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ArticleTobacco control2025

Public support for tobacco endgame policies in South Korea: Findings from the 2020 International Tobacco Control Korea Survey.

Heewon Kang, Wonjeong Yoon, Hong Gwan Seo, Sungkyu Lee, Sujin Lim, Gil-Yong Kim, Su Young Kim, Steve S Xu, Mi Yan, Anne C K Quah and 5 more

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Article in Tobacco control, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Heewon KangInstitute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).ORCID 0000-0002-1519-5678
Wonjeong YoonDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).ORCID 0000-0002-9061-8458
Hong Gwan SeoDepartment of Family Medicine, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (the Republic of).
Sungkyu LeeKorea Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).ORCID 0000-0002-6419-2086
Sujin LimNational Tobacco Control Center, Korea Health Promotion Institute, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).ORCID 0000-0002-3042-343X
Gil-Yong KimNational Tobacco Control Center, Korea Health Promotion Institute, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).ORCID 0009-0001-0042-9689
Su Young KimNational Tobacco Control Center, Korea Health Promotion Institute, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of).
Steve S XuDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9095-2870
Mi YanDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Anne C K QuahDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5303-8884
Janet Chung-HallDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9139-8100
Lorraine V CraigDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5269-1817
Coral E GartnerNHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6651-8035
Geoffrey T FongDepartment of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Sung-Il ChoInstitute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) persontime@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-4085-1494
University of Waterloo · CAKorea Health Promotion Institute · KRSeoul National University · KRKorea Center for Disease Control and Prevention · KRNational Cancer Center · KROntario Institute for Cancer Research · CAThe University of Queensland · AU

Funding

Vaporized Nicotine Product Initiation Among Youth in the US, Canada, and England: Methods to Predict Uptake and Policy EfficacyP01CA200512 · NCI · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI FONG, GEOFFREY T · 2016 to 2025
$25.3M
Variation in Cigarettes, Tobacco use Behaviors and Exposures in ITC CountriesP01CA138389 · NCI · ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE CORP · PI FONG, GEOFFREY T · 2009 to 2013
$13.4M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA138389NCI NIH HHS P01 CA200512
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundStrong public support can increase the likelihood of adopting tobacco control policies. We assessed support for six commercial tobacco endgame policies in South Korea: limiting the nicotine in cigarettes, banning all additives in cigarettes, restricting the number of places where cigarettes are sold, and banning the manufacture and sales of cigarettes (unconditionally, with the provision of cessation support and with alternative tobacco products available).

methodsData were obtained from 4740 adults who completed the 2020 International Tobacco Control Korea Survey. Participants were categorised based on their nicotine use: (1) did not use any products, (2) vaped and/or used heated tobacco products (HTPs) but did not smoke cigarettes, (3) smoked cigarettes only and (4) smoked cigarettes and vaped and/or used HTPs. Attitudes towards the policies were classified as supportive, undecided or opposed. Weighted multinomial logistic regression models assessed support levels according to nicotine use.

resultsSupport was highest for limiting the nicotine content in cigarettes (68.4%; 95% CI 64.6% to 72.3%) and restricting the number of retailers (68.1%; 95% CI 64.5% to 71.7%), and lowest for banning cigarette sales if alternative products are made available (45.0%; 95% CI 40.9% to 49.1%). People who did not use any products were most likely to support endgame policies, except for banning cigarette sales with alternatives available. The proportion of undecided participants exceeded 10% (range 13%-25%) for all policies.

conclusionThere is a strong public support for tobacco endgame policies in South Korea. Further research should prioritise the development of strategies to ensure the effective implementation of highly supported policies.

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Public OpinionTobacco ProductsAdolescentAdultCommerceFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNicotineRepublic of KoreaSmokingSmoking PreventionSurveys and QuestionnairesTobacco ControlVapingNicotineEnd gameNon-cigarette tobacco productsPublic opinionSurveillance and monitoring

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