Use of Heated Tobacco Products within Indoor Spaces: Findings from the 2018 ITC Japan Survey

Edward Sutanto, Danielle M. Smith, Connor Miller, Richard J. O’Connor, Andrew Hyland, Takahiro Tabuchi, Anne C. K. Quah, K. Michael Cummings, Steve Xu, Geoffrey T. Fong, Janine Ouimet, Itsuro Yoshimi, Yumiko Mochizuki and Maciej L. Goniewicz
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Edward Sutanto: Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, Department of Health Behaviors, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
Danielle M. Smith: Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, Department of Health Behaviors, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
Connor Miller: Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, Department of Health Behaviors, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
Richard J. O’Connor: Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, Department of Health Behaviors, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
Andrew Hyland: Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, Department of Health Behaviors, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
Takahiro Tabuchi: Cancer Control Center, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka 537-8511, Japan
Anne C. K. Quah: Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
K. Michael Cummings: Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Steve Xu: Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Geoffrey T. Fong: Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Janine Ouimet: Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Itsuro Yoshimi: Division of Tobacco Policy Research, National Cancer Center Japan, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
Yumiko Mochizuki: Japan Cancer Society, Tokyo 100-0006, Japan
Maciej L. Goniewicz: Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, Department of Health Behaviors, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 23, 1-8

Abstract: Although heated tobacco products (HTPs) have become increasingly popular in Japan, little is known about whether these emerging tobacco products are being used within indoor public spaces. Nationally representative data were obtained prior to implementation of a comprehensive smoke-free law in Japan as part of Wave 1 of the International Tobacco Control Japan Survey (February–March 2018). We estimated the weighted prevalence of HTP use within indoor public spaces among tobacco users and compared these to estimates for combustible cigarettes (CCs). Overall, 15.6% of current tobacco users in Japan declared that they used HTPs within indoor public spaces. Any HTP use within indoor public spaces was significantly lower than any CC use (80.1% vs. 96.7%). Dual HTP + CC users reported using CCs more frequently than using HTPs within indoor public spaces (97.7% vs. 76.0%). In conclusion, HTP use is less common than CC use within indoor public spaces. Findings of this study can inform the development of targeted smoke-free policies to benefit public health.

Keywords: heated tobacco products; heat-not-burn; secondhand exposure; involuntary exposure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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