Ready for a goodbye to tobacco? — Assessment of support for endgame strategies on smoking among adults in a Danish regional health survey

Lykke, Maja; Pisinger, Charlotta; Glümer, Charlotte

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.11.016

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“…Earlier studies suggest that the association between education and tobacco control attitudes is somewhat ambiguous (Lykke et al, 2016;Thomson et al, 2016). We found only a few differences between educational groups on tobacco control attitudes, which implies that socioeconomic status may not be a strong predictor of attitudes towards tobacco control policies among the Finnish adult population in the 2000s.…”

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“…Recent studies show that stringent tobacco control policies in the Nordic countries are socially accepted. In Denmark, policy attitudes have changed since the policies were implemented (Lykke, Helbech, & Glümer, 2014), and a large proportion of citizens are ready for more stringent tobacco control policy in terms of future bans on smoking and tax increases (Lykke, Pisinger, & Glümer, 2016). In Norway, compared to daily smokers, non-smokers have more positive attitudes towards new tobacco control measures such as banning smoking in specific outdoor settings and raising the age limit for purchasing cigarettes (Lund, 2016).…”

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Social climate on tobacco control in an advanced tobacco control country

Ruokolainen

Ollila

Patja³

et al. 2018

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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Social climate on tobacco control in an advanced tobacco control country

Ruokolainen

Ollila

Patja³

et al. 2018

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

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“…There is also higher public acceptance of smoking bans in public places in the U.K. [ 48 ]. Other studies from the European context have similarly shown that overall, public support for tobacco control exists [ 49 ], including for smoking bans in outdoor spaces surrounding hospitals or schools [ 50 ] as well as for total smoking bans [ 51 ]. Support for price increases varies: whereas the English public seems to agree with tax increases [ 39 ], support in European countries with lower GDPs has declined in past years [ 49 ].…”

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German Public Support for Tobacco Control Policy Measures: Results from the German Study on Tobacco Use (DEBRA), a Representative National Survey

Boeckmann

Kotz

Shahab

et al. 2018

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Smoking prevalence in Germany remains high at approximately 28%. We assessed public support for tobacco legislation and associations between level of support and smoking and socio-demographic characteristics. Data from 2087 people were collected as part of the German Study on Tobacco Use (“DEBRA”): a nationally representative, face-to-face household survey. Public support was measured on total ban of sale, raising the minimum age for sales, taxation of tobacco industry sales, research into e-cigarettes, and ban of smoking in cars when children are present. Associations were assessed with multivariate logistic regression. Over 50% of the German population support taxing industry profits (57.3%) and assessing e-cigarettes as an aid to quit smoking (55.5%). Over 40% support raising the legal age of sale (43.1%), and 22.9% support a total ban on tobacco sales. A smoking ban in cars when children are present was most popular (71.5%), even among current smokers (67.0%). There is public support for stricter tobacco control measures in Germany. A smoking ban in cars when children are present could be a feasible policy to implement.

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“…Given the distribution of the data ( Fig 1 ), responses were classified as denoting either acceptability (mean scores on the three items greater than zero) or not showing acceptability (mean scores on the three items at zero or lower). Dichotomising outcome variables is not uncommon practice in studies of public attitudes towards government interventions to improve population health in relation to obesity [ 22 , 23 ], tobacco smoking [ 24 ] and alcohol consumption [ 25 ].…”

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Public Acceptability in the UK and USA of Nudging to Reduce Obesity: The Example of Reducing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Consumption

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Background“Nudging”—modifying environments to change people’s behavior, often without their conscious awareness—can improve health, but public acceptability of nudging is largely unknown.MethodsWe compared acceptability, in the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America (USA), of government interventions to reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. Three nudge interventions were assessed: i. reducing portion Size, ii. changing the Shape of the drink containers, iii. changing their shelf Location; alongside two traditional interventions: iv. Taxation and v. Education. We also tested the hypothesis that describing interventions as working through non-conscious processes decreases their acceptability. Predictors of acceptability, including perceived intervention effectiveness, were also assessed. Participants (n = 1093 UK and n = 1082 USA) received a description of each of the five interventions which varied, by randomisation, in how the interventions were said to affect behaviour: (a) via conscious processes; (b) via non-conscious processes; or (c) no process stated. Acceptability was derived from responses to three items.ResultsLevels of acceptability for four of the five interventions did not differ significantly between the UK and US samples; reducing portion size was less accepted by the US sample. Within each country, Education was rated as most acceptable and Taxation the least, with the three nudge-type interventions rated between these. There was no evidence to support the study hypothesis: i.e. stating that interventions worked via non-conscious processes did not decrease their acceptability in either the UK or US samples. Perceived effectiveness was the strongest predictor of acceptability for all interventions across the two samples.ConclusionIn conclusion, nudge interventions to reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages seem similarly acceptable in the UK and USA, being more acceptable than taxation, but less acceptable than education. Contrary to prediction, we found no evidence that highlighting the non-conscious processes by which nudge interventions may work decreases their acceptability. However, highlighting the effectiveness of all interventions has the potential to increase their acceptability.

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Ready for a goodbye to tobacco? — Assessment of support for endgame strategies on smoking among adults in a Danish regional health survey

Cited by 16 publications

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Social climate on tobacco control in an advanced tobacco control country

Social climate on tobacco control in an advanced tobacco control country

German Public Support for Tobacco Control Policy Measures: Results from the German Study on Tobacco Use (DEBRA), a Representative National Survey

Public Acceptability in the UK and USA of Nudging to Reduce Obesity: The Example of Reducing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Consumption

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