Survey Methods of the 2018 International Tobacco Control (ITC) Japan Survey
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Tobacco Control Policy Impact in Japan
3. Objectives of the ITC Japan Survey
4. ITC Japan Survey Measures
5. Sample Sizes, User Groups, and Quotas
6. Sample Source, Inclusion Criteria, Remuneration, and Survey Development
7. External Data Sharing
8. Quality Control
9. Survey Outcome Rates
10. Survey Weights
11. Limitations
12. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Demographics: Gender, Ethnicity, Age, Education, Income, State of Health |
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Other personal moderators: Quitting history, nicotine dependence, levels of stress, including financial stress, depressed mood, use of intoxicants (e.g., alcohol), time perspective, etc. |
Environmental moderators: Number of smokers/users in the household and in social network |
Policy-Specific (proximal) measures of policies on heated tobacco products (HTPs) and of WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) policies: |
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Psychosocial Mediator (distal) variables: Social norms for both vaporized nicotine products (VNPs) and cigarettes, outcome expectancies for products, reasons for VNP use, self-efficacy and intentions to quit smoking; relative harmfulness, health concerns, functions of smoking, substitutability of functions to VNP. |
VNP and Tobacco use behaviors: Key outcomes along with some of the distal variables for intermediary analyses. Use of VNPs and other tobacco products: frequency of use, duration, and intensity of use (e.g., cigarettes per day); usual brand/type of product; quit attempts (smoking), duration of abstinence (smoking), product switching. |
User Groups | Definition | Targeted | Achieved |
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Cigarette-only smokers | Smokes cigarettes at least monthly and uses HTPs not at all or less than weekly | 3000 | 3288 |
HTP-only users | Smokes cigarettes not at all or less than monthly and uses HTP at least weekly | 200 | 164 |
Cigarette-HTP dual users | Smokes cigarettes at least monthly and uses HTPs at least weekly | 450 | 549 |
Never and non-users | Smokes cigarettes not at all or less than monthly and uses HTPs not at all or less than weekly | 600 | 614 |
Total | 4250 | 4615 |
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Thompson, M.E.; Boudreau, C.; Quah, A.C.K.; Ouimet, J.; Li, G.; Yan, M.; Mochizuki, Y.; Yoshimi, I.; Fong, G.T. Survey Methods of the 2018 International Tobacco Control (ITC) Japan Survey. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 2598. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072598
Thompson ME, Boudreau C, Quah ACK, Ouimet J, Li G, Yan M, Mochizuki Y, Yoshimi I, Fong GT. Survey Methods of the 2018 International Tobacco Control (ITC) Japan Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(7):2598. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072598
Chicago/Turabian StyleThompson, Mary E., Christian Boudreau, Anne C.K. Quah, Janine Ouimet, Grace Li, Mi Yan, Yumiko Mochizuki, Itsuro Yoshimi, and Geoffrey T. Fong. 2020. "Survey Methods of the 2018 International Tobacco Control (ITC) Japan Survey" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 7: 2598. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072598
APA StyleThompson, M. E., Boudreau, C., Quah, A. C. K., Ouimet, J., Li, G., Yan, M., Mochizuki, Y., Yoshimi, I., & Fong, G. T. (2020). Survey Methods of the 2018 International Tobacco Control (ITC) Japan Survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(7), 2598. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072598