Chapter 4 94 non-parents. This pattern more widely applied to smoke-free places involving children, which may indicate that child health is not solely a matter of parents, but regarded important by society at large. The results presented in this paper indicate that the majority of the surveyed population is in favour of smoke-free environments beyond places currently being legislated. The consistent high level of support for smoke-free policies in cars carrying children in particular, indicates momentum for increased implementation of regulation in this area. Support was consistently high not only for cars carrying children but for all places where children often go. Framing smoke-free policies as a children’s rights or child health issue as part of a broader smoke-free or tobacco-free generation initiative can provide a good starting point for implementing novel smoke-free policies.147, 148 Furthermore, smokefree policies that go beyond enclosed public places and the workplace should be part of a comprehensive tobacco control programme, including other measures such as tax increases, reducing the number points of sale and banning tobacco display. How support for one measure affects other measures could be assessed in future research. Support for novel smoke-free policies is generally high across countries, especially for policies in places where children are present. This indicates that there is substantial momentum for policy-makers to take the next step in protecting the public, and children in particular, from the harmful effects of tobacco smoke exposure by expanding smoke-free policies.
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