title: [Setting of logos on tobacco control information at outlets for retails and restaurants in 12 cities of China].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the setting of logos on tobacco control information at outlets for retails and restaurants in 12 selected cities of China.
  
  
  METHODS
  For all the shops for retail of tobacco, alcohol, food and restaurants under survey in 333 blocks of 12 cities(Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Qingdao, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Suzhou, Nantong, Zhenjiang, Chengdu, Xining and Harbin), setting and contents of logos on tobacco control information, inside and outside them were examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  45 700 objectives were included in the study. Among all types of retail shops, the identification rate of tobacco control information at the entrance and inside were 3.6% and 4.4%, with an overall identification rate as 7.0%. The overall rate at the entrance of all the restaurants was 4.6% which was larger than the ones at the retail shops. Our result showed that there were differences between cities and types of establishments and higher rates seen in the larger ones. Of all the places that having had placement of information on tobacco control, only 18.5% of them had put them both inside and outside. Slogans or images on "No Smoking" were the main forms of information but less than 10% of them would show signs as 'exclusive non-smoking'.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Data from our survey showed that the identification rate of tobacco control information was at a low level in 12 cities, and differences were seen between cities, size of establishment, that called for improvement of the existing tobacco control policies in China.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China.
authors.forename: Chao-qun
authors.initials: CQ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ya-yun
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Sheng-feng
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Can-qing
authors.initials: CQ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lü
authors.forename: Li-ming
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D002947:Cities; D008123:Location Directories and Signs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011634:Public Health; D012147:Restaurants; D000074606:Smoking Prevention