Perceptions of tobacco advertising and marketing that might lead to smoking initiation among Chinese high school girls: Table 1

Ho, Michael G; Shi, Yu; Ma, Stefan; Novotny, Thomas E.

doi:10.1136/tc.2007.022061

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“…Despite this, there is cause for concern about the escalation of smoking among Chinese women. Rapidly changing social norms and employment patterns among women may be weakening the longstanding stigma against smoking among women in China [17]. In addition, internal documents of transnational tobacco corporations have shown that Chinese women are a priority group for market expansion [18, 19].…”

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Perceived Discrimination and Smoking Among Rural-to-Urban Migrant Women in China

Shin

Wan

Wang

et al. 2012

J Immigrant Minority Health

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Background Smoking may be a coping mechanism for psychosocial stress caused by discrimination. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional survey of rural-to-urban migrant women working as restaurant/hotel workers (RHWs) and those working as sex workers (FSWs) in 10 Chinese cities to investigate whether perceived discrimination is associated with smoking. We interviewed RHWs at medical examination clinics and FSWs at entertainment venues. Modified Poisson regression was used to estimate prevalence ratios. Results Of the 1696 RHWs and 532 FSWs enrolled, 155 (9.1%) and 63 (11.8%) reported perceived discrimination, respectively. Perceived discrimination was independently associated with ever tried smoking (prevalence ratio [PR], 1.71; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.31–2.23) and current smoking (PR, 2.52; 95% CI, 1.32–4.79) among RHWs and ever tried smoking (PR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.16–1.61) and current smoking (PR, 1.63; 95% CI, 1.28–2.06) among FSWs. Discussion Perceived discrimination is associated with higher prevalence of smoking among rural-to-urban migrant women in China.

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Perceived Discrimination and Smoking Among Rural-to-Urban Migrant Women in China

Shin

Wan

Wang

et al. 2012

J Immigrant Minority Health

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“…In 2006, we conducted a qualitative pilot study in Beijing to better understand the factors that may lead to a future increase in smoking prevalence among women in China 10. We found that many of the same driving forces for susceptible women in the USA in the 1950s (ie, smoking and its association with independence, lack of regulation of tobacco company advertisements, etc) are in fact now evident in China.…”

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Smoking among rural and urban young women in China

Chai

et al. 2009

Tob Control

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MethodsA survey of 11 095 urban and rural women attending high school or college, aged 14–24 years, in 6 Chinese provinces was conducted. Ever-smoking (ES), current smoking, established smoking and intention to smoke frequencies were calculated. Bivariate analyses were conducted to identify possible correlates of smoking, and those found to be significant at the p=0.1 level were included in a multivariate logistical regression model to obtain adjusted OR for correlates of ES.ResultsES prevalence was 20.1%, with urban female students (UFS) at 22.0% and rural female students (RFS) at 19.0% (p<0.01). Established smoking prevalence was higher among UFS than RFS (2.4% vs 0.9%, p<0.01). Similarly, current smoking prevalence was higher among UFS than RFS (4.2% vs 1.9%, p<0.01). The intention to smoke prevalence was higher among UFS than RFS (3.5% vs 1.7%, p<0.01). The majority were aware that smoking was harmful to health, but were less aware of specific diseases associated with smoking. ES was associated with awareness of cigarettes made for women (OR, 1.66, 95% CI 1.49 to 1.86) and thinking that they were less harmful than other cigarettes (OR 1.54, 95% CI 1.33 to 1.79). The strongest correlate of ES was low refusal self-efficacy (OR 6.35, 95% CI 5.32 to 7.57).ConclusionsThis is the first report that having heard of women's cigarettes is a correlate of smoking among young Chinese women. ES among young Chinese women has increased in the last decade, and thus, specific prevention strategies need to be developed to prevent the tobacco epidemic from spreading among this vulnerable population.

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“…Sincerity in CSR initiatives of Tobacco companies is questioned, because on one side cigarettes cause harm and death, and, on the other, they make marketing efforts to target young people (Chapman, 2004;Palazzo & Richter, 2005;Yoon et al, 2006) and women (Ho, Shi, Ma, & Novotny, 2007). Thus, CSR initiatives constitute a "strategic goal to distract attention from their controversial activities, lessen the negative consequences of stigmatization and neutralize the impact of litigation proceedings" (Grougiou, Dedoulis, & Leventis, 2015, p. 295).…”

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Corporate social responsibility of Colombian tobacco industry: Is it a strategy?

Muñoz

2015

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This research focuses on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by tobacco companies in order to answer whether these companies used CSR initiatives in Colombia as a strategy to enhance the corporate image and counter their bad reputation, as part of its strategy to prevent further advances in regulation. I used a qualitative data analysis to process the documents available on its official internet pages and major national media between 2008 and 2011. The most important conclusion is that the tobacco companies appear as a strategic partner in efforts for development of the country, with two possible objectives: to improve their image and gain influence in political processes. It is necessary to consider these strategies especially in light of the scope of the ban to sponsorship and promotion that the industry has.

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Perceptions of tobacco advertising and marketing that might lead to smoking initiation among Chinese high school girls: Table 1

Cited by 16 publications

References 7 publications

Perceived Discrimination and Smoking Among Rural-to-Urban Migrant Women in China

Perceived Discrimination and Smoking Among Rural-to-Urban Migrant Women in China

Smoking among rural and urban young women in China

Corporate social responsibility of Colombian tobacco industry: Is it a strategy?

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