Titre : | Decrease in cross-border tobacco purchases despite intensification of antitobacco policies in France (2021) |
Auteurs : | R. GOMAJEE ; H. TORREGROSSA ; C. BOLZE ; M. MELCHIOR ; F. EL-KHOURY LESUEUR |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Tobacco Control (Vol.30, n°4, July 2021) |
Article en page(s) : | 428-433 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique FRANCEThésaurus mots-clés ACHATS TRANSFRONTALIERS ; TABAC ; POLITIQUE ; PRIX ; ETUDE TRANSVERSALE ; ADULTE |
Résumé : |
Background: Recently, France has intensified tobacco control policies which included gradual increase in tobacco product price and the introduction of plain packaging. However, there has been suggestion that cross-border tobacco purchases from neighbouring countries, with lower tobacco prices, will increase. We examine trends in cross-border tobacco purchases among smokers concurrent with the implementation of tobacco control measures between 2016 and 2017.
Methods: Description des Perceptions, Images, et Comportements liés au Tabagisme is a two-wave cross-sectional national telephone survey of French adults aged 18-64 years, which recruited a total of 2167 smokers (2016: n=1238; 2017: n=929). Data were weighted to be representative of the French adult population. The association between study wave and cross-country tobacco purchases was examined across study waves using a multivariable logistic regression model (adjusted ORs: ORa (95% CI)). Results: Less than half (38.5%) of smokers declared cross-border tobacco purchases in the last year, which were mostly done on occasional basis: 22.6% purchased tobacco cross-border once or twice yearly. In 2017, as compared with 2016, cross-border tobacco purchases by French smokers decreased (ORa=0.81, 95% CI 0.68 to 0.98). Other factors associated with cross-border tobacco purchases included sex, and driving distance to a border. Conclusion: In France, the increase in tobacco product price and the introduction of plain packaging did not contribute to increasing rates of out-of-country purchases of tobacco products, probably due to the overall decrease in smoking levels. However, a harmonisation of tobacco product prices and plain packaging policies across Europe might further improve tobacco control throughout the continent. |
Domaine : | Tabac / Tobacco / e-cigarette |
Refs biblio. : | 41 |
Affiliation : | INSERM U1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France |
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