Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, UK
Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, UK.
Tob Control. 2024 Feb 20;33(2):221-231. doi: 10.1136/tc-2022-057508.
To examine the level of support for tobacco availability policies across Great Britain (GB) and associations between support for policy and sociodemographic, smoking and quitting characteristics.
A cross-sectional representative survey (the Smoking Toolkit Study) of adults in GB (n=2197) during September 2021. Logistic regressions estimated the associations between support for each policy and sociodemographic and smoking characteristics.
There was majority support for requiring retailers to have a license which can be removed if they sell to those under-age (89.6%) and for restrictions on the sale of cigarettes and tobacco near schools (69.9%). More supported than opposed raising the legal age of sale of cigarettes and tobacco to 21 (49.2% supported; 30.7% opposed; 20.1% unsure) and reducing the number of retailers selling tobacco in neighbourhoods with a high density of tobacco retailers (46.5% supported; 23.3% opposed; 30.2% unsure). More opposed than supported a ban on the sale of cigarettes and tobacco to everyone born after a certain year from 2030 onward (a 'tobacco-free generation') (41.3% opposed; 34.5% supported; 24.2% unsure). Age was positively associated with support for raising the age of sale and inversely associated with requiring tobacco retailer licenses. Women were more likely to support raising the age of sale and reducing the number of retailers.
Requiring tobacco retailer licensing and restrictions on sales near schools received majority support. Other tobacco availability policies received substantial support despite considerable opposition.
调查英国（GB）对烟草供应政策的支持程度，以及对政策的支持与社会人口统计学、吸烟和戒烟特征之间的关联。
这是一项 2021 年 9 月在英国成年人中进行的横断面代表性调查（吸烟工具包研究）（n=2197）。逻辑回归估计了对每项政策的支持与社会人口统计学和吸烟特征之间的关联。
绝大多数人支持要求零售商拥有许可证，如果他们向未成年人出售烟草则可以吊销许可证（89.6%），并支持在学校附近限制销售香烟和烟草（69.9%）。更多人支持而不是反对将香烟和烟草的合法销售年龄提高到 21 岁（49.2%支持；30.7%反对；20.1%不确定），并减少在烟草零售商密度高的社区销售烟草的零售商数量（46.5%支持；23.3%反对；30.2%不确定）。更多人反对而不是支持从 2030 年开始禁止向出生在特定年份之后的所有人销售香烟和烟草（“无烟一代”）（41.3%反对；34.5%支持；24.2%不确定）。年龄与支持提高销售年龄呈正相关，与要求烟草零售商许可证呈负相关。女性更有可能支持提高销售年龄和减少零售商数量。
要求烟草零售商许可证和限制在学校附近销售获得了多数支持。尽管存在相当大的反对意见，但其他烟草供应政策仍获得了大量支持。
