Gina La Hera-Fuentes1, Ricardo Torres-Ruiz2, Jorge Dennis Rada-Noriega3. 1. Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Cuernavaca, Morelos, México. 2. Organización Panamericana de la Salud/Organización Mundial de la Salud, OPS/OMS. La Paz, Bolivia. 3. Asociación Civil Empodérate. La Paz, Bolivia.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: : To analyze tobacco consumption susceptibility and disincentive factors among non-smoker teenagers in Bolivia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: : A secondary data analysis of the Global Youth Tobacco Survey was conducted. A multivariate logistic regression was developed to estimate the relation between the susceptibility to smoke and social factors, smoking behaviour, and tobacco control policies. RESULTS: : Susceptibility increases by: close smoker friends (OR=1.74); comfort perception when smoking on social events (OR=1.86); observing smokers in public places (OR=1.54); teenager's cigarettes promotion (OR=4.05); exposure to tobacco advertising (OR=2.08); and male teenagers (OR=2.00). Tobacco disincentives are parental information about smoking (OR=0.38) and health warning labels (OR=0.63). CONCLUSION: : Bolivia requires, at minimum, to implement the other basic measures of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
OBJECTIVE: : To analyze tobacco consumption susceptibility and disincentive factors among non-smoker teenagers in Bolivia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: : A secondary data analysis of the Global Youth Tobacco Survey was conducted. A multivariate logistic regression was developed to estimate the relation between the susceptibility to smoke and social factors, smoking behaviour, and tobacco control policies. RESULTS: : Susceptibility increases by: close smoker friends (OR=1.74); comfort perception when smoking on social events (OR=1.86); observing smokers in public places (OR=1.54); teenager's cigarettes promotion (OR=4.05); exposure to tobacco advertising (OR=2.08); and male teenagers (OR=2.00). Tobacco disincentives are parental information about smoking (OR=0.38) and health warning labels (OR=0.63). CONCLUSION: : Bolivia requires, at minimum, to implement the other basic measures of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
Authors: Yercin Mamani Ortiz; Per E Gustafsson; Miguel San Sebastián Chasco; Ada Ximena Armaza Céspedes; Jenny Marcela Luizaga López; Daniel Elving Illanes Velarde; Paola A Mosquera Méndez Journal: Int J Equity Health Date: 2019-10-15