Attitudes towards the New Zealand Government's Smokefree 2025 goal associated with smoking and vaping in university students aged 18 to 24 years: Results of a 2018 national cross-sectional survey

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dc.contributor.authorWamamili B
dc.contributor.authorRichardson A
dc.contributor.authorCoope P
dc.contributor.authorWallace-bell, Mark
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Randolph
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-21T00:17:13Z
dc.date.available2022-11-21T00:17:13Z
dc.date.issued2020en
dc.date.updated2022-07-11T22:20:22Z
dc.description.abstractObjective: In March 2011, New Zealand (NZ) launched an aspirational goal to reduce smoking prevalence to 5% or less by 2025 (Smokefree 2025 goal). Little is known about university students' awareness of, support for and perceptions about this goal. We sought to narrow the knowledge gap. Setting: University students in NZ. Methods: We analysed data from a 2018 cross-sectional survey of university students across NZ. Logistic regression analysis examined the associations between responses about the Smokefree goal with smoking and vaping, while controlling for age, sex and ethnicity. Confidence intervals (95% CI) were reported where appropriate. Participants: The sample comprised 1476 students: 919 (62.3%) aged 18 to 20 and 557 (37.7%) aged 21 to 24 years; 569 (38.6%) male and 907 (61.4%) female; 117 (7.9%) Maori and 1359 (92.1%) non-Maori. Of these, 10.5% currently smoked (ie, smoked at least monthly) and 6.1% currently vaped (ie, used an e-cigarette or vaped at least once a month). Results: Overall awareness of the Smokefree goal was 47.5% (95% CI: 44.9 to 50.1); support 96.9% (95% CI: 95.8 to 97.8); belief that it can be achieved 88.8% (95% CI: 86.8 to 90.7) and belief that e-cigarettes/vaping can help achieve it 88.1% (95% CI: 86.0 to 89.9). Dual users of tobacco cigarettes and e-cigarettes had greater odds of being aware of the Smokefree goal (OR=3.07, 95% CI: 1.19 to 7.92), current smokers had lower odds of supporting it (OR=0.13, 95% CI: 0.06 to 0.27) and of believing that it can be achieved (OR=0.15, 95% CI: 0.09 to 0.24) and current vapers had greater odds of believing that e-cigarettes/vaping can help to achieve it (OR=8.57, 95% CI: 1.18 to 62.52) compared with non-users. Conclusions: The results suggest strong overall support for the Smokefree goal and belief that it can be achieved and that e-cigarettes/vaping can help achieve it. Smoking and vaping were associated with high awareness of the Smokefree goal, but lower support and optimism that it can be achieved.en
dc.identifier.citationWamamili B, Wallace-Bell M, Richardson A, Grace RC, Coope P (2020). Attitudes towards the New Zealand Government's Smokefree 2025 goal associated with smoking and vaping in university students aged 18 to 24 years: Results of a 2018 national cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open. 10(11). e037362-.en
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037362
dc.identifier.issn2044-6055
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/104762
dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBMJen
dc.rightsAll rights reserved unless otherwise stateden
dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subjectHumansen
dc.subjectCross-Sectional Studiesen
dc.subjectAttitudeen
dc.subjectSmokingen
dc.subjectGoalsen
dc.subjectGovernmenten
dc.subjectStudentsen
dc.subjectUniversitiesen
dc.subjectAdolescenten
dc.subjectNew Zealanden
dc.subjectFemaleen
dc.subjectMaleen
dc.subjectYoung Adulten
dc.subjectVapingen
dc.subjectElectronic Nicotine Delivery Systemsen
dc.subject.anzsrc1103 Clinical Sciencesen
dc.subject.anzsrc1117 Public Health and Health Servicesen
dc.subject.anzsrc1199 Other Medical and Health Sciencesen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::42 - Health sciences::4206 - Public healthen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::52 - Psychology::5203 - Clinical and health psychologyen
dc.titleAttitudes towards the New Zealand Government's Smokefree 2025 goal associated with smoking and vaping in university students aged 18 to 24 years: Results of a 2018 national cross-sectional surveyen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
uc.collegeFaculty of Health
uc.departmentSchool of Health Sciences
uc.departmentSchool of Psychology, Speech and Hearing
uc.departmentFaculty of Education
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