[Monitoring strategy for control of tobacco in Mexico: advertising, promotion and sponsorship, packaging and labeling]. / Estrategia de vigilancia para el control del tabaco en México: publicidad, promoción y patrocinio, empaque y etiquetado.
Salud Publica Mex
; 52 Suppl 2: S254-66, 2010.
Article
in Es
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21243196
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To describe strategies used in the publicity, marketing, and sale, of tobacco products in 12 cities in Mexico. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
Tobacco products points of sale (POS) were identified within a 500 m radius of Global Youth Tobacco Survey (2005-2006) schools. We used observational surveys and an online Geographic Information System (GIS).RESULTS:
In the 257 schools visited, we found, on average, 8.3 stores and 5 street vendors around each of them. Forty-four percent of the stores had interior tobacco publicity, 8.3% had tobacco products at children's eye level, 6.5% had some promotion, 33.6% had a no selling to minors sign, and 44.4% of stores and 58.8% of street vendors sold single cigarettes.CONCLUSIONS:
Tobacco products are largely publicized and marketed around schools. There is no compliance of tobacco control legislation in regards to selling to minors and single cigarettes. It is necessary to implement a surveillance system to monitor strategies for tobacco control and the tobacco industry.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Product Labeling
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Nicotiana
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Product Packaging
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Advertising
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Marketing
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Smoking Prevention
Type of study:
Screening_studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Mexico
Language:
Es
Journal:
Salud Publica Mex
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article