Latent factors and attitudinal questions
| Latent factors | Tobacco related knowledge, attitudinal or belief questions |
| SHS | Inhaling smoke from someone else's cigarette causes lung cancer in a nonsmoker. |
| Inhaling smoke from someone else's cigarette harms the health of babies and children. | |
| I prefer to eat in restaurants that are smoke free. | |
| All indoor worksites, including restaurants and cafeterias, should be smoke free. | |
| Availability | Minors caught buying cigarettes should be fined. |
| Store owners should need a license to sell cigarettes (just like alcoholic beverages). | |
| Cigarette vending machines should be totally prohibited. | |
| Local communities should strongly enforce laws that prevent people from selling cigarettes to minors. | |
| CPTI | Advertising tobacco products at sports and athletic events should be banned. |
| The ban on cigarette advertising should be extended to all print and electronic media. | |
| The tobacco industry should not be permitted to offer products such as clothing or camping equipment in exchange for coupons on cigarette packs. | |
| The distribution of free tobacco samples or coupons to obtain free samples by mail should not be permitted. | |
| The tobacco industry spokespersons mislead the public when they say tobacco is not addictive. | |
| Tobacco advertising encourages young people to start smoking. | |
| Tobacco products regulation | The tobacco industry should be forced to put stronger warnings on all their potentially harmful products. |
| Tobacco products should be treated like other foods and drugs, with each package having full disclosure of potentially harmful contents. | |
| Tobacco products should be regulated as a drug by a government agency such as the Food and Drug Administration. | |
CPTI, countering pro-tobacco influences in the community; SHS, secondhand smoke.