Περίληψη:
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.
Συγγραφείς:
Nogueira, S.O.
Tigova, O.
Driezen, P.
Fu, M.
Kyriakos, C.N.
Zatoński, M.
Mons, U.
Quah, A.C.K.
Demjén, T.
Trofor, A.C.
Przewoźniak, K.
Katsaounou, P.A.
Fong, G.T.
Vardavas, C.I.
Fernández, E.
Glahn, A.
Nguyen, D.
Nikitara, K.
Radu-Loghin, C.
Starchenko, P.
Tsatsakis, A.
Girvalaki, C.
Igoumenaki, C.
Papadakis, S.
Papathanasaki, A.
Tzatzarakis, M.
Vardavas, A.I.
Bécuwe, N.
Deaconu, L.
Goudet, S.
Hanley, C.
Rivière, O.
Kiss, J.
Kovacs, A.P.
Castellano, Y.
McNeill, A.
East, K.
Hitchman, S.C.
Kahnert, S.
Tountas, Y.
Behrakis, P.
Filippidis, F.T.
Gratziou, C.
Katsaounou, P.
Peleki, T.
Petroulia, I.
Tzavara, C.
Eremia, M.
Lotrean, L.
Mihaltan, F.
Rohde, G.
Asano, T.
Cichon, C.
Far, A.
Genton, C.
Jessner, M.
Hedman, L.
Janson, C.
Lindberg, A.
Maguire, B.
Ravara, S.
Vaccaro, V.
Ward, B.
Willemsen, M.
De Vries, H.
Hummel, K.
Nagelhout, G.E.
Herbeć, A.
Janik-Koncewicz, K.
Agar, T.K.
Gravely, S.
Thompson, M.E.
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