Attitudes towards potential new tobacco control regulations among U.S. adults

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  • Schmidt, A.M.
    • Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior
  • Kowitt, S.D.
    • Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior
  • Myers, A.E.
    • Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Health Behavior
  • Goldstein, A.O.
    • N.C. Cancer Hospital, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Abstract
  • Favorable attitudes towards tobacco control policies can facilitate their implementation and success. We examined attitudes toward four potential U.S. Federal tobacco regulations (banning menthol from cigarettes, reducing nicotine levels in cigarettes, banning candy and fruit flavored electronic cigarettes, and banning candy and fruit flavored little cigars and cigarillos) and associations with individual and state variables. A nationally representative phone survey of 4337 adults assessed attitudes toward potential policies. Weighted logistic regression was used to assess relationships between attitudes and demographic factors, smoking behavior, beliefs about the government (knowledge, trust, and credibility), exposure to tobacco control campaigns, and state variables from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation (STATE) System. Most respondents supported three out of four policies. Respondents that were female, non-white, Latino, living below the poverty line, had less than high school education, were of older age, did not smoke, had higher trust in government, and were exposed to national tobacco control campaigns had higher odds of expressing favorable attitudes toward potential new tobacco regulations than did their counterparts. No state-level effects were found. While differences in attitudes were observed by individual demographic characteristics, behaviors, and beliefs, a majority of participants supported most of the potential new tobacco regulations surveyed.
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  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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  • 15
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  • English
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  • 1661-7827
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