University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Communication, 3001 Lincoln Hall, 702 S. Wright Street, Urbana, IL 61801, United States.
Northeastern University, Department of Communication Studies, College of Arts, Media and Design, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115, United States.
Addict Behav. 2018 Dec;87:196-199. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.07.015. Epub 2018 Jul 19.
This study describes prevalence and correlates of US adults' intentions to engage in assertive communication (i.e., speak up) about others' smoking and vaping in public venues.
Participants from a nationally representative online survey of 1551 US adults conducted October-December 2013 reported intentions to ask others not to smoke/vape in three types of public venues (restaurants, bars/casinos/nightclubs, and parks). We examined weighted prevalence of intentions and conducted weighted logistic regression.
Fifty-two percent of participants reported being likely to ask someone not to smoke in at least one venue compared with 19% for vaping. Assertive communication intentions for smoking in restaurants (48%), bars/casinos/nightclubs (35%), and parks (32%) were higher than for vaping (16%, 14%, and 12%, respectively). Significant correlates of assertive communication intentions in one or more venues were current smoking status, ever trying e-cigarettes, gender, age, health status, political ideology, and party identification.
US adults were more willing to ask others not to smoke than vape. Intentions to speak up about smoking and vaping differed by venue, demographics, and cigarette/e-cigarette use. These findings help establish an evidence base to inform policymakers in developing strategies to promote compliance with smoke-free and vape-free laws.
本研究描述了美国成年人在公共场所就他人吸烟和吸电子烟行为表现出坚定沟通（即大声说出来）意图的流行率及其相关因素。
2013 年 10 月至 12 月，我们对 1551 名美国成年人进行了一项全国性在线调查，参与者报告了在三种类型的公共场所（餐馆、酒吧/赌场/夜总会和公园）要求他人不要吸烟/吸电子烟的意图。我们考察了意图的加权流行率，并进行了加权逻辑回归分析。
与吸电子烟（19%）相比，52%的参与者表示很可能在至少一个场所要求某人不要吸烟。在餐馆（48%）、酒吧/赌场/夜总会（35%）和公园（32%）中对吸烟的坚定沟通意图高于对吸电子烟的意图（分别为 16%、14%和 12%）。在一个或多个场所表现出坚定沟通意图的显著相关因素包括当前吸烟状况、曾经尝试过电子烟、性别、年龄、健康状况、政治意识形态和党派认同。
与吸电子烟相比，美国成年人更愿意要求他人不要吸烟。对就吸烟和吸电子烟发表意见的意图因场所、人口统计学特征以及吸烟和吸电子烟行为而异。这些发现有助于为制定政策提供依据，以制定促进遵守无烟和无电子烟法律的策略。
