Restrictions on the use of e-cigarettes in public and private places-current practice and support among adults in Great Britain.
Debates around policies regulating e-cigarette use make it important to obtain an overview of current practice, people's attitudes and correlates of policy support. Aims were to assess (i) current practices for e-cigarette use in homes and workplaces; (ii) characteristics associated with allowing e-cigarette use in the home; and (iii) level of, and characteristics associated with, support for extending smoke-free legislation to include e-cigarettes.



Online survey in 2016, n = 11 389 adults in Great Britain. Descriptives for all measures; multivariable logistic regressions assessed correlates of allowing e-cigarette use and support for extension of legislation.



Most (79%) reporting on workplace policies reported some level of restrictions on e-cigarette use. Small majorities would not allow e-cigarette use in their home (58%) and supported an extension of smoke-free legislation (52%; 21% opposed). Allowing use was less likely and supporting an extension more likely among men, respondents from a higher socio-economic status, ex-smokers, never-smokers, non-users of e-cigarettes and respondents with increased perceived harm of e-cigarettes or nicotine (all P < 0.001). Older respondents were less likely to allow use and to support an extension and Labour voters more likely to allow use.



In Great Britain, the majority of workplaces has policies restricting e-cigarette use. Over half of adults would not allow use of e-cigarettes in their home and support prohibiting the use of e-cigarettes in smoke-free places. Adjusting for socio-demographics, more restrictive attitudes are more common among never-smokers, never-users and those with increased perception of relative harms of e-cigarettes or nicotine as cause of smoking-related illness.
Department of Addictions, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK and UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies (UKCTAS), London, UK.
Leonie S
LS
Brose
Department of Addictions, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK and UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies (UKCTAS), London, UK.
Ann
A
McNeill
Action on Smoking and Health, 67-68 Hatton Garden, London, EC1N 8JY UK.
Deborah
D
Arnott
Action on Smoking and Health, 67-68 Hatton Garden, London, EC1N 8JY UK.
Hazel
H
Cheeseman
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D066300:Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061845:Smoke-Free Policy; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention / Q000379:methods; D006113:United Kingdom; D055815:Young Adult