Measuring Armenia's progress on the Tobacco Control Scale: an evaluation of tobacco control in an economy in transition, 2005-2009

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作者
Movsisyan, Narine K. [1 ]
Connolly, Gregory N. [2 ]
机构
[1] Amer Univ Armenia, Ctr Hlth Serv Res & Dev, Yerevan, Armenia
[2] Harvard Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Social & Behav Sci, Ctr Global Tobacco Control, Boston, MA 02115 USA
来源
BMJ OPEN | 2014年 / 4卷 / 02期
关键词
Public Health; Epidemiology;
D O I
10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004410
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Objectives This study aimed to measure the 5-year progress in the implementation of WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in Armenia by applying the Tobacco Control Scale, a rapid assessment tool developed to assess the strength of tobacco control policies in Europe. Setting Armenia, an economy in transition, has extreme smoking rates among men (62.5%) despite acceding to FCTC in 2004. However, little research has been carried out to evaluate Armenia's progress in tobacco control. Methods The Tobacco Control Scale total score was estimated for Armenia using the original methodology; however, a different source of data was used in estimating the subscores on tobacco price and tobacco control spending. Results Armenia's total score on Tobacco Control Scale has considerably improved from 2005 to 2009, mostly due to larger health warnings and advertising ban, and increased public spending on tobacco control. The scores for smoke-free public places, advertising ban, health warnings and treatment categories were below the European average in 2005 and 2007, while the price score was higher. Neither total tobacco control score nor any of its components showed a significant predictive value in a simple regression analysis using the total score and subscores as predictors for log-transformed per capita tobacco consumption. Conclusions Higher than the European average price score for Armenia cannot be explained by the concept of affordability alone and may reflect a measurement error due to peculiarities of transition economies. The applicability of the Tobacco Control Scale could be limited to countries with mature economies, but not to transition countries such as Armenia with different social, political and economic environment. The scale modification, such as an adjustment for the policy enforcement and the effectiveness of public tobacco control spending along with alternativemeasures of affordability would be warranted to enhance its applicability in low-income and middle-income countries.
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