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Table 5 Beliefs Related to Regulations that Limit Nicotine, Cigarettes, and Tobacco Products (n = 678)

From: Smokers' reactions to FDA regulation of tobacco products: Findings from the 2009 ITC United States survey

 

% Support

% Oppose

% Don't Know

"If nicotine was made easily available in non-cigarette form, would you support or oppose a law that reduced the amount of nicotine in cigarettes, to make cigarettes less addictive?"

67*

(64%-71%)

28

(25%-31%)

5

(3%-7%)

"If nicotine was made easily available in non-cigarette form, would you support or oppose a law that banned cigarettes but made alternative forms of nicotine available?"

30

(26%-33%)

66

(63%-70%)

4

(3%-6%)

"If nicotine was made easily available in non-cigarette form, would you support or oppose a law that banned tobacco products completely?"

19**

(16%-22%)

79

(76%-82%)

2

(1%-3%)

  1. 95% Confidence Intervals are presented in parentheses
  2. * = compared to female participants, male participants were more likely to support (p = .001)
  3. ** = compared to high and moderate income participants, low income participants were more likely to support (p = .004)
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BMC Public Health

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