rural districts, with probability proportional
all cigarette packages. The 1969 Federal Public Health Cigarette to population size, for a total of 125 sampling clusters of about
Smoking Act banned advertising of tobacco from television and 300 households in the whole country. Households were selected
radio. The 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement has within each cluster using simple random sampling until the
restricted marketing to some extent.20 21 However, the restric- respondent quota (16 adult smokers) in each cluster was filled.
tions were not comprehensive, with many marketing channels In households with more than one eligible respondent per quota
open. As a result, the tobacco industry has taken advantage of cell, respondents were randomly selected by using a Kish Grid. A
this and expanded their marketing in areas where it is allowed. total of 2000 smokers were surveyed through face to face
In 1999 the overall tobacco advertising expenditures in the US interview. A more detailed description of the ITC-SEA study
was $8.24 billion, an increase of 22.3% compared with 1998; can be found in Yong et al 2008.9
spending in newspapers increased by 73%, magazines by 34.2% Australia and the USA are part of the ITC Four Country
and direct mail by 63.8%.21 22 According to the Federal Trade Survey, which has been running annually since 2002.
Commission, total cigarette advertising and promotional Participants used here were 1767 Australians and 1780 US
expenditures remained as high as $14.15 billion in 2004 and smokers surveyed in wave 5, conducted from September to
$13.11 billion in 2005.23 December 2006. They were interviewed over the telephone and
were recruited by probability sampling methods (random digit
METHODS dialling methods from list-assisted phone numbers). A detailed
Sampling design and procedures description of the ITC conceptual framework, methodology and
The International Tobacco Control (ITC) China Survey is a survey rates has been reported by Fong et al (2006) and
prospective face to face cohort survey of adult smokers (at least Thompson et al (2006),24 25 and more detail is available at http://
weekly use) and non-smokers conducted between April and www.itcproject.org.
August 2006 in 6 cities (800 smokers and 200 non-smokers in
each city: Beijing, Shenyang, Shanghai, Changsha, Guangzhou
and Yinchuan). These cities were selected based on geographical Measures
representations and levels of economic development. Within In addition to demographic and smoking related information,
each city there was a random sample selected using a stratified relevant questions measuring awareness of tobacco advertising
multistage design. In each of the 6 cities, 10 Jie Dao (street and promotional activities were included. At the beginning of
districts) were randomly selected at the first stage, with ‘‘advertising’’ section of the survey the respondents were
probability of selection proportional to the population size of asked about the overall salience of pro-smoking cues
the Jie Dao. Within each selected Jie Dao, two Ju Wei Hui (unprompted recall): ‘‘In the last 6 months, how often have
(residential blocks) were selected, again using probability you noticed things that are designed to encourage smoking or
proportional to the population size. Within each selected Ju which make you think about smoking?’’. The smokers were
Wei Hui, a complete list of addresses of households was first then prompted to recall if they had noticed advertisements in
compiled, and then a sample of 300 households were drawn a range of specific locations or media, including five common
from the list by simple random sampling without replacement. to all countries: on television, radio, posters/billboards, news-
The enumerated 300 households were then randomly ordered papers and in stores. The measures used from this were either
and approached accordingly until 40 smokers and 10 non- a total of the five where advertising was seen, or a binary,
smokers were surveyed. Because of low smoking prevalence seen-any variable. Noticing at point of sale was also measured
among women, one male smoker and one female smoker from in all countries. There were also questions about awareness of
every selected household were surveyed whenever possible to sports and arts sponsorships (with a combined measure for
increase the sample size for women. At most one non-smoker noticing either); and an index created from responses to
was interviewed per household. Where there was more than one whether a respondent reported noticing any of the following
person in a sampling category to choose from in a household, four types of promotion: free samples of cigarettes, gifts/
the next birthday method was used to select the individual to be discounts, branded clothing or competition. Two overall
interviewed. indices of awareness across all three types of marketing were
The survey interviewers were trained by staff from local computed: ‘‘total noticing advertising, sponsorship and pro-
Centers for Disease Control. The average time to complete a motion in any channel’’ and ‘‘total number of channels of
survey was about 30 min for smokers and 10 min for non- noticing’’. In addition, smokers were asked to indicate
smokers. Up to four visits to a household were made in order to whether they agree with the following statement: ‘‘Tobacco
interview the target person. The wave 1 cooperation rates range companies should be allowed to advertise and promote
from 80% in Beijing and Guangzhou to 95% in Changsha. The cigarettes as they please’’. The survey questions were carefully
response rates range from 39% in Yinchuan to 66% in translated and back-translated and checked to ensure con-
Guangzhou. A total of 4763 smokers and 1259 non-smokers ceptual identity of questions across languages.
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Data analyses least once in a while in the last 6 months (table 2). This was
The analyses were conducted on weighted data using SPSS V. significantly higher than that in Thailand (20.2%), Australia
14.0 (SPSS, Chicago, Illinois, USA). Differences between (18.9%) and the US (35.5%) (p,0.001). Unprompted recall was
samples were assessed using Pearson x2 tests and logistic higher than for non-smokers (table 3).
regression models (for categorical variables) and Kruskal– For prompted recall, total noticing advertising, sponsorship
Wallis test for count variables. An a level of p,0.05 was used and promotion in any channel among Chinese smokers was
for all statistical tests. 75.6% with an average of 3.4 (SEM 0.05, table 2) channels
noticed, the most common being television (34.5%), billboards
(33.4%) and at points of sale (29.2% in stores and 20.3% around
RESULTS
street vendors).
Demographic and smoking related characteristics Overall, the younger Chinese smokers were more likely to
Nearly all the Chinese sample (95.2%) were of Han ethnicity. have noticed various marketing activities with the exception of
Other sample characteristics are shown in table 1. The radio where the aged 60 and older were just as likely to notice
respondents were overwhelmingly male, and smoked only such activities as the 18–29-year-old group (table 2).
factory-made cigarettes (93.8%).
Compared to the other three countries in table 4, the total
As in China, the vast majority of the Thai sample were men,
prompted recall proportion in China (73.4%) was significantly
while the proportion of male smokers was about 54% in Australia
lower than that in the US (95.3%, adjusted odds ratios
and the US, reflecting the low smoking prevalence among women
(AOR) = 9.32, 95% CI 7.19 to 12.07, p,0.001) but much higher
in China and Thailand. Young people aged 18–24 were notably
than that in Thailand (22.4%, AOR = 0.10, 95% CI 0.09 to 0.12,
under-represented in the Chinese and the Thai samples. The age
p,0.001) and somewhat higher than Australia (60.3%,
compositions of the Australian and American samples were
AOR = 0.63, 95% CI 0.54 to 0,73, p,0.001). A similar pattern
comparable. Due to the differences in economic development and
was evident when using mean number of venues noticing
educational systems across the four countries, only relative levels
advertisements: highest in the US (89.6%, mean 1.90), followed
of income and education were used. The Thai sample had more
by China (58.9%, mean 1.34), then Australia (40.2%, mean 0.60)
roll your own smokers especially compared to China and the USA,
and the least among the Thai (14.5%, mean 0.22). However,
and the Thais also smoked fewer cigarettes per day.
when ‘‘noticed advertisements in stores’’ was examined,
Australian respondents were more likely to notice advertise-
Reported awareness of advertising and promotional activities ment inside the stores than their Chinese counterparts (33.0%
Without prompting, overall 40.3% of Chinese smokers reported vs 29.2%, AOR = 1.18, p,0.05), although still far less than US
noticing things that were designed to encourage smoking at smokers (p,0.001).
Awareness of sponsorship followed a similar pattern, about a
Table 1 Demographic and smoking-related characteristics of the quarter of Chinese smokers reported noticing sport sponsorship
smokers, by country and 8.4% reported noticing arts sponsorship, similar levels to
China (%) Thailand (%) Australia (%) USA (%)
Australia (AOR = 1.01, p = 0.89), more than Thailand
(n = 4763) (n = 2000) (n = 1767) (n = 1780) (AOR = 0.12, p,0.001), while American respondents were more
likely to report sponsorship (AOR = 1.27, p,0.01), although not
Gender (male) 95.9 95.5 54.0 53.9
by as much as for other promotional forms.
Age:
Overall, 38.5% of Chinese smokers reported noticing any of
18–24 1.9 6.7 11.5 13.2
25–39 18.0 24.5 37.0 31.4
the five types of promotion, with just over a fifth reported
40–54 47.6 41.1 34.5 36.9
noticing free gifts or special discount offers on other products,
55+ 32.4 27.7 16.9 18.5 and 13.8% reported noticing free samples of cigarettes (table 2).
Education:* Again, American smokers were the most likely to be exposed to
Low 13.7 75.0 62.7 45.9 special price offers for cigarettes (71.4%, table 4), followed by
Moderate 66.3 17.5 22.8 36.6 respondents in Australia (23%), then Chinese (12.9%) and the
High 20.0 7.5 14.5 17.6 least in Thailand (2.5%). For other forms of promotion, a similar
Income: pattern was found: US smokers were the most likely to be
Low 20.8 54.6 28.1 36.9 exposed (82%), with much lower proportions among the
Moderate 48.8 30.4 33.8 34.6 Chinese and Australian respondents (36.6% and 31.0%, respec-
High 30.4 15.0 38.1 28.5 tively) and the least among the Thai sample (9.5%).
Cigarettes per day:
0–10 35.0 55.7 27.8 31.7
11–20 48.7 36.9 42.4 46.3 Opinions regarding tobacco companies’ advertising and
21+ 16.3 7.4 29.8 22.0 promotion
Type of cigarettes Figure 1 presents smokers’ attitudes towards tobacco companies’
smoked: advertising and promotional activities. Overall, only 18.2% of the
Factory-made only 93.8 41.8 74.8 90.0 Chinese smokers agreed or strongly agreed that tobacco compa-
Roll your own only 1.1 32.9 11.8 1.5 nies should be allowed to advertise and promote cigarettes as they
Both 5.1 25.3 13.4 8.4 please. The endorsement rates were considerably lower among
Relative levels were used for education and income across countries. smokers in Thailand and Australia (5.3% and 13.7% respectively),
*Education in China and Thailand: low, no schooling/elementary; moderate, middle but markedly higher among smokers in the US (31.5%).
school (secondary); high, tertiary (college or higher). Education in Australia and the
US: low levels of education were considered to be completed high school or less;
moderate levels were considered to be technical/trade/some university (no degree in
Australia, and community college/trade/technical school/some university (no degree)
DISCUSSION
in the US; high levels were those who completed university and/or postgraduate This is the first study of which we are aware to assess the extent
degrees. of tobacco advertising and promotion in China. The results
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Table 2 Awareness of tobacco marketing activities among Chinese smokers (n = 4763), by age
60+ (%)
Total (%) (n = 4763) 18–29 (%) (n = 242) 30–44 (%) (n = 1405) 45–59 (%) (n = 2044) (n = 1072)
Overall salience
Noticed things that encourage smoking in the last
6 months:*
Never 57.3 55.0 55.7 58.4 57.5
Once in a while 23.2 30.6 26.1 21.5 21.0
Often 17.1 13.6 16.7 17.2 18.2
Advertisements
Noticed tobacco adverts (yes):
On television 34.5 50.6 37.3 31.6 32.7
On radio 14.2 15.4 13.6 13.1 16.5
On posters 20.7 38.4 25.6 17.2 16.8
On billboards 33.4 50.4 39.4 32.7 23.2
In newspapers, magazines 19.1 24.8 18.8 18.5 19.4
In cinema 6.0 10.8 7.6 5.0 4.7
Over the internet 3.8 16.1 5.6 2.5 1.1
At workplace 11.1 19.0 13.0 10.5 8.0
On transport vehicles, stations 18.0 26.6 19.8 16.3 16.9
In cafeterias/tea houses 13.7 29.0 15.7 12.2 10.3
In discos, karaoke lounges 10.4 30.2 15.0 7.6 5.2
At point of sale
in stores 29.2 56.2 37.9 26.1 17.7
around street vendors 20.3 36.0 27.1 17.5 13.1
Any venue above 62.6 79.6 71.4 58.8 54.6
Mean (SEM) number of venues noticed tobacco adverts 2.34 (0.04) 4.03 (0.22) 2.76 (0.08) 2.10 (0.06) 1.86 (0.08)
Sponsorships:
Seen/heard sports event sponsorship (yes) 26.0 49.2 34.4 23.6 14.5
Seen/heard arts event sponsorship (yes) 8.4 13.3 11.2 7.5 5.1
Any type of sponsorship 27.9 51.6 37.0 25.1 15.8
Promotional activities:
Noticed/seen free samples of cigarettes (yes) 13.8 23.7 21.7 11.4 5.8
Special price offers for cigarettes (yes) 12.9 26.4 17.2 11.7 6.3
Gifts/discounts on other products (yes) 22.5 32.6 27.6 22.2 14.3
Clothing with cigarette brand name (yes) 11.4 32.6 15.3 9.6 4.8
Competitions linked to cigarettes (yes) 8.5 21.1 13.0 7.1 2.4
Any form of promotion 38.5 59.6 50.0 37.0 21.4
Total noticing advertising, sponsorship and promotion in 75.6 87.7 84.4 73.9 64.7
any channel
Mean (SEM) overall number of channels of noticing 3.38 (0.05) 6.02 (0.28) 4.16 (0.10) 3.03 (0.08) 2.39 (0.09)
advertising, sponsorship and promotion
Group differences for all the individual variables of interest are significant at p,0.01 level based on Pearson x2 test.
*About 2.4% of respondents chose ‘‘Don’t know’’ option.
show that most Chinese smokers in the six selected cities activities. Reported awareness is a function of the presence of
frequently reported noticing tobacco marketing activities in the promotional activity, the respondent paying sufficient
various forms and channels, particularly in the media and at attention to it to remember it, and being able to retrieve it
points of sale. In addition, there were considerable levels of from memory when asked. While such measures are indirect
reported exposure in some other venues, such as on public and imprecise, they have some validity as it has been shown
transport vehicles and at workplaces. that at least some of these measures are sensitive to changes in
The main limitation of this study is the use of respondent policies within countries.7 The recall period is also notional, as
reports to provide information on exposure to marketing most memories of advertisements do not come ‘‘time stamped’’
in memory, so timing will often be guessed. For example, more
salient events may be recalled from before the given time
Table 3 Unprompted recall of noticing things that encourage smoking window. Similarly, there is likely to be some misremembering of
in the last 6 months among Chinese smokers and non-smokers* venues or media in which advertisements or other activity was
Smokers Non-smokers reported. These measures should not be considered to be
(n = 4763), n (%) (n = 1259), n (%) absolute levels of recall,9 let alone of actual promotional
Never 2721 (57.3) 896 (71.3) activity, merely as one that should provide reasonable ranking
Once in a while 1103 (23.2) 231 (18.4) of exposure levels. If there is a systematic bias, it is more likely
Often 814 (17.1) 87 (6.9) to be over-reporting in countries where the target advertise-
Don’t know/Cannot say 114 (2.4) 43 (3.4) ments are rare, as those that appear may have increased salience,
*Weighted data. There were 11 missing cases for smokers and 3 missing cases for and underreported where advertisements are common, as they
non-smokers. will be more likely to be taken for granted. If this speculation is
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Table 4 Comparison of awareness of tobacco marketing activities, by country
China (%) Thailand Australia (%) USA (%)
(n = 4763) (%) (n = 2000) (n = 1766) (n = 1779)
Salience: noticed things that encourage smoking in last 6 months 40.3 20.2 18.9 35.5
(At least once in a while){
Adjusted OR (95% CI) Ref 0.33 (0.29 to 0.38)*** 0.33 (0.28 to 0.39)*** 0.74 (0.65 to 0.85)***
Noticed tobacco advertisements in any of the five media" 58.9 14.5 40.2 89.6
Adjusted OR (95% CI) Ref 0.11 (0.09 to 0.13)*** 0.49 (0.43 to 0.56)*** 6.73 (5.57 to 8.13)***
Mean (SEM) number of venues noticed tobacco adverts1 1.34 (0.02) 0.22 (0.02) 0.60 (0.02) 1.90 (0.03)
Noticed tobacco advertisements in stores (yes) 29.2 3.6 33.0 84.9
Adjusted OR (95% CI) Ref 0.09 (0.07 to 0.11)*** 1.18(1.02 to 1.37)* 15.07 (12.69 to 17.90)***
Noticed sports event sponsorship (yes) 26.0 3.5 21.6 22.1
Adjusted OR (95% CI) Ref 0.13 (0.09 to 0.16)*** 1.09 (0.93 to 1.28) 1.11(0.96 to 1.29)
Noticed arts event sponsorship (yes) 8.4 0.4 1.9 9.3
Adjusted OR (95% CI) Ref 0.04 (0.02 to 0.09)*** 0.26(0.18 to 0.38)*** 1.30(1.04 to 1.64)*
Noticed any type of sponsorship 27.9 3.7 22.1 26.6
Adjusted OR (95% CI) Ref 0.12 (0.09 to 0.15)*** 1.01(0.86 to 1.18) 1.27 (1.10 to 1.48)**
Noticed special price offers for cigarettes (yes) 12.9 2.5 23.0 71.4
Adjusted OR (95% CI) Ref 0.17 (0.12 to 0.22)*** 1.74 (1.47 to 2.07)*** 15.61 (13.35 to 18.27)***
Noticed any other form of promotion{{ (excluding special price offers) 36.6 9.5 31.0 82.0
Adjusted OR (95% CI) Ref 0.18 (0.15 to 0.21)*** 0.74 (0.64 to 0.86)*** 8.67 (7.38 to 10.19)***
Total noticing tobacco marketing in any channel 73.4 22.4 60.3 95.3
Adjusted OR (95% CI) Ref 0.10 (0.09 to 0.12)*** 0.63 (0.54 to 0.73)*** 9.32 (7.19 to 12.07)***
Mean (SEM) overall number of channels of tobacco marketing1 2.38 (0.03) 0.38 (0.02) 1.22 (0.04) 3.92 (0.05)
All odds ratios (ORs) are adjusted for age, sex, education and income.
*Significant at p,0.05; **significant at p,0.01; ***significant at p,0.001; {this includes ‘‘very often’’, ‘‘often’’ and ‘‘sometimes/once in a while’’; "these five media were
television, radio, posters/billboards, newspaper/magazines and stores (posters/billboards was a composite variable in Australia and the US); 1significant country difference at
p,0.001 based on Kruskal–Wallis Test; {{these forms include free samples of cigarettes, gifts/discounts on other products, clothing with cigarettes brand name and competitions
linked to cigarettes.
Ref, reference value.
correct, then the real differences in promotional activities may complex of factors. Particular care should be taken in interpret-
be even greater than our data suggest. ing demographic difference, where sensitivity to exposure could
Other problems are less likely to have had large effects. Since produce effects independent of actual exposure. We suspect that
the methods used were not identical in all four countries, it lower level of interest in tobacco promotions is probably why
remains possible that some of the differences found are at least non-smokers report lower awareness.
partly due to such differences, but we think large effects are It is possible that some of the age effects on noticing
unlikely. In China the sample was not a nationally representa- promotions are also a function of younger people being more
tive sample, unlike the three comparison countries, being likely to pay attention to, or remember things in their
restricted to six cities. Also, like Thailand, it under-represented environments, rather than of any selective targeting of them.
young people. An urban only sample is likely to have higher However, some of the differences found almost certainly reflect
awareness of forms of promotion that occur most often in real differences in exposure, as the areas where the age
towns and cities,9 while the under-representation of young differences were greatest (eg, internet, discos) are places where
people is likely to reduce estimate sizes as they were more likely young people are more likely to be exposed. Further, there is
to report promotions in most areas. It is also possible that there evidence that the tobacco industry selectively targets youth in
are effects as a function of mode of surveying (phone versus face other countries,1 13 20 so it is credible that this also happens in
to face), but we can think of no strong rationale for any large China. While this study is not focusing on young people
effect in either direction. Further, this cannot explain any of the vulnerable to uptake, it is likely that they will also be reached
differences with Thailand. Any net effect of these differences is through promotions in youth-focused venues, suggesting they
likely to be small relative to the large country differences we
typically found. That said, care should be taken in interpreting
small significant effects, as these could be artefacts of these What this paper adds
c This paper is the first paper to document Chinese smokers’
reported awareness of tobacco advertising and promotion. It
has identified a big gap between China (at least in the six
selected cities) and the better-performing countries such as
Thailand and Australia regarding effective tobacco promotion
restrictions.
c This paper demonstrates the need for China to implement its
promise to ban all tobacco advertising by 2011 and suggests
that if it is to be maximally effective, it should eliminate
existing loopholes and be accompanied by robust monitoring
Figure 1 Proportion of smokers agreeing to allow tobacco companies and enforcement.
to advertise and promote cigarettes as they please.
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might be a priority area for tightening restrictions. Point of sale from the University of Waterloo (Canada), Roswell Park Cancer Institute (USA), University
of Strathclyde (UK), the Cancer Council Victoria (Australia), Mahidol University (Thailand)
was another area where younger smokers were much more
and the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
likely to notice things. Here the explanation is less likely to be
LL conducted the literature review, performed the data analysis, wrote most of the initial
greater opportunity, but a greater interest in such material. draft and coordinated input from other authors. H-HY helped to design the analytic
Regardless of the explanation, it is of concern, as young people strategy, provided input into the initial draft and edited subsequent drafts. RB conceived of
are priority group to protect from smoking. Comprehensive the paper and articulated the broad framework for analysis. RB reviewed the data analysis
laws need to reach all these kinds of places. strategy and provided comment on all drafts. GTF helped to design the study, was
involved in instigating the study in all jurisdictions and provided detailed edits. MT helped
Compared to the USA, where there are constitutional barriers
to design the study, provided analytical suggestions and edited the manuscript. YJ and YY
to fully constraining tobacco promotion, China is doing well, helped to design the ITC China survey, supervised the collection and management of the
but the comparisons with Australia and particularly Thailand Chinese data and provided comments on drafts as well as ensuring the accuracy of the
show that there is great potential for improvement. Thai descriptions of the situation in China. BS supervised collection and management of the
respondents consistently reported very low levels of exposure, Thai data and provided input into the description of the Thai context. GH and FH provided
overviews and detail on the arguments about the role of advertising and its measurement
either to advertising, sponsorship or to promotion, suggesting and comments on drafts.
well enforced restrictions, as has been reported previously.3 8 9
Australian respondents also reported low awareness, but with
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