TY - JOUR
TI - Correlates of the support for smoke-free policies among smokers: A
cross-sectional study in six European countries of the EUREST-PLUS ITC
EUROPE SURVEYS
AU - Fu, Marcela
AU - Castellano, Yolanda
AU - Tigova, Olena
AU - Mons, Ute and
AU - Agar, Thomas
AU - Kyriakos, Christina N.
AU - Quah, Anne C. K.
AU - Fong,
AU - Geoffrey T.
AU - Trofor, Antigona C.
AU - Przewozniak, Krzysztof and
AU - Zatonski, Witold A.
AU - Demjen, Tibor
AU - Tountas, Yannis
AU - Vardavas,
AU - Constantine I.
AU - Fernandez, Esteve
AU - Glahn, Andrea
AU - Nguyen,
AU - Dominick
AU - Nikitara, Katerina
AU - Radu-Loghin, Cornel
AU - Starchenko,
AU - Polina
AU - Tsatsakis, Aristidis
AU - Girvalaki, Charis
AU - Igoumenaki,
AU - Chryssi
AU - Papadakis, Sophia
AU - Papathanasaki, Aikaterini and
AU - Tzatzarakis, Manolis
AU - Vardavas, Alexander I.
AU - Becuwe, Nicolas and
AU - Deaconu, Lavinia
AU - Goudet, Sophie
AU - Hanley, Christopher
AU - Riviere,
AU - Oscar
AU - Kiss, Judit
AU - Kovacs, Piroska A.
AU - Nogueira, Sarah O. and
AU - McNeill, Ann
AU - East, Katherine
AU - Hitchman, Sara C.
AU - Kahnert,
AU - Sarah
AU - Behrakis, Panagiotis
AU - Filippidis, Filippos T.
AU - Gratziou,
AU - Christina
AU - Katsaounou, Paraskevi
AU - Peleki, Theodosia
AU - Petroulia,
AU - Ioanna
AU - Tzavara, Chara
AU - Eremia, Marius
AU - Lotrean, Lucia and
AU - Mihaltan, Florin
AU - Rohde, Gernot
AU - Asano, Tamaki
AU - Cichon, Claudia
AU - and Far, Amy
AU - Genton, Celine
AU - Jessner, Melanie
AU - Hedman, Linnea
AU - and Janson, Christer
AU - Lindberg, Ann
AU - Maguire, Beth
AU - Ravara,
AU - Sofia
AU - Vaccaro, Valerie
AU - Ward, Brian
AU - Willemsen, Marc
AU - de
AU - Vries, Hein
AU - Hummel, Karin
AU - Nagelhout, Gera E.
AU - Herbec,
AU - Aleksandra
AU - Janik-Koncewicz, Kinga
AU - Zatonski, Mateusz
AU - Agar,
AU - Thomas K.
AU - Driezen, Pete
AU - Gravely, Shannon
AU - Thompson, Mary E.
AU - and EUREST-PLUS Consortium
JO - Tobacco Induced Diseases
PY - 2018
VL - 16
TODO - 2
SP - null
PB - EU EUROPEAN PUBLISHING
SN - 2070-7266, 1617-9625
TODO - 10.18332/tid/103918
TODO - Secondhand exposure; smoke-free policies; smokers; Europe; WHO FCTC
TODO - INTRODUCTION This report describes the support for smoke-free policies
in different settings among smokers in six European countries and the
relationship between their opinions about the places where smoking
should be banned and their beliefs about the harms of secondhand smoke
to non-smokers.
METHODS A cross-sectional survey (the ITC 6 European Country Survey,
part of the EUREST-PLUS Project) was conducted using nationally
representative samples of adult smokers in Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Poland, Romania and Spain (n=6011). We describe the prevalence of
agreement and support for smoke-free policies in different settings
according to sociodemographics, smoking characteristics and beliefs
about the danger of secondhand smoke to non-smokers.
RESULTS There was high agreement with smoking regulations in cars with
preschool children and in schoolyards of primary/secondary schools
(>90% overall) and low agreement with banning smoking in outdoor
terraces of bars/pubs (8.6%; 95% CI: 7.5%-9.8%) and restaurants
(10.1%; 95% CI: 8.9%-11.4%). The highest support for complete
smoking bans inside public places came from smokers in Poland, among
women, people aged >= 25 years, who had low nicotine dependence, and who
tried to quit smoking in the last 12 months. About 78% of participants
agreed that tobacco smoke is dangerous to non-smokers, ranging from
63.1% in Hungary to 88.3% in Romania; the highest agreement was noted
among women, the 25-54 age groups, those with higher education, low
cigarette dependence, and those who tried to quit in the last 12 months.
The support for complete smoking bans in public places was consistently
higher among smokers who agreed that secondhand smoke is dangerous to
non-smokers.
CONCLUSIONS Smokers in six European countries declared strong support
for smoke-free policies in indoor settings and in settings with minors
but low support in outdoor settings, particularly leisure facilities.
More education is needed to increase the awareness about the potential
exposure to secondhand smoke in specific outdoor areas.
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