Public support for smoke-free private indoor and public outdoor areas in the Netherlands: a trend analysis from 2018-2022 217 5 2020 most recent), private cars with children (91%), petty farms (91%) and 5-10m surrounding day-care entrances (90%). With regard to support for specific smoke-free locations, the largest percentage point increases between 2018 and 2022 were observed for train platforms (+16%), theme parks (+12%), beaches (+10%), and terraces (+10%). Table 2: Characteristics of the unweighted sample, all years, % (n) Overall Smokers Former smokers Never smokers Total 5582 1191 2134 2257 Gender Male 2756 (49.4) 619 (52.0) 1132 (53.0) 1005 (44.5) Female 2826 (50.6) 572 (48.0) 1002 (47.0) 1252 (55.5) Age 18-34 1228 (22.0) 302 (25.4) 194 (9.1) 732 (32.4) 35-54 1892 (33.9) 456 (38.3) 559 (26.2) 877 (38.9) 55+ 2461 (44.1) 433 (36.4) 1381 (64.7) 647 (28.7) Socio-economic status High 2564 (46.0) 453 (38.1) 871 (40.8) 1240 (55.0) Mid 1070 (19.2) 253 (21.3) 366 (17.2) 451 (20.0) Low 1943 (34.8) 483 (40.6) 896 (42.0) 564 (25.0) Daily smokers Yes — 906 (76.1) — — No — 285 (23.9) — — Intention to quit Yes, within one month — 130 (10.9) — — Yes within 6 months — 235 (19.7) — — Yes, but not in the next 6 months — 357 (30.0) — — No — 469 (39.4) — — Determinants of support Regression analyses indicated significant increases in support over time within each category of smoke-free places, except for smoke-free private cars with children, which was stable around 90% (Table 3 and Supplementary file AII). Non-smokers and ex-smokers were more supportive compared to smokers for all types of policies. Absolute differences in support for smoke-free policies between smokers and non-smokers were especially large for outdoor leisure areas (∆48 percentage point in 2020) and for outdoor places surrounding buildings (∆43 percentage point), and relatively small for private cars with children (∆10
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