Public support for smoke-free private indoor and public outdoor areas in the Netherlands: A trend analysis from 2018-2022.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In addition to smoke-free policies in indoor public and workplaces, governments increasingly implement smoke-free policies at beaches, in parks, playgrounds and private cars ('novel smoke-free policies'). An important element in the implementation of such policies is public support. In the context of the ambition of the Netherlands to reach a smoke-free generation by 2040, we investigated temporal changes in public support for novel smoke-free policies.

Methods

We analyzed annual cross-sectional questionnaires in a representative sample of the Dutch population from 2018 to 2022. Multivariable logistic regression was applied to model public support for each smoke-free policy area as a function of time (calendar year), smoking status, gender, and socioeconomic sta

SUBMITTER: Boderie NW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10792619 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature