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Public Support for Raising the Age of Sale for Tobacco to 21 in the United States
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Objectives The vast majority of tobacco users began before the age of 21. Raising the tobacco sales age to 21 has the potential to reduce tobacco use initiation and progression to regular smoking. Our objective was to assess the level of public support nationally for ‘Tobacco 21’ initiatives in the USA. Methods The Social Climate Survey of Tobacco Control, a cross-sectional dual-frame survey representing national probability samples of adults was administered in 2013. Respondents were asked to state their agreement level with, ‘The age to buy tobacco should be raised to 21.’ Results Of 3245 respondents, 70.5% support raising the age to buy tobacco to 21. The majority of adults in every demographic and smoking status category supported raising the tobacco sales age to 21. In multivariable analyses, support was highest among never smokers, females, African-Americans and older adults. Conclusions This national study demonstrates broad public support for raising the sales age of tobacco to 21 and will help facilitate wide dissemination of initiatives to increase the legal purchase age at national, state and local levels. Increasing public awareness about the susceptibility and rapid addiction of youth to nicotine may further increase public support for raising the tobacco sale age to 21.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science)
Cross-sectional study
media_common.quotation_subject
Public opinion
Nicotine
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
030225 pediatrics
Tobacco in Alabama
Environmental health
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Young adult
Policy Making
Aged
media_common
business.industry
Addiction
Public health
Smoking
Tobacco control
Age Factors
Commerce
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Tobacco Products
Middle Aged
United States
Cross-Sectional Studies
Public Opinion
Multivariate Analysis
Government Regulation
Female
Public Health
Psychology
business
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7f14cc883c3698a315ecd9080002b205
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.13140/2.1.1058.5602