Child health knowledge and attitudes and intentions to quit among Japanese adults who smoke: Findings from the 2021 International Tobacco Control (ITC) Japan Survey
Both knowledge about SHS health harms on children and concerns that one's smoking would influence children to smoke were significantly related to quit intentions. This suggests that interventions to increase awareness among adults who smoke may reduce children's exposure through increased quitting, especially among those with children. The very high support among those who smoke for a law to ban smoking in cars with children suggests that this is a feasible policy option in Japan.
Authors
- Mi Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9115-1338)
- Filippos T Filippidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2101-2559)
- Kota Katanoda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8687-1269)
- Ruth Shien Goh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0649-9121)
- Geoffrey Fong
- Anthony A Laverty
- Anne C K Quah
- Constantine Vardavas
- Kayo Togawa
- Takahiro Tabuchi
Institutions
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (CA)
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- Tohoku University (JP)
- National Cancer Center (US)
- Centre international de recherche sur le cancer (FR)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- National Cancer Research Institute (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nicotine & Tobacco Research
- Published
- 2026-02-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntag032
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00