• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.71-81
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• 2016

Objectives: Tobacco marketing encourages smoking initiation of non-smokers, especially adolescents, and it hinders quit intention of those who smoke or who attempt to quit smoking. Article 13 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control(WHO FCTC) requests a comprehensive ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship(TAPS). Ratified the Convention in 2005, Korea has partially implemented the provisions. However, online marketing regulations are still insufficient. Methods: Based on relevant national and international regulations, this research designed monitoring mechanism for online tobacco marketing and studied 1,404 websites to identify current situation of online sales and advertisement of tobacco in Korea. Results: This study found that online trade of tobacco products are overtly conducted, while tobacco advertising with flavoring and misleading descriptors are also prevalent. Also, online tobacco marketing facilitate adolescents' access to tobacco product and that advertising and promotion activities lead to tobacco purchase without difficulties. Conclusions: Fundamental solution to prevent online tobacco advertisement and promotion is banning online sales of tobacco and conducting a regular monitoring for compliance. Korean government should consider establishing an official surveillance system for online tobacco advertisement, followed by a comprehensive ban on TAPS to fulfill its obligation as a Party to the FCTC.

• 보건교육건강증진학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.71-82
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• 2016

Objectives: In this study, it was analyzed which marketing activity strategy multinational tobacco companies established against Republic of Korea through their internal documents and it was checked out how the marketing activities mentioned in the documents turned out to be actually. Methods: For that, analyzed the internal documents of tobacco companies after connecting Legacy Tobacco Documents Library(LTDL). Three documents were selected finally out of total searched 1,752 documents except the ones that did not include the theme or not appropriate. Results: Internal documents analysis showed that people smoke because the filter of cigarette shown in the movies looks nice. Tobacco companies carried out the marketing through sponsorship of soccer games, F1 Grand Prix was found in the internal documents. Conclusions: The legal restriction on marketing activities of tobacco companies should be enhanced by removing the articles of allowing advertisement and promotion for tobacco companies in Korean domestic law.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제54권5호
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• pp.330-339
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• 2021

Objectives: Tobacco control in Indonesia is very lenient compared to international standards. This study explored the perspectives of tobacco control stakeholders (TCSs) on the likelihood of advancing tobacco marketing regulation in Indonesia. Methods: Data were collected from TCSs who were members of the Indonesia Tobacco Control Network group in a modified Delphi study. We collected the data in 2 waves using a questionnaire that comprised a set of closed and open-ended questions. For this paper, we analysed 2 of the 3 sections of the questionnaire: (1) tobacco advertising, promotions, and sponsorship (TAPS) bans, and (2) marketing and retailing regulations. We conducted a descriptive analysis of the scores using Stata/IC.13 and summarised the comments for each item. Results: The TCSs viewed the measures/strategies across all aspects of TAPS and tobacco marketing regulation as highly desirable, but provided varied responses on their feasibility. They rated political feasibility lower than technical feasibility for most measures. Advancing TAPS measures and prohibition of selling to minors were considered more attainable by sub-national governments, while prohibition of tobacco corporate social responsibility was considered as the least feasible measure in the next 5 years. Conclusions: Despite little optimism for substantial national-level change, there is a positive expectation that sub-national governments will strengthen their tobacco control regulation. It is paramount that the government reduce tobacco industry leverage by implementing Article 5.3 of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Extending advocacy networks beyond tobacco control groups and framing tobacco control more effectively are necessary steps.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.157-171
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• 2004

이 사례는 KT&G가 환경변화에 적응하는 전략을 소개하는 것이다. KT&G의 주력제품인 담배는 이미 암의 발생원인으로 지목되어 사회적 운동으로 금연캠페인을 하고 있을 정도로 시장여건이 좋지 않다. 위협 수준이 아니라 위기 수준이라고 할 수 있다. 이러한 위기를 기회로 전환시키는 전략으로 KT&G는 크게 네 가지 방향을 모색하고 있다. 먼저, 사회적인 저항 속에서도 흡연자는 꾸준히 존재하는 점을 감안하여 철저한 세분화전략으로 신제품을 출시하고 있다. 둘째, 타 소비재와 마찬가지로 고품질의 담배를 개발하여 브랜드파우워를 높이는 전략을 구사하고 있다. 셋째, 담배가 바이오산업의 핵심이 될 수 있음을 감안하여 기업이미지를 바이오와 연결시키려 노력하고 있다. 끝으로, KT&G의 강점인 인삼을 활용하여 웰빙산업에 진출하려는 관련 다각화의 계획을 가지고 있다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.165-179
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 담배업계가 언론을 통해 담배 및 담배회사를 마케팅하기 위해 어떤 전략을 취해왔는지를 점검하기 위해 담배회사 내부문건을 분석한 일련의 연구들과 담배 및 흡연에 대한 언론보도를 분석한 국내외 문헌들을 점검하였다. 먼저 담배업계 내부 문건을 분석한 연구들을 점검한 결과, 담배회사는 언론을 통해 담배 및 흡연에 우호적인 언론보도를 확보하기 위해, 광고 및 다양한 형태의 협찬을 통해 언론사를 지원함으로써 언론사와 긴밀한 관계를 형성해 왔으며, 언론인을 후원을 하거나 미래 언론인을 양성하는 프로그램을 지원하는 등 언론인과의 유대관계를 형성하는 전략도 취해왔다. 또한, 씽크탱크 집단과 흡연옹호집단을 프론트 그룹으로 내세워 이들이 언론을 통해 담배업계의 입장과 관점을 지지하고 대변하도록 지원해왔으며, 예술 및 문화 활동 후원을 담배회사를 언론에 노출시키기 위한 의사사건으로 활용해왔다. 그리고, 담배 및 흡연에 대한 언론보도에 대한 문헌들을 점검한 결과, 담배 및 흡연 보도에 있어서 언론의 미온적 태도를 볼 수 있었으며, 흡연은 지양해야 하는 것이 아니라 갈등의 여지가 있는 이슈라는 담배업계의 주장과 메시지가 자연스럽게 전달되는 것을 볼 수 있었다. 더불어, 친자본성향 언론과의 우호적인 관계, 씽크탱크 집단 및 프론트 그룹의 활용, 사회공헌활동의 의사사건으로 활용 등 담배회사 내부문건에서 발견되었던 담배업계의 전략이 언론보도에도 반영되고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 담배업계가 담배 및 흡연에 대한 긍정적인 이미지와 호의적인 여론을 형성하기 위해 언론에 어떻게 접근하고, 활용하고 있는지를 제시해줌으로써 담배회사 퍼블리시티 활동에 대한 규제의 근거를 제공해 준다.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.480-488
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• 2022

Images of tobacco retail licenses have complex unstructured characteristics, which is an urgent technical problem in the robot process automation of tobacco marketing. In this paper, a novel recognition approach using a double attention mechanism is presented to realize the automatic recognition and information extraction from such images. First, we utilized a DenseNet network to extract the license information from the input tobacco retail license data. Second, bi-directional long short-term memory was used for coding and decoding using a continuous decoder integrating dual attention to realize the recognition and information extraction of tobacco retail license images without segmentation. Finally, several performance experiments were conducted using a largescale dataset of tobacco retail licenses. The experimental results show that the proposed approach achieves a correction accuracy of 98.36% on the ZY-LQ dataset, outperforming most existing methods.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제19권12호
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• pp.389-397
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• 2019

전자담배 사용에 대한 관심과 건강 유해성에 대한 우려가 증가하는 상황에서 전자담배 업계의 소설 미디어를 통한 담배 마케팅 규제 논의가 활발하다. 전자담배 업계가 YouTube와 같은 소셜 미디어를 활용한 적극적 마케팅 공세를 펼치고 있지만 전자담배 관련 YouTube 동영상이 어떤 정보를 전달하고 있는 지를 분석한 국내 연구는 드물다. 본 연구는 국내 궐련형 전자담배 동영상에서 주로 나타나는 제품 관련 정보와 건강 관련 정보 전달 여부, 그리고 동영상 creators의 특징을 파악했다. 분석 결과 여성 creators의 수가 남성 creators의 수보다는 적었으나 실제 여성 흡연율보다는 높게 나타났다. 제품 관련 정보인 맛/타격감, 제품 디자인, 이용편이성 등은 절반 이상의 영상에서 언급된 반면 건강 유해성과 관련된 정보인 일반 담배 유해성, 전자담배 유해성 등의 언급은 적었다. 또한 이용편이성과 제품 디자인을 언급한 동영상일수록 전자담배가 건강에 미칠 수 있는 영향에 대해 언급하지 않은 경향이 보였다. 본 연구의 결과는 보건당국이 추진하고 있는 전자담배 YouTube 마케팅 규제 근거로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.235-241
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• 2011

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarrettes) were recently introduced and advertised as a smoking cession device in South Korea. As the social norm to quit smoking has gained hold in the country, the number of e-cigarette users is growing rapidly. This phenomenon should be urgently considered, because of the lack of research that has been conducted to examine the safety of e-cigarettes and its efficacy as a smoking cessation aid. This paper raises several public health concerns on e-cigarettes in South Korea. Uncertain regulations of the government on e-cigarettes are contributing to an increase of e-cigarette users and allowing the e-cigarette industry to circumvent existing regulations. The aggressive marketing activity of this industry is also a core factor that is responsible for the rapid increase of e-cigarette use, in particular among the youth. Following the enforcement of tobacco control, some cigarette smokers may be encouraged to purchase e-cigarettes in order to circumvent the regulations, even though the dual use of e-cigarette and cigarette may be more harmful. Until there is clear evidence of the e-cigarette’s safety, it is recommended that the industry’s marketing and promotional activities be banned and closely monitored, and public campaigns be initiated to educate the public regarding e-cigarettes.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.3865-3869
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• 2013

Background: Cigarette per day (CPD) use is a key smoking behaviour indicator. It reflects smoking intensity which is directly proportional to the occurrence of tobacco induced cancers. Self reported CPD assessment in surveys may suffer from digit bias and under reporting. Estimates from such surveys could influence the policy decision for tobacco control efforts. In this context, this study aimed at identifying underlying factors of digit bias and its implications for Global Adult Tobacco Surveillance. Materials or Methods: Daily manufactured cigarette users CPD frequencies from Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) - India data were analyzed. Adapted Whipple Index was estimated to assess digit bias and data quality of reported CPD frequency. Digit bias was quantified by considering reporting of '0' or '5' as the terminal digits in the CPD frequency. The factors influencing it were identified by bivariate and logistic regression analysis. Results: The mean and mode of CPD frequency was 6.7 and 10 respectively. Around 14.5%, 15.1% and 15.2% of daily smokers had reported their CPD frequency as 2, 5 and 10 respectively. Modified Whipple index was estimated to be 226.3 indicating poor data quality. Digit bias was observed in 38% of the daily smokers. Heavy smoking, urban residence, North, South, North- East region of India, less than primary, secondary or higher educated and fourth asset index quintile group were significantly associated with digit bias. Discussion: The present study highlighted poor quality of CPD frequency data in the GATS-India survey and need for its improvement. Modeling of digit preference and smoothing of the CPD frequency data is required to improve quality of data. Marketing of 10 cigarette sticks per pack may influence CPD frequency reporting, but this needs further examination. Exploring alternative methods to reduce digit bias in cross sectional surveys should be given priority.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.3587-3590
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• 2015

In spite of limited data regarding the safety or effectiveness of electronic cigarette introduced into the market as a healthier alternative to tobacco smoking, its popularity has increased enormously. E-cigarettes have penetrated the market rapidly owing to the elaborate marketing network and attractive marketing strategies. Stated advantages include the claim that they help quit smoking and produce less exposure than conventional smoking. The list of disadvantages is even more elaborate. While the majority of the studies supporting health claims and efficacy for quitting smoking are not scientifically sound, they are also challenged by studies providing contradictory results. Owing to the limited evidence on the potential advantages and disadvantages of e-cigarettes, the debate on their safety continues.