TY - JOUR
TI - Do smokers want to protect non-smokers from the harms of second-hand smoke in cars? Findings from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys
AU - Nogueira, S.O.
AU - Tigova, O.
AU - Driezen, P.
AU - Fu, M.
AU - Kyriakos, C.N.
AU - Zatoński, M.
AU - Mons, U.
AU - Quah, A.C.K.
AU - Demjén, T.
AU - Trofor, A.C.
AU - Przewoźniak, K.
AU - Katsaounou, P.A.
AU - Fong, G.T.
AU - Vardavas, C.I.
AU - Fernández, E.
AU - Glahn, A.
AU - Nguyen, D.
AU - Nikitara, K.
AU - Radu-Loghin, C.
AU - Starchenko, P.
AU - Tsatsakis, A.
AU - Girvalaki, C.
AU - Igoumenaki, C.
AU - Papadakis, S.
AU - Papathanasaki, A.
AU - Tzatzarakis, M.
AU - Vardavas, A.I.
AU - Bécuwe, N.
AU - Deaconu, L.
AU - Goudet, S.
AU - Hanley, C.
AU - Rivière, O.
AU - Kiss, J.
AU - Kovacs, A.P.
AU - Castellano, Y.
AU - McNeill, A.
AU - East, K.
AU - Hitchman, S.C.
AU - Kahnert, S.
AU - Tountas, Y.
AU - Behrakis, P.
AU - Filippidis, F.T.
AU - Gratziou, C.
AU - Katsaounou, P.
AU - Peleki, T.
AU - Petroulia, I.
AU - Tzavara, C.
AU - Eremia, M.
AU - Lotrean, L.
AU - Mihaltan, F.
AU - Rohde, G.
AU - Asano, T.
AU - Cichon, C.
AU - Far, A.
AU - Genton, C.
AU - Jessner, M.
AU - Hedman, L.
AU - Janson, C.
AU - Lindberg, A.
AU - Maguire, B.
AU - Ravara, S.
AU - Vaccaro, V.
AU - Ward, B.
AU - Willemsen, M.
AU - De Vries, H.
AU - Hummel, K.
AU - Nagelhout, G.E.
AU - Herbeć, A.
AU - Janik-Koncewicz, K.
AU - Agar, T.K.
AU - Gravely, S.
AU - Thompson, M.E.
AU - EUREST-PLUS Consortium
JO - Central European Journal of Public Health
PY - 2020
VL - 30
TODO - null
SP - III108-III112
PB - Oxford University Press
SN - 1210-7778
TODO - 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa056
TODO - adult;  article;  child;  demography;  European Union;  Germany;  Greece;  human;  human tissue;  Hungary;  law;  non-smoker;  passive smoking;  Poland;  Romania;  Spain;  female;  major clinical study;  male
TODO - Background: There is currently no comprehensive legislation protecting non-smokers and children from secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure in private cars at the European Union (EU) level. This study aims to assess smokers’ support for smoke-free cars legislation in six EU countries. Methods: Data come from the EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys: Wave 1 (2016, n ¼ 6011) and Wave 2 (2018, n ¼ 6027) conducted in Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Spain. Support for smoke-free cars carrying pre-school children and non-smokers and voluntary implementation of smoke-free cars were assessed among adult smokers. Generalized estimating equations models were used to assess changes in support between waves. Results: In 2018, 96.3% [95% confidence interval (CI) 95.4–97.0%] of the overall sample supported smoke-free legislation for cars carrying pre-school children, representing an increase of 2.4 percentage points in comparison to 2016. Smoke-free legislation for cars transporting non-smokers was supported by 85.2% (95% CI 83.1–87.1%) of smokers’ in 2016 and 90.2% (95% CI 88.6–91.7%) in 2018. Among smokers who owned cars, there was a significant 7.2 percentage points increase in voluntary implementation of smoke-free cars carrying children from 2016 (60.7%, 95% CI 57.2–64.0%) to 2018 (67.9%, 95% CI 65.1–70.5%). All sociodemographic groups of smokers reported support higher than 80% in 2018. Conclusion: The vast majority of smokers in all six EU countries support smoke-free legislation for cars carrying pre-school children and non-smokers. This almost universal support across countries and sociodemographic groups is a clear indicator of a window of opportunity for the introduction of comprehensive legislation to protect non-smokers and children from SHS exposure in cars. © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.
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