Proportion of New Yorkers who favour a variety of retail-related tobacco control strategies, overall and among smokers and non-smokers, New York City Tobacco Behavior and Public Opinion Survey, 2010–2012
| Overall | Smokers | Non-smokers | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question and Responses | Wave 1 2010 % (95% CIs) | Wave 2 2011 % (95% CIs) | Wave 3 2012 % (95% CIs) | Wave 1 2010 % (95% CIs) | Wave 2 2011 % (95% CIs) | Wave 3 2012 % (95% CIs) | Wave 1 2010 % (95% CIs) | Wave 2 2011 % (95% CIs) | Wave 3 2012 % (95% CIs) |
| Increasing state or city taxes on a pack of cigarettes | |||||||||
| Favour | 63 (60 to 66) | 66 (63 to 69) | 21 (18 to 24) | 25 (22 to 28) | 71 (68 to 74) | 72 (69 to 76) | |||
| Increasing state or city taxes on a pack of cigarettes if all the money raised is used for programmes to prevent and treat smoking | |||||||||
| Favour | 71 (69 to 74) | 75 (73 to 78) | 48 (44 to 51) | 56 (52 to 59) | 76 (73 to 79) | 78 (75 to 81) | |||
| Increasing state or city taxes on a pack of cigarettes if all the money raised is used for healthcare programmes | |||||||||
| Favour | 78 (75 to 80) | 80 (77 to 82) | 58 (55 to 62) | 60 (56 to 63) | 81 (79 to 84) | 83 (80 to 86) | |||
| Increasing state or city taxes on tobacco products other than cigarettes, such as cigars, cigarillos, loose tobacco and smokeless products | |||||||||
| Favour | 69 (66 to 72) | 70 (67 to 73) | 36 (33 to 40) | 39 (36 to 43) | 75 (72 to 78) | 75 (72 to 78) | |||
| Requiring retailers to keep tobacco products out of customers’ view | |||||||||
| Favour | 59 (56 to 62) | 61 (58 to 64) | 57 (54 to 60) | 42 (38 to 46) | 43 (39 to 46) | 39 (36 to 43) | 62 (58 to 65) | 64 (61 to 68) | 60 (56 to 63) |
| Prohibiting tobacco companies from paying New York City retailers to display their products and advertisements | |||||||||
| Favour | 55 (52 to 58) | 53 (50 to 56) | 54 (51 to 57) | 42 (38 to 46) | 42 (38 to 45) | 40 (37 to 44) | 58 (54 to 61) | 55 (52 to 59) | 56 (52 to 60) |
| Prohibiting price promotions such as coupons and 2-for-1 deals on cigarette packs | |||||||||
| Favour | 55 (52 to 58) | 49 (46 to 52) | 53 (50 to 56) | 41 (37 to 45) | 40 (37 to 44) | 44 (41 to 48) | 57 (54 to 61) | 50 (47 to 54) | 55 (51 to 58) |
| Raising the minimum age to purchase cigarettes from 18 to 21 | |||||||||
| Favour | 67 (64 to 70) | 71 (68 to 74) | 67 (64 to 70) | 66 (63 to 70) | 66 (62 to 69) | 60 (57 to 64) | 67 (64 to 71) | 72 (69 to 76) | 69 (65 to 72) |
| Limiting the number of licences issued that allow retailers to sell tobacco | |||||||||
| Favour | 54 (51 to 57) | 55 (51 to 58) | 51 (48 to 54) | 33 (30 to 37) | 33 (30 to 37) | 30 (27 to 34) | 58 (54 to 61) | 58 (55 to 62) | 54 (51 to 58) |
| Not granting new licences to sell tobacco | |||||||||
| Favour | 46 (43 to 49) | 25 (22 to 28) | 50 (47 to 54) | ||||||
| Prohibiting pharmacies from selling tobacco | |||||||||
| Favour | 60 (57 to 63) | 58 (54 to 61) | 57 (53 to 60) | 39 (36 to 43) | 43 (40 to 47) | 39 (35 to 42) | 63 (60 to 67) | 60 (56 to 63) | 60 (56 to 63) |
| Prohibiting grocery stores from selling tobacco | |||||||||
| Favour | 50 (47 to 53) | 52 (49 to 55) | 50 (47 to 54) | 30 (26 to 33) | 33 (30 to 37) | 31 (27 to 34) | 54 (50 to 58) | 55 (51 to 58) | 54 (50 to 57) |
| Prohibiting stores located near schools from selling tobacco | |||||||||
| Favour | 66 (63 to 69) | 65 (62 to 68) | 66 (63 to 69) | 55 (51 to 59) | 57 (53 to 60) | 51 (47 to 55) | 68 (65 to 72) | 66 (63 to 70) | 69 (66 to 72) |
| Requiring that tobacco be sold only in stores that sell only tobacco products and nothing else | |||||||||
| Favour | 49 (46 to 52) | 50 (47 to 54) | 47 (43 to 50) | 27 (24 to 31) | 28 (25 to 32) | 25 (22 to 28) | 53 (49 to 56) | 54 (50 to 58) | 50 (46 to 54) |
All comparisons between smokers and non-smokers in favour of policies in each Wave were significantly different, p<0.05; Bold: significant trend across Waves (p<0.05).