Dynamics of Public Awareness About Measures to Combat Tobacco and Nicotine-Containing Products in the Russian Federation in 2019-2021

Salagay O. O.
MD, PhD, Deputy Minister¹

Sakharova G. M.
Doctor of Medicine, Professor, Head Researcher, Department of Public Health and Demography²; Leading Researcher³

Antonov N. S.
Doctor of Medicine, Professor, Head Researcher, Department of Public Health and Demography²; Leading Researcher³

1 - Ministry of health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
2 - Federal Research Institute for Health Organization and Informatics of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
3 - Central TB research institute, Moscow, Russia

Sakharova Galina; e-mail: pulmomail@gmail.com.

None declared.

The study had no sponsorship.

The article examines the results of a three-year monitoring of public opinion on public awareness about measures to reduce the prevalence of tobacco consumption in the Russian Federation, which was conducted on the basis of Internet surveys (SLOP research) using a questionnaire developed in accordance with the objectives of the study in 2019-2021. The questionnaire also included questions about the knowledge of the respondents about the prohibition of the sale and using of tobacco and nicotine-containing products in public places, as well as about the sources of information they noticed. The purpose of the monitoring was to identify trends and new trends in tobacco and nicotine consumption, knowledge of tobacco control measures and information sources of the population. This article describes a study of the dynamics of awareness among survey respondents about bans on the sale and use of tobacco and nicotine-containing products in public places, and also analyzes the sources of information that respondents noticed.

tobacco, nicotine, consumption of tobacco products, consumption of nicotine-containing products, dynamics of tobacco consumption in the Russian Federation, monitoring of tobacco consumption, survey on tobacco consumption, consumption of tobacco and nicotine among young people, consumption of electronic cigarettes, consumption of vapes, a ban on smoking tobacco in public places, a ban on using of nicotine-containing products in public places, a ban on the sale of nicotine-containing products, informing about bans on smoking tobacco

10.29234/2308-9113-2021-9-3-1-15

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