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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.
Συγγραφείς:
Fu, Marcela
Castellano, Yolanda
Tigova, Olena
Mons, Ute and
Agar, Thomas
Kyriakos, Christina N.
Quah, Anne C. K.
Fong,
Geoffrey T.
Trofor, Antigona C.
Przewozniak, Krzysztof and
Zatonski, Witold A.
Demjen, Tibor
Tountas, Yannis
Vardavas,
Constantine I.
Fernandez, Esteve
Glahn, Andrea
Nguyen,
Dominick
Nikitara, Katerina
Radu-Loghin, Cornel
Starchenko,
Polina
Tsatsakis, Aristidis
Girvalaki, Charis
Igoumenaki,
Chryssi
Papadakis, Sophia
Papathanasaki, Aikaterini and
Tzatzarakis, Manolis
Vardavas, Alexander I.
Becuwe, Nicolas and
Deaconu, Lavinia
Goudet, Sophie
Hanley, Christopher
Riviere,
Oscar
Kiss, Judit
Kovacs, Piroska A.
Nogueira, Sarah O. and
McNeill, Ann
East, Katherine
Hitchman, Sara C.
Kahnert,
Sarah
Behrakis, Panagiotis
Filippidis, Filippos T.
Gratziou,
Christina
Katsaounou, Paraskevi
Peleki, Theodosia
Petroulia,
Ioanna
Tzavara, Chara
Eremia, Marius
Lotrean, Lucia and
Mihaltan, Florin
Rohde, Gernot
Asano, Tamaki
Cichon, Claudia
and Far, Amy
Genton, Celine
Jessner, Melanie
Hedman, Linnea
and Janson, Christer
Lindberg, Ann
Maguire, Beth
Ravara,
Sofia
Vaccaro, Valerie
Ward, Brian
Willemsen, Marc
de
Vries, Hein
Hummel, Karin
Nagelhout, Gera E.
Herbec,
Aleksandra
Janik-Koncewicz, Kinga
Zatonski, Mateusz
Agar,
Thomas K.
Driezen, Pete
Gravely, Shannon
Thompson, Mary E.
and EUREST-PLUS Consortium
