Health consciousness and its influential factors among "low-tar" cigarette smokers in six cities of China

ObjectiveTo collect information of adult smokers using "low tar" cigarette in Beijing,Shenyang,Shanghai, Changsha,Guangzhou and Yinchuan,and figure out relative influential factors.MethodsWith multiple stage sampling method, 4817 adult smokers were selected and surveyed with face to face interview to collect information of "low-tar" cigarette consumption and relative health consciousness.Data were analyzed with logistic regression to find out influential factors.ResultsThe ratio of smokers reported using "low tar"cigarette was 54.2% in six cities.Compared with regular cigarettes users,"low-tar" cigarette users had significant higher percentages for considerations of "Smoking is not good for health"(82.9% vs 80.6%), "Low-tar cigarettes make it easier to quit smoking(44.1% vs 40.5%)","having plan to quit smoking(27.5% vs 22.3%)", "worrying about smoking will damage health in the future(21.7% vs 15.6%)" and "Smoking is bad or very bad(57.1% vs 50.5%)".There were significant differences in the rate of using low-tar cigarette bewteen six cities.The result of logistic regression analysis showed that different cities,health consc iousness andintention to quit smoking were associated with the behavior of using "low tar"cigarette.ConclusionThere are differences in the rate of using low-tar cigarettes between six cities in China.Health consciousness and the intention to quit smoking are associated with the probability of using "low tar" cigarette.