1. The Conceptual Model and Methods of Wave 1 ( 2016 ) of the EUREST-PLUS ITC 6 European Countries Survey
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Fong, GT, Thompson, ME, Boudreau, C, Becuwe, N, Driezen, P, Agar, TK, Quah, ACK, Zatonski, WA, Przewozniak, K, Mons, U, Demjen, T, Tountas, Y, Trofor, AC, Fernandez, E, McNeill, A, Willemsen, M, Vardavas, CI, Glahn, A, Kyriakos, CN, Nguyen, D, Radu-Loghin, C, Starchenko, P, Tsatsakis, A, Girvalaki, C, Igoumenaki, C, Nikitara, K, Papadakis, S, Papathanasaki, A, Tzatzarakis, M, Vardavas, AI, Deaconu, L, Goudet, S, Hanley, C, Riviere, O, Kiss, J, Kovacs, PA, Castellano, Y, Fu, M, Nogueira, SO, Tigova, O, East, K, Hitchman, SC, Kahnert, S, Behrakis, P, Filippidis, FT, Gratziou, C, Katsaounou, P, Peleki, T, Petroulia, I, Tzavara, C, Eremia, M, Lotrean, L, Mihaltan, F, Rohde, G, Asano, T, Cichon, C, Far, A, Genton, C, Jessner, M, Hedman, L, Janson, C, Lindberg, A, Maguire, B, Ravara, S, Vaccaro, V, Ward, B, De Vries, H, Hummel, K, Nagelhout, GE, Herbec, A, Janik-Koncewicz, K, Zatonski, M, and Gravely, S
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EU Tobacco Products Directive ,Health (social science) ,Study Protocols ,IMPACT ,WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Sample (statistics) ,HEALTH WARNING LABELS ,MAURITIUS FINDINGS ,03 medical and health sciences ,Survey methodology ,SMOKE-FREE LEGISLATION ,0302 clinical medicine ,Political science ,IMPLEMENTATION ,Regional science ,cohort study ,media_common.cataloged_instance ,Regulatory science ,030212 general & internal medicine ,European union ,Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ,media_common ,Science & Technology ,030505 public health ,evaluation ,Tobacco control ,Substance Abuse ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,PATHWAYS ,1103 Clinical Sciences ,FRAMEWORK ,Directive ,TOBACCO CONTROL POLICY ,3. Good health ,CIGARETTE TAX INCREASE ,ITC Project ,tobacco control ,Conceptual model ,CESSATION ,EUREST-PLUS consortium ,0305 other medical science ,Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Abstract
Population-level interventions represent the only real approach for combatting the tobacco epidemic. There is thus great importance in conducting rigorous evaluation studies of tobacco control policies and regulations such as those arising from the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and the European Union’s 2014 Tobacco Products Directive (TPD). The ITC 6 European Countries Survey, a component of the Horizon 2020 Project entitled European Regulatory Science on Tobacco: Policy Implementation to Reduce Lung Disease (EUREST-PLUS), was created to evaluate and impact of the TPD in six EU Member States: Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Spain. In each country, a cohort survey of a representative national sample of 1000 smokers was conducted. This paper describes the conceptual model, methodology, and initial survey statistics of Wave 1 of the ITC 6E Survey, which was conducted June–September 2016. The ITC 6E Survey’s conceptual model, methodology, and survey instrument, were based on the broader 29-country ITC Project cohort studies, which have been conducted since 2002. The commonality of methods and measures allow a strong potential for cross-country comparisons between the 6 EU countries of the ITC 6E Project and 3 other EU countries (England, France, The Netherlands) in the ITC Project, as well as the broader set of ITC countries outside the EU.
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- 2018
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