Tobacco consumption, sales, and output as monitoring indicators in the era of the tobacco endgame: a Korean example.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The consumption, sales, and output of tobacco products each suggest different areas of intervention for tobacco control. In the era of the tobacco endgame, as increasingly stronger supply-side measures are implemented, multifaceted indicators that assess both supply and/or demand are required. We aimed to estimate the consumption of cigarette and heated tobacco products (HTPs) and sought agreement between the various indicators.

Methods

The annual cigarette and HTP consumption in 2014-2020 was calculated using the frequency and intensity of cigarette use from representative surveys of adults and adolescents by sex and age. Sales and output data were acquired from governmental sources. Spearman correlation coefficients and Bland-Altman plots were used to compare th

SUBMITTER: Kim H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10396800 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature