Public Support for E-Cigarette-related Policies among a Nationally Representative Sample of US Adult
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
Lauren
Czaplicki, Randall Simpson, Yitong Zhou MS, Minal Patel, Alison F.
Cuccia, Donna M. Vallone and Barbara A. Schillo
Public Support for
E-Cigarette-related Policies among a Nationally Representative Sample of US
Adults.
Tobacco Use Insights Volume 13: 1–10 DOI: 10.1177/1179173X20959700
Background The
wide availability of flavored e-cigarettes and broad use of e-cigarettes in
public places may contribute to the rapidly increasing rates of use among youth
and young adults in the U.S. However, policies at the federal, state and local
levels can address these factors.
Objective Assess
public support for 5 e-cigarette-related policies and evaluate response
patterns by demographics, tobacco use, e-cigarette harm perceptions, geographic
region, and strength of state-level clean indoor air policies.
Methods Data
were collected Oct-Dec 2018 from a nationally representative online panel of
U.S. adults (n = 3211). We measured support for 5 policies: (1) a ban on the
sale flavored e-cigarettes; (2) requiring tobacco products, like e-cigarettes,
be kept out of view in stores where adolescents shop; and prohibiting
e-cigarette use in (3) all public places; (4) restaurants; and (5) bars.
Weighted, adjusted logistic regressions modeled variation in policy support.
Results A
majority of respondents (63.3%) supported a flavor ban, with no differences in
support by smoking status. Most respondents supported keeping tobacco products
out of view (78.0%) and prohibiting e-cigarette use in indoor public places
(82.9%), restaurants (86.5%), and bars (76.1%). In the adjusted models, current
e-cigarette users had significantly lower odds of policy support compared to
never users. We observed no differences in support by geographic region or
strength of state-level clean indoor air policies.
Conclusion Results
suggest high levels of public support to regulate e-cigarette flavors,
marketing, and use in public places. Targeted messaging may be needed to
increase support among current e-cigarette users.
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