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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 31.
Published in final edited form as: Tob Control. 2008 Aug;17(4):276–283. doi: 10.1136/tc.2008.025759

Table 2.

Attitudes to tobacco control in Russia

Male Female
All 18-34 35-54 55+ non-smokers Smokers All 18-34 35-54 55+ non-smokers smokers
Tobacco control in Russia Adequate 18.2% 14.4% 20.8% 19.6% 11.6% 22.6% 10.2% 12.4% 12.0% 6.2% 8.2% 20.7%
Insufficient 38.3% 35.5% 39.0% 41.7% 41.1% 36.5% 42.1% 40.8% 47.6% 37.1% 41.7% 44.0%
Nothing is done 33.7% 40.2% 32.0% 26.5% 40.4% 29.3% 38.7% 40.0% 33.2% 43.8% 40.4% 30.3%
Tobacco prices (effect of taxation) Should increase faster than inflation 18.1% 19.7% 16.5% 18.4% 27.8% 11.7% 24.0% 23.3% 21.3% 27.8% 26.8% 10.3%
Should increase in accordance with inflation 22.9% 20.4% 23.6% 25.8% 26.0% 20.9% 19.8% 23.0% 20.8% 15.7% 19.5% 20.8%
Should not increase 51.9% 52.3% 54.8% 46.3% 37.4% 61.6% 40.5% 42.7% 44.2% 34.3% 36.3% 61.7%
Ban of sales in kiosks Yes 63.2% 57.7% 63.3% 72.2% 72.5% 57.1% 76.4% 71.6% 76.6% 80.5% 78.5% 66.1%
No 30.9% 35.5% 32.6% 20.5% 20.4% 37.9% 15.3% 19.6% 15.7% 11.2% 12.5% 29.6%
Health warnings (% agreeing, multiple responses possible) Should include pictures 27.0% 21.2% 31.0% 29.4% 30.6% 24.6% 32.5% 29.7% 33.6% 33.9% 33.4% 28.2%
Should have larger text warnings 24.6% 24.0% 23.0% 28.1% 28.0% 22.3% 27.0% 26.3% 25.1% 29.7% 27.5% 24.1%
Are adequate 50.7% 56.6% 49.0% 44.4% 46.1% 53.8% 39.4% 43.0% 58.3% 66.4% 37.6% 48.8%
Should smoking be restricted in films and on television Yes 64.9% 56.8% 66.4% 74.8% 76.4% 57.2% 73.9% 64.2% 75.9% 80.2% 76.9% 58.3%
No 26.0% 34.5% 23.9% 16.0% 13.8% 34.2% 14.7% 21.6% 13.6% 9.6% 11.5% 31.2%

Note: Those responding “difficult to say” not reported so columns may not sum to 100%