Public attitudes towards e-cigarette regulations and policies in Taiwan
Background: There are various approaches to e-cigarette regulation globally. In Taiwan, the term “e-cigarette” is not found in existing regulations, but health authorities apply explanatory notes derived from standing laws to e-cigarette. Taiwan health authority is in the process of regulative refor...
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| description | Background: There are various approaches to e-cigarette regulation globally. In Taiwan, the term “e-cigarette” is not found in existing regulations, but health authorities apply explanatory notes derived from standing laws to e-cigarette. Taiwan health authority is in the process of regulative reform to include “e-cigarette” in standing tobacco law. Our objective was to investigate the public’s attitudes towards potential policy options for e-cigarette regulations in Taiwan.
Design and Methods: We conduct an anonymous online survey in the general public. A questionnaire in Mandarin was posted on the website Stop-tabac.ch between July and November 2017.
Results: Participants (n=236) were mostly male, young, highly educated, employed, and smoked or had smoked cigarettes in the past. Half were e-cigarette users. Four measures banning e-cigarettes, labelling content and nicotine level and establishing a maximum-allowable nicotine level were supported by more than 70% of participants. Vaping status was strongly associated with support for most measures after controlling for other factors in multivariate models.
Conclusion: We documented attitudes of a self-selected sample of the general public in Taiwan regarding e-cigarette regulations and policies. These results may be useful to design studies in more representative samples and to inform e-cigarette regulations, policies and education campaigns. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af4d068a624741a6b055569f7a45614a2023-01-02T10:42:56ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Public Health Research2279-90282279-90362020-11-019410.4081/jphr.2020.1698Public attitudes towards e-cigarette regulations and policies in TaiwanChin-Shui Shih0Jean-Francois Etter1Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of GenevaInstitute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of GenevaBackground: There are various approaches to e-cigarette regulation globally. In Taiwan, the term “e-cigarette” is not found in existing regulations, but health authorities apply explanatory notes derived from standing laws to e-cigarette. Taiwan health authority is in the process of regulative reform to include “e-cigarette” in standing tobacco law. Our objective was to investigate the public’s attitudes towards potential policy options for e-cigarette regulations in Taiwan. Design and Methods: We conduct an anonymous online survey in the general public. A questionnaire in Mandarin was posted on the website Stop-tabac.ch between July and November 2017. Results: Participants (n=236) were mostly male, young, highly educated, employed, and smoked or had smoked cigarettes in the past. Half were e-cigarette users. Four measures banning e-cigarettes, labelling content and nicotine level and establishing a maximum-allowable nicotine level were supported by more than 70% of participants. Vaping status was strongly associated with support for most measures after controlling for other factors in multivariate models. Conclusion: We documented attitudes of a self-selected sample of the general public in Taiwan regarding e-cigarette regulations and policies. These results may be useful to design studies in more representative samples and to inform e-cigarette regulations, policies and education campaigns.https://jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/1698E-cigaretteadultpublic attitudeson-line surveyregulations |
| spellingShingle | Chin-Shui Shih Jean-Francois Etter Public attitudes towards e-cigarette regulations and policies in Taiwan Journal of Public Health Research E-cigarette adult public attitudes on-line survey regulations |
| title | Public attitudes towards e-cigarette regulations and policies in Taiwan |
| title_full | Public attitudes towards e-cigarette regulations and policies in Taiwan |
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| title_short | Public attitudes towards e-cigarette regulations and policies in Taiwan |
| title_sort | public attitudes towards e cigarette regulations and policies in taiwan |
| topic | E-cigarette adult public attitudes on-line survey regulations |
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