Political Ideology and the Support or Opposition to United States Tobacco Control Policies

Menée aux Etats-Unis à partir des données d'une enquête réalisée en 2020 auprès de 3 765 adultes, cette étude analyse l'association entre l'idéologie politique et le soutien ou l'opposition aux actions de lutte antitabac

Résumé en anglais

Recently, political attitudes toward health care policies in the US have grown more divided between liberals and conservatives.1 Such political division has affected the public’s attitudes and acceptance of health initiatives,2 which the tobacco industry could potentially exploit in its efforts to weaken tobacco control policies. Healthy People 20203 provides a framework for tobacco control, with initiatives such as limiting access to tobacco products, reducing tobacco advertising, and implementing hard-hitting antitobacco media campaigns. This cross-sectional study examined the associations between political ideology and support or opposition for various smoking policies. Such knowledge would allow us to develop interventions for a broader support of tobacco control.