Effects of Smoking Restrictions in the Workplace

Brownson, Ross C.; Hopkins, David P.; Wakefield, Melanie

doi:10.1146/annurev.publhealth.23.100901.140551

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“…In addition to worksite studies, bans on smoking in restaurants and bars also result in lowered exposure rates for community residents (2). Studies have also shown that complete smoking bans are more effective at reducing ETS exposure than smoking restrictions (17).…”

Section: Physical Environment/accessmentioning

confidence: 99%

SHAPING THE CONTEXT OF HEALTH: A Review of Environmental and Policy Approaches in the Prevention of Chronic Diseases

Brownson¹,

Haire‐Joshu

Luke

2006

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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Given the growing attention on how environmental and policy interventions can affect chronic disease burden, our objectives are to describe (a) effective and promising interventions to address tobacco use, physical activity, and healthy eating and (b) lessons learned from the literature and practice experience in applying environmental and policy approaches. A total of 17 interventions were reviewed, organized across 3 domains affecting the physical environment/access, economic environment, and communication environment. Many of these interventions are effective. Several lessons are important to consider, such as the need to start with environmental and policy approaches, intervene comprehensively and across multiple levels, make use of economic evaluations, make better use of existing analytic tools, understand the politics and local context, address health disparities, and conduct sound policy research.

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Section: Physical Environment/accessmentioning

confidence: 99%

SHAPING THE CONTEXT OF HEALTH: A Review of Environmental and Policy Approaches in the Prevention of Chronic Diseases

Brownson¹,

Haire‐Joshu

Luke

2006

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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“…While the impact of maternal smoking on the fetus has received considerable attention in the medical literature (Kramer 1987), with its deleterious effects ranging from low birth weight and other birth defects, to childhood and adult asthma and lower cognitive functioning (Horta, Victora, Menezes, Halpern, and Barros 1997;Sayer and Kleinenman 2002;Weitzman, Gortmaker, Walker, and Sobol 1990;Dolan-Mullen, Ramirez, and Groff 1994), the impacts of exposure to second hand smoke is less well studied. On the policy side, while many papers have examined the immediate impacts of taxes or smoking bans on smoking behavior (Brownson, Hopkins, and Wakefield 2002;Eagan, Hetland, and Aarø 2006;Farkas, Gilpin, Distefan, and Pierce 1999;Bitler, Carpenter, and Zavodny 2011;Anger, Kvasnicka, and Siedler 2011), few papers in the economics literature have examined the consequences of such policies on birth outcomes. Evans and Ringel (2001), Lien and Evans (2005) and Simon (2012) are some of the papers that do examine the impact of such policies on smoking during pregnancy and birth outcomes, however, their policy focus is on changes in cigarette taxes rather than smoking bans.…”

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Smoking bans, maternal smoking and birth outcomes

Bharadwaj

Johnsen

Løken

2014

Journal of Public Economics

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. www.econstor.eu An important externality of smoking is the harm it might cause to those who do not smoke. This paper examines the impact on birth outcomes of children of female workers who are affected by smoking bans in the workplace. Analyzing a 2004 law change in Norway that extended smoking restrictions to bars and restaurants, we find that children of female workers in restaurants and bars born after the law change saw significantly lower rates of being born below the very low birth weight (VLBW) threshold and were less likely to be born pre-term. Using detailed data on smoking status during pregnancy, we find that relative to the control group, most of the benefits arise from changes in smoking behavior of the mother; the effect of second hand smoke exposure on birth outcomes in this formulation appears to be quite small. However, we find suggestive evidence of substituting behavior, i.e. a greater likelihood of smoking at home among fathers, since children born to male workers in restaurants and bars after this law change appear to have slightly worse outcomes. Using individual tax data, we find that the law change did not result in changes in earnings or employment opportunities for those affected, thus suggesting that the effects seen are likely a direct result of changes in smoke exposure in utero. Using a twins based analysis, we link very low birth weight status to adult labor force participation and suggest that via the improvements in birth weight alone, the smoking restriction law in Norway could result in a 0.2 percentage point increase in full time employment by age 28. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E SJEL Classification: D62, J13, I38

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“…Enforcement of tobacco free premises in any environment has been shown to reduce the prevalence and consumption of tobacco use 15,16 . This directly reduces environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and, its health effects.…”

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Teachers Perception on Tobacco Free School in Bangladesh

Rahman

Shojaei²,

Karim

et al. 2015

Bangladesh J Med Sci

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Abstract:Introduction: Comprehensive tobacco-free school policy benefits everyone by reducing exposure to second-hand smoking and creating a system that reinforces tobacco-free norm and attitudes, which in turn affect tobacco use having an impact on the health of the community. Objective: This study aims to assess the perception of teachers on tobacco free school environments and factors supporting it. Methods: A two-stage cluster sampling technique was used for the selection of schools with selection probability proportional to enrolment size followed by stratified random sampling of government and private schools. Data were collected from 559 secondary school teachers using a structured questionnaire. Results: Estimation indicated that 48.3% (95% CI: 44.5%, 52.6%) of the teachers were less supportive and 51.7% (95% CI: 47.4%, 55.5%) were more supportive for smoking free school. Logistic regression analysis revealed that non tobacco user teachers were more likely to be supportive (OR=1. 891, 95% CI: 1.197, 2.986) for tobacco free school. However, no statistically significant association was found between perceived supportive tobacco free school and age, sex, level of education, type of school and family size (p>0.05). Exposure to second hand smoking and curriculum content of tobacco issues were not significantly related with tobacco free school. Conclusion: Comprehensive school based programme with participation of school personnel and community can effectively implement tobacco free school programmes.

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Effects of Smoking Restrictions in the Workplace

Cited by 131 publications

References 41 publications

SHAPING THE CONTEXT OF HEALTH: A Review of Environmental and Policy Approaches in the Prevention of Chronic Diseases

SHAPING THE CONTEXT OF HEALTH: A Review of Environmental and Policy Approaches in the Prevention of Chronic Diseases

Smoking bans, maternal smoking and birth outcomes

Teachers Perception on Tobacco Free School in Bangladesh

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