@article {Nogueira765, author = {Sarah O Nogueira and Pete Driezen and Marcela Fu and Sara C Hitchman and Olena Tigova and Yolanda Castellano and Christina N Kyriakos and Mateusz Zygmunt Zato{\'n}ski and Ute Mons and Anne C K Quah and Tibor Demj{\'e}n and Antigona Carmen Trofor and Krzysztof Przewozniak and Paraskevi Katsaounou and Geoffrey Fong and Constantine I Vardavas and Esteve Fern{\'a}ndez}, editor = {, and , and Glahn, Andrea and Nguyen, Dominick and Nikitara, Katerina and Radu-Loghin, Cornel and Starchenko, Polina and Tsatsakis, Aristidis and Girvalaki, Charis and Igoumenaki, Chryssi and Papadakis, Sophia and Papathanasaki, Aikaterini and Tzatzarakis, Manolis and Vardavas, Alexander I and B{\'e}cuwe, Nicolas and Deaconu, Lavinia and Goudet, Sophie and Hanley, Christopher and Rivi{\`e}re, Oscar and Kiss, Judit and Kovacs, Anna Piroska and McNeill, Ann and East, Katherine and Kahnert, Sarah and Tountas, Yannis and Behrakis, Panagiotis and Filippidis, Filippos T and Gratziou, Christina and Peleki, Theodosia and Petroulia, Ioanna and Tzavara, Chara and Eremia, Marius and Lotrean, Lucia and Mihaltan, Florin and Rohde, Gernot and Asano, Tamaki and Cichon, Claudia and Far, Amy and Genton, C{\'e}line and Jessner, Melanie and Hedman, Linnea and Janson, Christer and Lindberg, Ann and Maguire, Beth and Ravara, Sofia and Vaccaro, Val{\'e}rie and Ward, Brian and Willemsen, Marc and Vries, Hein de and Hummel, Karin and Nagelhout, Gera E and Zato{\'n}ski, Witold A and Herbe{\'c}, Aleksandra and Janik-Koncewicz, Kinga and Przewo{\'z}niak, Krzysztof and Agar, Thomas K and Gravely, Shannon and Thompson, Mary E}, title = {Beyond the European Union Tobacco Products Directive: smokers{\textquoteright} and recent quitters{\textquoteright} support for further tobacco control measures (2016{\textendash}2018)}, volume = {31}, number = {6}, pages = {765--769}, year = {2022}, doi = {10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056177}, publisher = {BMJ Publishing Group Ltd}, abstract = {Background Several measures recommended by the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control have not been implemented in the European Union, despite changes in the legislation such as the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD). This study aims to understand smokers{\textquoteright} and recent quitters{\textquoteright} levels of support for tobacco control measures that go beyond the TPD during and after its implementation.Methods Data from wave 1 (2016, n=6011) and wave 2 (2018, n=6027) of the EUREST-PLUS International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project Six European Countries Survey, a cohort of adult smokers in Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Spain were used to estimate the level of support for seven different tobacco control measures, overall and by country.Results In 2018, the highest support was for implementing measures to further regulate tobacco products (50.5\%) and for holding tobacco companies accountable for the harm caused by smoking (48.8\%). Additionally, in 2018, 40\% of smokers and recent quitters supported a total ban on cigarettes and other tobacco products within ten years, if assistance to quit smoking is provided. Overall, support for tobacco control measures among smokers and recent quitters after the implementation of the TPD remained stable over time.Conclusion There is considerable support among smokers and recent quitters for tobacco control measures that go beyond the current measures implemented. A significant percentage of smokers would support a ban on tobacco products in the future if the government provided assistance to quit smoking. This highlights the importance of implementing measures to increase smoking cessation in conjunction with other policies.}, issn = {0964-4563}, URL = {https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/31/6/765}, eprint = {https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/31/6/765.full.pdf}, journal = {Tobacco Control} }