BACKGROUND Small/kiddie cigarette packs consist of less than 20 cigarette sticks. Kiddie packs were recently proposed to be reintroduced by the tobacco industry with an excuse to prevent consumers from buying illicit cigarettes. By reintroducing kiddie packs, cigarettes will inevitably be more affordable and this would appeal to lower-income consumers especially teens. In this systematic review, we aimed to identify the impact of kiddie packs on smoking, specifically on smoking initiation, the urge/tendency to buy cigarettes and attempts to reduce cigarette consumption. METHODS This systematic review will be based on the review of original articles on the impact of kiddie packs on smoking. There is no restriction on the publication dates. The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science and Scopus will be searched to retrieve potential original articles. Additional records identified through other sources: Google Scholar, as well as Journal of Substance Use and Tobacco Control, are also to be searched. These will include original articles in any language which included all study designs (randomised controlled trials, quasi experimental and experimental studies, observational cross-sectional and cohort studies) comparing kiddie packs with regular cigarette packs. The primary outcomes of interest will be initiation of smoking and urge/tendency to buy cigarettes in the general population and attempts to reduce cigarette consumption among current smokers. Secondary outcomes will be the prevalence of smoking using kiddie packs among the current smokers. DISCUSSION This systematic review will provide evidence to support the impact of kiddie packs on smoking in terms of smoking initiation, smoking prevalence, urge/tendency to purchase cigarettes and attempts to reduce cigarette consumption. The findings from this review could be helpful to policymakers in regulating kiddie packs to control the consumption of tobacco. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION PROSPERO CRD42018102325.

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关于小/儿童卷烟包装尺寸及其对吸烟影响的系统审查协议。

背景技术小型/儿童香烟包装由少于20根香烟棒组成。烟草业最近提议重新推出儿童包装，以防止消费者购买非法卷烟。通过重新推出儿童包，香烟将不可避免地变得更加便宜，这将吸引低收入消费者，尤其是青少年。在这项系统评价中，我们的目的是确定儿童烟盒对吸烟的影响，特别是对开始吸烟、购买香烟的冲动/倾向以及减少香烟消费的尝试的影响。方法 本系统评价将基于对有关儿童包对吸烟影响的原始文章的评价。出版日期没有限制。将搜索 Cochrane 对照试验中央注册库、PubMed、EMBASE、Web of Science 和 Scopus，以检索潜在的原创文章。通过其他来源确定的其他记录：谷歌学术以及《药物使用和烟草控制杂志》也将被搜索。这些将包括任何语言的原创文章，其中包括比较儿童烟盒与普通烟盒的所有研究设计（随机对照试验、准实验和实验研究、观察横断面和队列研究）。感兴趣的主要结果将是普通人群中开始吸烟和购买香烟的冲动/倾向，以及尝试减少当前吸烟者的香烟消费。次要结果是当前吸烟者中使用儿童包吸烟的流行程度。讨论 本系统评价将提供证据支持儿童烟包对吸烟的影响，包括吸烟开始、吸烟流行、购买香烟的冲动/倾向以及减少香烟消费的尝试。本次审查的结果可能有助于政策制定者规范儿童包装以控制烟草消费。系统审查注册 PROSPERO CRD42018102325。