Northeastern University, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Department of Health Sciences, 316 Robinson Hall, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2010 Jan;100(1):171-81. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.160218.
We examined whether support for tobacco control policies varies by demographic group, including nativity status (i.e., immigrant versus US born).
We analyzed 1995 to 2002 data from the Current Population Survey Tobacco Use Supplement (n=543,951). The outcome was a summary attitudinal measure assessing support of smoking bans in 4 of 6 venues.
US-born respondents, smokers, male respondents, Native Americans, Whites, and those who were unmarried, of lower socioeconomic status, and whose workplaces and homes were not smoke free were less likely to support smoking bans. Immigrants exhibited stronger support for banning smoking in every venue, with a generation-specific gradient in which support eroded with increasing assimilation to the United States. Levels of support were more than twice as high among immigrants as among US-born respondents (odds ratio [OR]=2.16; 95% confidence interval [CI]=2.08, 2.23). Naturalized citizens displayed higher support than US-born citizens, which may be relevant for mobilization of the electorate. Differences in population composition and contexts (e.g., smoke-free workplaces) only partially accounted for immigrants' stronger level of support.
Immigrants and their children may be valuable tobacco control allies given their supportive attitudes toward smoke-free policies.
我们考察了支持烟草控制政策是否因人口统计学群体而异，包括出生地点（即移民与美国本土出生者）。
我们分析了 1995 年至 2002 年来自“当前人口调查烟草使用补充调查”的数据（n=543951）。结果是评估在 6 个场所中的 4 个场所禁烟支持的综合态度衡量指标。
美国本土出生的受访者、吸烟者、男性受访者、美洲原住民、白人以及未婚、社会经济地位较低、工作场所和家庭不禁止吸烟的受访者不太可能支持禁烟。移民在每个场所都表现出更强的禁烟支持，支持度随同化程度的增加而逐渐减弱。与美国本土出生的受访者相比，移民对禁烟的支持度高出两倍以上（比值比[OR]=2.16；95%置信区间[CI]=2.08, 2.23）。入籍公民比美国本土出生的公民表现出更高的支持度，这可能与选民的动员有关。人口构成和背景（如无烟工作场所）的差异仅部分解释了移民更强的支持水平。
鉴于对无烟政策的支持态度，移民及其子女可能是有价值的烟草控制盟友。
