title: Findings from 2010 Global Adult Tobacco Survey: implementation of MPOWER policy in China.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the implementation of five key tobacco control policies in China: protection from second-hand smoke (SHS); offering help to quit; health warnings regarding tobacco use; the enforcement of bans on tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship; and increasing tobacco taxes and prices.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using 2010 Global Adults Tobacco Survey in China (GATS-China), 10 indicators are used to assess the implementation of five key tobacco control policies of MPOWER in China.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, 63.3% and 72.7% of adults noticed people smoking indoor workplaces and public places, respectively. Approximately 60% of smokers were not asked about their smoking habits and approximately 67% were not advised to quit on their visit to a health worker. Sixty percent of adults noticed health warning messages on cigarette packaging and in the media in the last 30 days, 63.6% stated that they would not consider quitting. Twenty percent of respondents noticed tobacco advertising, promotion, and/or sponsorship activities in the 30 days prior to the survey. Among them, 76.3% noticed the direct advertising and 50% noticed from TV programs. Although purchasing price of one pack of cigarettes ranged from 1 to 200 RMB, 50% of current smokers (about 150 million) spent 5 RMB or less on one pack of cigarette. The expenditure on 100 packets of cigarettes represents 2% of 2009 GDP per capita.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The average score for the implementation of the 5 policies of MPOWER in China is 37.3 points, indicating tobacco control policies in China is poor and there is a large gaps from the FCTC requirements.
authors.affiliation: Chinese Center Of Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China. Yangghuan@vip.sina.com
authors.forename: Gong-Huan
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Cong-Xiao
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hsia
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Lu-Hua
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012907:Smoking; D020340:Tobacco Use Cessation / Q000379:methods; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*