Current status of tobacco use, cessation and control policy in Korea.
Journal of the Korean Medical Association
; 65(12):789-800, 2022.
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Dans Coréen
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Tobacco use is a leading cause of countless deaths and disabilities worldwide. An estimated 11 million Korean adults were still using tobacco in 2020, according to the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. This review aims to explain the current trends in tobacco use, sales, cessation, and control policies in South Korea. Current Concepts Heated tobacco products (HTPs), a hybrid between conventional and electronic cigarettes, were first launched in South Korea in June 2017. Advertisements stating that HTPs are odorless, tar-free, and less harmful to health have caused sales of HTPs to grow quickly over the past 5 years, such that they account for about 15% of the total tobacco market. According to national smoking rate statistics and tobacco sales trends, declines in current smoking rates have slowed and even risen in some groups, and declines in total tobacco sales have slowed but also risen again during the coronavirus 19 pandemic. In addition, the number of visitors to smoking cessation clinics decreased just after the advent of HTPs and social distancing policies triggered by the coronavirus. Nicotine replacement therapy can serve as a drug therapy for smoking cessation, or bupropion and varenicline can be prescribed. Korea's representative tobacco control policies include the tax increase policy, non-smoking area policy, cigarette pack warning picture policy, and support policy for visiting smoking cessation clinics. Discussion and Conclusion(s) There is a pressing need to reflect tobacco control policies in line with changes in tobacco user behaviors and tobacco company marketing strategies.Copyright © Korean Medical Association.
Republic of Korea; Smoking cessation; Smoking cessation agents; Tobacco products; Tobacco use disorder; advertising; article; coronavirus disease 2019; health hazard; human; nicotine replacement therapy; pandemic; smoking; social control; social distancing; social marketing; South Korea; statistics; tax; tobacco use; amfebutamone; tar; varenicline; cigarette; electronic cigarette; heated tobacco product
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Coréen
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Journal of the Korean Medical Association
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2022
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