The impact of smoke-free workplaces on declining cigarette consumption in Australia and the United States.

Chapman, Simon; Borland, Ron; Scollo, Michelle; Brownson, Ross C.; Dominello, Amanda; Woodward, Stephen

doi:10.2105/ajph.89.7.1018

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“…Evidence from other countries indicates that smoking restrictions are effective measures to protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke (10,11), and are associated with reduced smoking rates (12,13). Hence, the prevalence of formal and informal smoke-free policies represents an im- In addition, the difference in the prevalence of home vs. workplace policies, in conjunction with lower rates of passive smoking in the home compared to the workplace, suggests the effectiveness of smoking restrictions in reducing exposure to secondhand smoke as well as the potential impact of stronger enforcement of existing workplace legislation.…”

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Smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke, and smoking restrictions in Tijuana, Mexico

Martínez-Donate¹,

Hovell²,

Hofstetter³

et al. 2005

Rev Panam Salud Publica

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Smoking, tobacco smoke pollution, environmental exposure, family health, health policy, Mexico. ABSTRACTSmoking and passive smoking represent leading public health problems in Mexico (1-3). Over the last decade, Mexico has developed tobacco control measures to curb the tobacco epidemic, including laws to protect nonsmokers from passive smoking (1, 4). These measures should be complemented with surveillance of key tobacco control outcomes, such as the prevalences of such things as smoking, passive smoking, smoke-free policies; societal sentiments against smoking; and physician advice related to smoking cessation and the avoidance of secondhand smoke. The last Mexican national surveys on passive smoking (2) and on tobacco use (3) date from 1998 and 2000, respectively. To our knowl-

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Smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke, and smoking restrictions in Tijuana, Mexico

Martínez-Donate¹,

Hovell²,

Hofstetter³

et al. 2005

Rev Panam Salud Publica

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“…2 Policies that restrict worksite smoking may reduce smoking behavior by reducing the opportunity to smoke, by decreasing pressures to smoke, and by increasing social support for cessation. 2 Increases in smoking cessation have been found in worksites that have adopted restrictive smoking policies because of corporate or industrywide decisions, [3][4][5] which supports the expectation that laws requiring businesses to adopt such policies would also show such effects.…”

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The impact of workplace smoking ordinances in California on smoking cessation

Moskowitz

Lin²,

Hudes³

2000

Am J Public Health

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OBJECTIVES: The effect of local workplace smoking laws in California was assessed to determine whether such laws increase smoking cessation. METHODS: Workplace smoking ordinance data from 1990 were appended to 1990 California Tobacco Survey data from 4680 adult indoor workers who were current cigarette smokers or reported smoking in the 6 months before the survey. Ordinance effects on cigarette smoking and worksite policy were estimated by using multiple logistic regression controlling for sociodemographic variables. RESULTS: Smokers who worked in localities with a strong workplace ordinance (compared with no workplace ordinance) were more likely to report the existence of a worksite smoking policy (odds ratio [OR] = 1.6; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.2, 2.2) and to report quitting smoking in the prior 6 months (OR = 1.5; 95% CI = 1.1, 1.7). In communities with strong ordinances, an estimated 26.4% of smokers quit smoking within 6 months of the survey and were abstinent at the time of the survey, compared with an estimated 19.1% in communities with no ordinance. CONCLUSIONS: Workplace smoking ordinances increased smoking cessation among employed smokers, indicating that these laws may benefit smokers as well as nonsmokers.

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“…The fact that secondhand smoke increases the risk of death from lung cancer, heart disease, sudden infant death syndrome, and a variety of other diseases in nonsmokers [1][2][3][4] has proven to be a powerful justification for creation of smoke-free workplaces, public places, and homes. Smoke-free workplaces [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] and homes 8,9,12,14 not only protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke but also provide environments that facilitate smoking cessation among adults. Smoke-free workplaces reduce smoking prevalence by ϳ20% and lead to ϳ20% lower consumption among continuing smokers, which itself is associated with progress toward cessation.…”

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Attitudes Toward Secondhand Smoke, Smoking, and Quitting Among Young People

Glantz

Jamieson

2000

Pediatrics

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ABSTRACT. Objective. To assess the impact of attitudes toward secondhand smoke among young people.Methods. Three hundred nonsmokers and 300 smokers (smoked a cigarette in last 30 days) 14 through 22 years of age in the United States were surveyed with random-digit dialing. The results of this cross-sectional survey were analyzed using logistic regression to determine predictors of nonsmoking and intent to stop among current smokers.Results. Controlling for age, ethnicity, and education, nonsmokers were more likely to consider smoking risky than smokers (odds ratio [OR] ‫؍‬ 3.46). Nonsmokers were twice as likely to consider secondhand smoke dangerous than smokers (OR ‫؍‬ 1.47). Among the variables in our model, the only statistically significant predictor of planning to stop smoking or having actually stopped was believing that secondhand smoke harmed nonsmokers, which more than doubled the chances of planning to stop or having stopped smoking (relative risk ‫؍‬ 2.17).Conclusions. Educating young people about the dangers of secondhand smoke and empowering nonsmokers to speak out should be a strong element of any tobacco control program. Pediatrics 2000;106(6). URL: http:// www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/106/6/e82; tobacco, tobacco smoke pollution, passive smoking, environmental tobacco smoke, smoking cessation, smoking prevention.

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The impact of smoke-free workplaces on declining cigarette consumption in Australia and the United States.

Cited by 193 publications

References 33 publications

Smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke, and smoking restrictions in Tijuana, Mexico

Smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke, and smoking restrictions in Tijuana, Mexico

The impact of workplace smoking ordinances in California on smoking cessation

Attitudes Toward Secondhand Smoke, Smoking, and Quitting Among Young People

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