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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Tob Control. 2012 Jun 15;22(6):e12. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2011-050249

Table 3.

Attitudes to different components of tobacco control, by country

Armenia
N (%) [95% CI]
Azerbaijan
N (%) [95% CI]
Belarus
N (%) [95% CI]
Georgia
N (%) [95% CI]
Kazakhstan
N (%) [95% CI]
Kyrgyzstan
N (%) [95% CI]
Moldova
N (%) [95% CI]
Russia
N (%) [95% CI]
Ukraine
N (%) [95% CI]
Effectiveness of authorities:
Effective enough 377 (21.5) [19.5; 23.4] 235 (14.9) [13.1; 16.6] 426 (25.5) [23.4; 27.6] 445 (23.6) [21.7; 25.5] 407 (23.4) [21.4; 25.3] 140 (8.4) [7.1; 9.7] 146 (8.8) [7.4; 10.1] 251 (9.3) [8.2; 10.4] 225 (12.4) [10.9; 13.9]
Do something but could do more 804 (45.8) [43.5; 48.1] 475 (30.0) [27.8; 32.3] 615 (36.9) [34.6; 39.2] 590 (31.3) [29.2; 33.4] 660 (37.9) [35.6; 40.1] 392 (23.5) [21.5; 25.6] 552 (33.1) [30.9; 35.4] 877 (32.5) [30.7; 34.2] 617 (34.0) [31.8; 36.2]
Not effective 575 (32.7) [30.5; 34.9] 872 (55.1) [52.7; 57.6] 627 (37.6) [35.3; 39.9] 852 (45.2) [42.9; 47.4] 676 (38.8) [36.5; 41.1] 1133 (68.1) [65.8; 70.3] 968 (58.1) [55.7; 60.5] 1574 (58.3) [56.4; 60.1] 972 (53.6) [51.3; 55.9]
Views on tobacco prices:
Should increase faster than prices of other goods 337 (19.3) [17.4; 21.1] 537 (37.3) [34.8; 39.8] 490 (30.3) [28.0; 32.5] 572 (29.4) [27.4; 31.4] 499 (29.1) [27.0; 31.3] 535 (33.5) [31.2; 35.8] 871 (55.2) [52.7; 57.7] 714 (28.3) [26.6; 30.1] 566 (32.2) [30.0; 34.4]
Should increase the same as prices of other goods 411 (23.5) [21.5; 25.5] 265 (18.4) [16.4; 20.4] 657 (40.6) [38.2; 42.9] 151 (7.8) [6.6; 9.0] 569 (33.2) [31.0; 35.4] 378 (23.7) [21.6; 25.8] 229 (14.5) [12.8; 16.3] 851 (33.8) [31.9; 35.6] 546 (31.0) [28.9; 33.2]
Should not increase 999 (57.2) [54.9; 59.5] 638 (44.3) [41.7; 46.9] 473 (29.2) [27.0; 31.4] 1222 (62.8) [60.7; 65.0] 645 (37.7) [35.4; 39.9] 684 (42.8) [40.4; 45.3] 478 (30.3) [28.0; 32.6] 954 (37.9) [36.0; 39.8] 647 (36.8) [34.5; 39.0]
Health warnings on cigarette packaging:*
Should also have corresponding pictures 402 (22.3) [20.4; 24.3] 472 (26.2) [24.2; 28.3] 643 (35.7) [33.5; 37.9] 644 (29.3) [27.4; 31.2] 581 (32.3) [30.1; 34.4] 778 (43.2) [40.9; 45.5] 708 (39.3) [37.1; 41.6] 1021 (34.0) [32.3; 35.7] 605 (30.3) [28.2; 32.3]
Should have larger text warnings 563 (31.3) [29.1; 33.4] 680 (37.8) [35.5; 40.0] 546 (30.3) [28.2; 32.5] 425 (19.3) [17.7; 21.0] 563 (31.3) [29.1; 33.4] 656 (36.4) [34.2; 38.7] 599 (33.3) [31.1; 35.5] 1143 (38.1) [36.4; 39.8] 457 (22.9) [21.0; 24.7]
Should stay the same 863 (47.9) [45.6; 50.3] 216 (12.0) [10.5; 13.5] 647 (35.9) [33.7; 38.2] 953 (43.3) [41.3; 45.4] 722 (40.1) [37.8; 42.4] 531 (29.5) [27.4; 31.6] 511 (28.4) [26.30; 30.5] 876 (29.2) [27.6; 30.8] 800 (40.0) [37.9; 42.2]
Smoking ban in restaurants, bars, cafes:
Should be a total ban 480 (27.6) [25.5; 29.7] 644 (41.3) [38.9; 43.8] 665 (39.3) [37.0; 41.7] 609 (29.7) [27.7; 31.7] 785 (45.2) [42.9; 47.5] 763 (44.6) [42.2; 46.9] 966 (55.8) [53.5; 58.2] 983 (36.8) [34.9; 38.6] 712 (38.2) [36.0; 40.4]
Should be equal smoking/non-smoking areas 340 (19.5) [17.7; 21.4] 125 (8.0) [6.7; 9.4] 611 (36.1) [33.8; 38.4] 568 (27.7) [25.8; 29.6] 483 (27.8) [25.7; 29.9] 478 (27.9) [25.8; 30.0] 488 (28.2) [26.1; 30.3] 974 (36.4) [34.6; 38.3] 658 (35.3) [33.1; 37.5]
Should be small non-smoking areas 235 (13.5) [11.9; 15.1] 204 (13.1) [11.4; [14.8] 40 (2.4) [1.6; 3.1] 162 (7.9) [6.7; 9.1] 70 (4.0) [3.1; 5.0] 50 (2.9) [2.1; 3.7] 45 (2.6) [1.9; 3.4] 135 (5.1) [4.2; 5.9] 72 (3.9) [3.0; 4.7]
Should be small areas for smoking 568 (32.6) [30.4; 34.8] 461 (29.6) [27.3; 31.8] 309 (18.3) [16.4; 20.1] 507 (24.7) [22.9; 26.6] 289 (16.6) [14.9; 18.4] 342 (20.0) [18.1; 21.9] 195 (11.3) [9.8; 12.8] 468 (17.5) [16.1; 19.0] 373 (20.0) [18.2; 21.8]
Should be no smoking ban in restaurants, bars, cafes 119 (6.8) [5.6; 8.0] 125 (8.0) [6.7; 9.4] 66 (3.9) [3.0; 4.8] 204 (10.0) [8.7; 11.2] 110 (6.3) [5.2; 7.5] 79 (4.6) [3.6; 5.6] 36 (2.1) [1.4; 2.8] 113 (4.2) [3.5; 5.0] 50 (2.7) [1.9; 3.4]
Mean summary support score**
1.01 [0.96; 1.06] 1.51 [1.45; 1.56] 1.38 [1.32; 1.44] 1.08 [1.04; 1.12] 1.39 [1.34; 1.44] 1.59 [1.54; 1.65] 1.87 [1.81; 1.93] 1.41 [1.37; 1.46] 1.25 [1.19; 1.30]
*

Only data for respondents agreeing with statement are presented

**

Mean of aggregated scores for questions on supporting tobacco control measures of price increases, pictorial warnings, larger text warnings, smoking bans; producing aggregate scores ranging from 0 (least supportive) to 4 (most supportive).