Wave 1 (2006-7)

SEA-China Research Team:

Professor Jiang, Yuan (Principal Investigator)
Professor Yang, Yan (Co-Investigator)
Professor Feng, Guoze (Co-Investigator)
Dr. Li, Quiang (Post-Doc Research Scientist)
Li, Zhu
Liu, Ruiling
Wei, Xiaoshue

SEA International Planning Group:

Professor Dr. Geoff T. Fong (PI, Dept. of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Canada)
Associate Professor Dr. Changbao Wu (PI, Dept. of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Canada)
Professor Dr. Mary Thompson (PI, Dept. of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Canada)
Dr. David Hammond (Health Studies and Gerontology, University of Waterloo, Canada)
Dr. Richard O'Connor (Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA)
Professer Dr. Gary Giovino (The State University of New York, USA)
Dr. Ron Borland (PI, The Cancer Council Victoria, Australia)
Dr. Anne C. K. Quah (ITC Asia Project Manager, Dept. of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Canada)
Mary McNally (ITC Senior Project Manager, Dept. of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Canada)
Pete Driezen (Population Health Research Group, University of Waterloo, Canada)
Mi Yan (Population Health Research Group, University of Waterloo, Canada)
Tara Elton-Marshall (PhD Candidate, Dept. of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Canada)
Yang, Jilan (PhD Candidate, Dept. of Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Canada)

Main Objectives:

The objectives of the Wave 1 of the ITC-China survey are:

1. To examine patterns of smoking behaviour in China.
   
   This study will continue to provide very detailed information about smokers' quitting behaviour, consumption patterns, and other important aspects of smoking behaviour.
   
   
2. To examine the impact of specific tobacco control policies implemented in China during the next 5 years.  The ITC survey has several sections that are intended to evaluate the impact of specific policies, such as health warning labels on cigarette packs, anti-smoking campaigns, and price/taxation increases.  As a result, the survey will be able to examine to what extent policies change smoking behaviour and attitudes towards smoking.
   
   
3. To continute to compare smoking behaviour and the impact of policies between China and other ITC countries.
   
   The ITC survey is being administered in 15 other countries.  Because most of the questions are the same, we will be able to compare patterns of smoking and policies in China and each of the 15 other countries.

Sample Size:

In total, 800 smokers and 200 non-smokers from each city were randomly selected.  The survey was conducted in the seven capital cities of one autonomous region, two municipalities and four provinces.

Click here for the ITC China survey questionnaires.

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