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2021 National Middle School Student Tobacco Pop Survey: Over 16% of the use of electronic cigarettes

2021 National Middle School Student Tobacco Pop Survey: Over 16% of the use of electronic cigarettes

2022-11-15

Recently, the 23rd National Tobacco Control and Health Academic Symposium hosted by the China Control of the Smoking Association was successfully held in Beijing in Beijing in Beijing.


Some experts at the meeting pointed out that the average retail price of cigarettes in my country in 2020 was 18.69 yuan, while the value composition of a pack of cigarettes accounted for 48.4%, the cost accounted for 32.74%, and the profit accounted for 19.9%; the current retail price of cigarettes and electronic cigarette tax accounts for retail prices The proportion of 48%and 38%, respectively, should be further increased to tobacco consumption tax and moved the taxation link forward.


2021 National Middle School Students Tobacco Pop Survey: Middle school students have used electronic cigarettes exceeding 16%, an increase of 3.5%from 2019


Red Star News reporters learned from the meeting that in 2021, the China Centers for Disease Control and Control Organizing the implementation of the National Middle School Student Tobacco Popular Survey, the scope of the report of the report covered 936 junior high schools and 891 high schools in 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) across the country. A total of 13,6296 junior high school students and 13,2954 high school students, with a total response rate of 95.9%.


Xiao Lin, deputy director and researcher of the Tobacco Control Office of the China Disease Control Center, shared a detailed investigation report at the meeting. The survey found that middle school students tried to smoke and the current smoking rates were 16.7%and 4.7%, respectively, and decreased by 1.2%compared with the 2019 survey. Among them, the proportion of middle school students has used electronic cigarettes 16.1%, and the proportion of electronic cigarettes still uses 3.6%. Compared with 2019, it has increased by 3.5 and 0.8 percentage points, respectively.


The survey also found that in the past 30 days, students saw the proportion of smoking on campus, and the proportion of teachers' smoking almost every day in school was 39.9%and 8.6%, respectively. And 1.3 percentage points.


In addition, the results of the survey show that tobacco advertising, promotion and smoking lenses in film and television dramas have been reduced, but among students who have seen movies, television, video/video in the past 30 days, have seen the proportion of smoking lenses as high as 65.9% Essence The report believes that the relevant policies that do not sell cigarettes and electronic cigarettes to minors have not yet been effectively implemented. In 2021, smoking students have not rejected the recently to buy cigarettes. It is 70.8%.


Xiong Jingfan, Secretary -General of the Shenzhen Municipal Smoking Association, shared the implementation of the Shenzhen tobacco regulations after the meeting. Xiong Jingfan said that after two revised smoke control regulations in 2013 and 2014, Shenzhen has basically achieved a full -scale smoking ban in indoor public places, workplaces, and public transportation. In addition, in the "Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Controlling Smoking Regulations (Amended in 2019)", by defining smoking and tobacco products, electronic cigarettes are included in control, and Shenzhen's smoking signs have been updated. Essence


Xiong Jingfan introduced that the Shenzhen tobacco control model adopts the principles of government -led, classification management, venue responsibility, public participation, and social supervision. Undertake the unit of tobacco control law enforcement.


From the perspective of law enforcement data, the tobacco control regulations have been effectively implemented. Data show that since March 1, 2014, the penalty has been close to 140,000 person -times, and the fine has exceeded 7 million yuan; 78 places for penalties, fines of more than 900,000 yuan. indivual. Xiong Jingfan pointed out that at present, the smoking rate of adults in Shenzhen at the age of 15 and above is 19.79%, which is a lower level in China.


Experts: my country ’s tobacco control work still faces severe challenges. Increasing tobacco consumption tax will be positive for smoke control


Wu Xiangtian, deputy director of the Planning Department of the National Health and Health Commission, made a keynote report entitled "The progress and challenge of Chinese tobacco control work" at this meeting. He pointed out that my country's smoke control mechanism has become increasingly improved, the construction of smoke -free environments continues to accelerate, the proportion of smoke -free regulations to protect the population has continued to increase, and the convenience of smoking cessation services has been significantly improved.


Faced with the goals proposed by the healthy China tobacco -controlling operation, by 2030, the cigarette control legislation covers 80%of the population, and the smoking rate of adults is reduced to 20%. Wu Xiangtian said that my country ’s tobacco control work still faces many difficulties and severe challenges. He emphasized that it is necessary to work hard in three aspects: exploring smoke control models and methods, accelerating the construction of smoke -free environment, and strengthening youth tobacco control.


In this regard, Zheng Rong, a professor at the University of Economic and Trade, Zheng Rong, a professor at the University of Economic and Trade and the World Health Organization Tobacco Control and Economic Policy Cooperation Center, proposed at the meeting that increasing tobacco consumption tax will have positive significance for tobacco control. According to Zheng Rong's survey results, the average retail price of cigarettes in 2020 was 18.69 yuan, while the value composition of a pack of cigarettes accounted for 48.4%, the cost accounted for 32.74%, and the profit accounted for 19.9%. The proportion of 48%and 38%, respectively. Zheng Rong believes that there is still much room for improvement in electronic smoke tax.


Zheng Rong also proposed that 70%of the current distribution of tax sources of tobacco products is in the production session. "If the consumption tax collection section is moved to the sales link, it will cause great challenges to the tobacco control."


The World Health Organization's Tobacco Control Consultant and Ph.D. Yin Hui also pointed out at the meeting that with the decline in cigarette sales, the new and emerging nicotine and tobacco products, such as the electronic nicotine transmission system (ENDS), increased rapidly in many markets. Essence The tobacco industry implies that these products are safer because they do not contain tobacco, so they continue to expand the profit income of the tobacco industry by attracting young people and other methods. In order to further curb the popularity of electronic cigarettes, in October this year, the Ministry of Finance, the General Administration of Customs, and the General Administration of Taxation jointly issued the "Announcement on the Consumption Tax of Electronic Cigarettes". It is clear that the electronic cigarette is included in the scope of consumption tax collection and adds electronic eyes to the smoke tax. The announcement has been implemented on November 1.


Wu Xiangtian also emphasized that it is necessary to resolutely curb increasing increase, reduce the stock, and pay attention to variables, further reduce the smoking rate, do a good job of promotion of smoke control, smoke -free environment construction, smoke -free legislation and tobacco -control scientific research, and promote the realization of the goals of smoke control operations.


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