ITC South Korea Status Report

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ITC South Korea Status Report
Anne C. K. Quah, PhD ITC Asia Project
Manager Department of Psychology University of
Waterloo
ITC-TTURC Project Annual Meeting Portland,
OregonMarch 1, 2008
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ITC South Korea Team Members

• UW Geoff Fong, Mary Thompson, Christian
  Boudreau, Dave Hammond, Anne Quah, Beth Lee, Yan
  Mi
• Korean Researchers
• W1 - Dr Seo Hong-Gwan, Dr Cheong Yoo-Seock, Dr
  Myung Seung Kwan
• W2 - Dr Seo Hong-Gwan, Dr Cheong Yoo-Seock, Dr
  Lim Min-Kyung, Dr Kim Yeol, Dr Park Jae-Gahb, Dr
  Ju Yeong-Su, Dr Paek Yu-Jin
• TCCV Ron Borland

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ITC South Korea Team Structure
TCCV
Wave 1 Wave 2
ITC
UW
Dr Seo, NCC
DMC
TCCV
Korean Researcher
Korean Researcher
UW ITC DMC
Korean Researcher
Korean Researcher
Korean Researcher
Korean Researcher
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ITC South Korea Survey Waves

• Sample 1000 smokers
• Survey Mode Telephone Interview (Gallup Korea)
• Wave 1 2005
• Wave 2 Fall 2008 (?)
• Samplepossible increase to 2000 smokers

Gender N
Male 41 3.8
Female 961 96.2
Total (Smokers) 1002 100.00
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ITC South Korea Challenges

• Lack of communication with Korean researchers
• No direct communication with the Ministry of
  Health and Welfare (MOHW), Republic of Korea
• Uncertain of MOHW funding beyond Wave 2

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ITC South Korea Current Status

• Wave 1
• Weighted dataset ready
• National Report (first draft circulated in UW)
• Wave 2
• Waiting bidding process to be completed by MOHW
  to select research company
• Waiting for MOHW funding confirmation for Wave 2
• Waiting for fieldwork start date confirmation

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ITC South Korea Funding

• Sources of Funding (2008-2012)
• 50 NCI-NIH 50 Korean Government (MOHW)
• 2007/08 Wave 2 (Fall 2008?)
• 2008/09 Wave 3
• 2009/10 Wave 4
• 2011/12 Wave 5
• 2012/13 Wave 6

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Appendices Korea FCTC

FCTC Status FCTC Status
Signed 21 July 2003
Ratified 16 May 2005
FCTC Price and Taxation
Cigarette Price of Most Popular Brand Cigarette Price of Most Popular Brand
In National Currency
In International 2.63
Affordability of most popular brand of annual per capita income required to buy 100 packs
Taxes 55
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Appendices Korea FCTC
FCTC Non-Price Measures

Advertising/Promotion Bans Partial
In Broadcast and Print (national and international) Broadcast Yes Print No
Enforcement Rating 6/10
Smoke-Free Health care and educational facilities
Schools Yes
Warning labels text only Min 30
Front and Back of Pack Front and Back of Pack
Graphic Warning Labels implementation is still unknown Graphic Warning Labels implementation is still unknown
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Korea Smoking Demographics

Population (1000s) 47,817
Adults (gt15 years) 81.4
Urban 81.0
Growth rate 0.6
Income Group High
Income per capita (Intl ) 21,850
Extreme poverty rate lt2
Literacy rate
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Korea Smoking Prevalence

Youth 13-15 years (GYTS 2005) Youth 13-15 years (GYTS 2005)
Males 10.9
Females 8.8
Overall 10.2
Adult 20 years (KNHANES III 2005 HBA 2006) Adult 20 years (KNHANES III 2005 HBA 2006)
Males 52.8
Females 5.8
Overall 29.1
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Korea Tobacco Industry

Tobacco Industry (Tobacco Atlas 2006) Tobacco Industry (Tobacco Atlas 2006)
Cigarette Production (Ms) 84,600
Cigarette Imports (Ms) 9,378
Cigarette Exports (Ms) 6,712
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