Public support for government mandated reductions in nicotine levels in cigarettes
| Country (year) | Focus | Percent supporting specified form of nicotine reduction | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokers | Former smokers | Never smokers | Non-smokers | All | ||
| USA (2009/2010)116 | Reducing nicotine levels to ‘make cigarettes less addictive’ if ‘nicotine was made easily available in non-cigarette form’ | 67 | ||||
| USA (2010)126 | Reducing nicotine levels ‘to help smokers quit’ | 45.5 | 48.5 | 46.2 | ||
| USA (2011)121 | Immediately decreasing nicotine levels. | 37.1 | 50.7 | 43.3 | ||
| USA (2011)121 | Reducing nicotine levels ‘if it would cause fewer children to become addicted or hooked on smoking’ | 74 | 81 | 77.1 | ||
| New Zealand (2012)127 | ‘The nicotine content of cigarettes should be reduced to very low levels so that they are less addictive’ | 78.1 (recent quit attempt); 56.3 (no recent quit attempt) | ||||