Setting of logos on tobacco control information at outlets for retails and restaurants in 12 cities of China
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2013.07.002
- VernacularTitle:中国12城市烟酒食品零售业和餐饮场所控烟标识设置情况的调查
- Author:
Chao-Qun WU
1
;
Ya-Yun TAN
;
Sheng-Feng WANG
;
Can-Qing YU
;
Jun LV
;
Li-Ming LI
Author Information
1. 100191,北京大学公共卫生学院
- Keywords:
Tobacco control information;
Retails;
Restaurants;
Cross-sectional survey
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2013;34(7):668-672
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the setting of logos on tobacco control information at outlets for retails and restaurants in 12 selected cities of China.Methods For all the shops for retail of tobacco,alcohol,food and restaurants under survey in 333 blocks of 12 cities (Beijing,Tianjin,Shanghai,Qingdao,Hangzhou,Shaoxing,Suzhou,Nantong,Zhenjiang,Chengdu,Xining and Harbin),setting and contents of logos on tobacco control information,inside and outside them were examined.Results 45 700 objectives were included in the study.Among all types of retail shops,the identification rate of tobacco control information at the entrance and inside were 3.6％ and 4.4％,with an overall identification rate as 7.0％.The overall rate at the entrance of all the restaurants was 4.6％ which was larger than the ones at the retail shops.Our result showed that there were differences between cities and types of establishments and higher rates seen in the larger ones.Of all the places that having had placement of information on tobacco control,only 18.5％ of them had put them both inside and outside.Slogans or images on "No Smoking" were the main forms of information but less than 10％ of them would show signs as ‘exclusive non-smoking'.Conclusion Data from our survey showed that the identification rate of tobacco control information was at a low level in 12 cities,and differences were seen between cities,size of establishment,that called for improvement of the existing tobacco control policies in China.
