Titre : | Association between tobacco plain packaging and Quitline calls: a population-based, interrupted time-series analysis (2014) |
Auteurs : | J. M. YOUNG ; I. STACEY ; T. A. DOBBINS ; S. DUNLOP ; A. L. DESSAIX ; D. C. CURROW |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Medical Journal of Australia (Vol.200, n°1, January 2014) |
Article en page(s) : | 29-32 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | SAN (Santé publique / Public health) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés ARRET DU TABAC ; TABAC ; TELEPHONE ; AVERTISSEMENT SANITAIRE ; PAQUET NEUTREThésaurus géographique AUSTRALIE |
Résumé : |
Objectives: To investigate whether the introduction of tobacco plain packaging in Australia from 1 October 2012 was associated with a change in the number of calls to the smoking cessation helpline, Quitline, and to compare this with the impact of the introduction of graphic health warnings from 1 March 2006.
Design and setting: Whole-of-population interrupted time-series analysis in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory between 1 March 2005 and October 2006 for the comparator, graphic health warnings, and October 2011 and April 2013 for the intervention of interest, tobacco plain packaging. Main outcome measure: Weekly number of calls to the Quitline, after adjusting for seasonal trends, anti-tobacco advertising, cigarette costliness and the number of smokers in the community. Results: There was a 78% increase in the number of calls to the Quitline associated with the introduction of plain packaging (baseline, 363/week; peak, 651/week [95% CI, 523-780/week; P Conclusions: There has been a sustained increase in calls to the Quitline after the introduction of tobacco plain packaging. This increase is not attributable to anti-tobacco advertising activity, cigarette price increases nor other identifiable causes. This is an important incremental step in comprehensive tobacco control. |
Domaine : | Tabac / Tobacco / e-cigarette |
Refs biblio. : | 21 |
Affiliation : | Cancer Epidemiology and Services Research (CESR), Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
Lien : | https://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja13.11070 |
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