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PubMed: 41603344 DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckag001

Public support for standardised packaging and policy implementation: an analysis of European survey data.

Eur J Public Health

Authors: Rui Liang, Anthony A Laverty, Ariadna Feliu, Cristina Martinez, Armando Peruga, Constantine Vardavas, Filippos T Filippidis

Affiliations

  • Public Health Policy Evaluation Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
  • Center for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases (CIBER en Enfermedades Respiratorias, CIBERES), Madrid, Spain.
  • Tobacco Control Unit, Cancer Control and Prevention Program, WHO Collaborating Center On Tobacco Control, Institut Català d'Oncologia, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Cancer Control and Prevention Group, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Department of Public Health, Mental Health, and Maternal and Child Health Nursing, School of Nursing-Bellvitge Campus, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
  • Laboratory of Epidemiology, Hygiene and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

Abstract

We conducted a secondary analysis of Eurobarometer survey data from 27 European countries, collected in 2017 (n = 28 300) and 2023 (n = 26 358), to assess changes in public support for standardised tobacco packaging. In the pooled analysis, support remained unchanged in the 19 MS without relevant legislation (adjusted Prevalence Ratio [aPR]=0.94, 95% Confidence Interval: 0.86-1.03), whereas the 8 MS that had implemented the policy by 2023 were significantly more likely to experience an increase in support (interaction term: aPR = 1.28, 1.17-1.41). The increase in support offers reassurance to policymakers advocating for tobacco packaging regulations and encourages MS to consider the adoption of similar policies.

MeSH

Epidemiology, Public Health