Cabral A Bigman1, Susan Mello2, Ashley Sanders-Jackson3, Andy S L Tan4. 1. 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. Electronic address: cbigman@illinois.edu. 2. Northeastern University, Department of Communication Studies, College of Arts, Media and Design, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115, United States. 3. Michigan State University, Department of Advertising and Public Relations, College of Communication Arts and Science, 404 Wilson Road, Lansing, MI 48824, United States. 4. Harvard University, TH Chan School of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Kresge Building, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, United States; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Division of Population Sciences, Center for Community-Based Research, 450 Brookline Ave LW662, Boston, MA 02215, United States.
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INTRODUCTION: 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. METHODS: 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. RESULTS: 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. CONCLUSIONS: 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.
INTRODUCTION: 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. METHODS: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. RESULTS: 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. CONCLUSIONS: 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.
Authors: Dongmei Li; Hangchuan Shi; Zidian Xie; Irfan Rahman; Scott McIntosh; Maansi Bansal-Travers; Jonathan P Winickoff; Jeremy E Drehmer; Deborah J Ossip Journal: Prev Med Date: 2020-07-18 Impact factor: 4.018