Non-smokers' and smokers' support for smoke-free legislation in 14 indoor and outdoor settings across 12 European countries
Por:
Nogueira, SO, Fu, M, Lugo, A, Tigova, O, Henderson, E, Lopez, MJ, Clancy, L, Semple, S, Soriano, JB, Fernandez, E, Gallus, S
Publicada:
1 mar 2022
Ahead of Print:
1 dic 2021
Resumen:
Background: European countries differ considerably in the scope and the extent of their policies to protect people from the harms of secondhand smoke exposure. Public opinion may have a substantial influence on several stages of policy development, implementation, and compliance. For this reason, we aimed to evaluate the population level of support for smoke-free policies and its correlates. Methods: We used data from the TackSHS Survey (2017-2018), a cross-sectional study with representative samples of the general population aged >= 15 years from 12 European countries. We described the proportion of non-smokers' and smokers' support for the implementation of smoke-free legislation in 14 indoor and outdoor settings and the country-level characteristics associated with it. Results: In the total sample (n = 11,902), support for smoke-free legislation were the lowest for restaurants/bar patios (non-smokers = 53.0%; smokers = 29.2%) and the highest for workplaces (non-smokers = 78.5%; smokers = 66.5%). In the country-level analysis, the highest support among non-smokers was for workplaces in Bulgaria (93.1%) and the lowest for restaurants/bars patios in Greece (39.4%). Among smokers, the corresponding estimates were for children's playgrounds in Latvia (88.9%) and for cars in Portugal (21%). For most settings, support for smoke-free legislation was directly related with the countries' prevalence of secondhand smoke presence and reported smoking in each setting. Discussion: Our results show that the majority of European adults (including a large proportion of smokers) are supportive of implementing smoke-free legislation in indoor settings and extending it to selected outdoor settings. Such expressive support can be seen as an opportunity to advance legislation and protect the European population from secondhand smoke exposure.
Filiaciones:
Nogueira, SO:
Inst Catala Oncol ICO, Lhospitalet De Llobregat, Spain
Inst Invest Biomed Bellvitge IDIBELL, Lhospitalet De Llobregat, Spain
Univ Barcelona UB, Barcelona, Spain
Consortium Biomed Res Resp Dis CIBERES, Madrid, Spain
Fu, M:
Inst Catala Oncol ICO, Lhospitalet De Llobregat, Spain
Inst Invest Biomed Bellvitge IDIBELL, Lhospitalet De Llobregat, Spain
Univ Barcelona UB, Barcelona, Spain
Consortium Biomed Res Resp Dis CIBERES, Madrid, Spain
Lugo, A:
Ist Ric Farmacol Mario Negri IRCCS, Dept Environm Hlth Sci, Milan, Italy
Tigova, O:
Inst Catala Oncol ICO, Lhospitalet De Llobregat, Spain
Univ Barcelona UB, Barcelona, Spain
Consortium Biomed Res Resp Dis CIBERES, Madrid, Spain
Henderson, E:
Agencia Salut Publ Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Lopez, MJ:
Agencia Salut Publ Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Consortium Biomed Res Epidemiol & Publ Hlth CIBER, Madrid, Spain
St Pau Inst Biomed Res IIb St Pau, Barcelona, Spain
Clancy, L:
TU Dublin, TobaccoFree Res Inst Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Semple, S:
Univ Stirling, Inst Social Mkt, Stirling, Scotland
Soriano, JB:
Consortium Biomed Res Resp Dis CIBERES, Madrid, Spain
Hosp Univ La Princesa IISP, Madrid, Spain
Fernandez, E:
Inst Catala Oncol ICO, Lhospitalet De Llobregat, Spain
Inst Invest Biomed Bellvitge IDIBELL, Lhospitalet De Llobregat, Spain
Univ Barcelona UB, Barcelona, Spain
Consortium Biomed Res Resp Dis CIBERES, Madrid, Spain
Gallus, S:
Ist Ric Farmacol Mario Negri IRCCS, Dept Environm Hlth Sci, Milan, Italy
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