Department of Health Promotion and Development, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
BMJ Open. 2013 Nov 25;3(11):e003461. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003461.
This study aims to provide data on a public level of support for restricting smoking in public places and banning tobacco advertisements.
A nationally representative multistage sampling design, with sampling strata defined by region (sampling quotas proportional to size) and substrata defined by urban/rural and mountainous/lowland settlement, within which census enumeration districts were randomly sampled, within which households were randomly sampled, within which a randomly selected respondent was interviewed.
The country of Georgia, population 4.7 million, located in the Caucasus region of Eurasia.
One household member aged between 13 and 70 was selected as interviewee. In households with more than one age-eligible person, selection was carried out at random. Of 1588 persons selected, 14 refused to participate and interviews were conducted with 915 women and 659 men.
Respondents were interviewed about their level of agreement with eight possible smoking restrictions/bans, used to calculate a single dichotomous (agree/do not agree) opinion indicator. The level of agreement with restrictions was analysed in bivariate and multivariate analyses by age, gender, education, income and tobacco use status.
Overall, 84.9% of respondents indicated support for smoking restrictions and tobacco advertisement bans. In all demographic segments, including tobacco users, the majority of respondents indicated agreement with restrictions, ranging from a low of 51% in the 13-25 age group to a high of 98% in the 56-70 age group. Logistic regression with all demographic variables entered showed that agreement with restrictions was higher with age, and was significantly higher among never smokers as compared to daily smokers.
Georgian public opinion is normatively supportive of more stringent tobacco-control measures in the form of smoking restrictions and tobacco advertisement bans.
本研究旨在提供公众对限制公共场所吸烟和禁止烟草广告的支持程度的数据。
全国代表性的多阶段抽样设计，以地区（按规模比例分配抽样配额）和城乡、山区/低地居住划分的抽样层为定义，在这些抽样层内，进行了人口普查区的随机抽样、家庭的随机抽样、随机选择的受访者的访谈。
格鲁吉亚，人口 470 万，位于欧亚大陆的高加索地区。
从年龄在 13 至 70 岁之间的一个家庭成员中选择一名受访者。在有一个以上符合年龄条件的人家庭中，进行随机选择。在 1588 名被选中的人中，有 14 人拒绝参与，对 915 名女性和 659 名男性进行了访谈。
受访者被问及对八项可能的吸烟限制/禁令的看法，用于计算一个单一的二项（同意/不同意）意见指标。通过年龄、性别、教育程度、收入和吸烟状况等因素进行了双变量和多变量分析，分析了对限制的同意程度。
总体而言，84.9%的受访者表示支持限制吸烟和禁止烟草广告。在所有人口统计群体中，包括吸烟者，大多数受访者表示同意限制，从 13-25 岁年龄组的 51%到 56-70 岁年龄组的 98%不等。在所有人口统计学变量都纳入的逻辑回归中，同意限制的程度随着年龄的增长而增加，与每日吸烟者相比，从不吸烟者的同意程度显著更高。
格鲁吉亚公众舆论在规范上支持更严格的控烟措施，包括限制吸烟和禁止烟草广告。
