SynthesisAmerican journal of public health1999
The impact of smoke-free workplaces on declining cigarette consumption in Australia and the United States.
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70 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Population tobacco control interventions and their effects on social inequalities in smoking: placing an equity lens on existing systematic reviews.BMC public health · 2008Pooled it
- Review of the quality of studies on the economic effects of smoke-free policies on the hospitality industry.Tobacco control · 2003Pooled it
- Effect of smoke-free workplaces on smoking behaviour: systematic review.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2002Pooled it
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- Is social media our new quitline? A descriptive study assessing youtube coverage of tobacco cessation.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
- Compliance with smoke-free legislation in public places: An observational study in a northeast city of Bangladesh.PloS one · 2023Article
- Evaluating a tobacco-free university policy: A repeated cross-sectional survey of faculty and staff in Lebanon.Tobacco induced diseases · 2021Article
- Evaluating the impact of the California 1995 smoke-free workplace law on population smoking prevalence using a synthetic control method.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- To smoke or not to smoke? A qualitative study among young adults.Preventive medicine reports · 2019Article
- Compliance with smoke-free legislation and smoking behaviour: observational field study from Punjab, India.Tobacco control · 2018Observational
- THE ROLE OF EMPLOYERS IN FACILITATING SMOKING CESSATION AMONG STAFF: PERSPECTIVE OF DRIVERS IN A NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY.Annals of Ibadan postgraduate medicine · 2017Article
- Exposure to secondhand smoke and voluntary adoption of smoke-free home and car rules among non-smoking South African adults.BMC public health · 2014Article
- The support for smoke free policy and how it is influenced by tolerance to smoking - experience of a developing country.PloS one · 2014Article
- Achieving smoke-free mental health services: lessons from the past decade of implementation research.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2013Review
- Large-scale unassisted smoking cessation over 50 years: lessons from history for endgame planning in tobacco control.Tobacco control · 2013Article
- Rural print media portrayal of secondhand smoke and smoke-free policy.Health promotion practice · 2012Article
- Stability of cigarette consumption over time among continuing smokers: a latent growth curve analysis.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2012Article
- Social norms, collective efficacy, and smoking cessation in urban neighborhoods.American journal of public health · 2012Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis study estimates the contribution of smoke-free workplaces to the recent national declines in cigarette consumption in Australia and the United States.
methodsNineteen studies of the impact of smoke-free workplaces on workday cigarette consumption were reviewed. The number and cost of cigarettes forgone were calculated and extrapolated to a scenario in which all indoor work areas were smoke-free.
resultsOf the 19 studies, 18 reported declines in daily smoking rates, and 17 reported declines in smoking prevalence. Smoke-free workplaces are currently responsible for an annual reduction of some 602 million cigarettes, or 1.8% of all cigarettes that might otherwise be consumed, in Australia, and an annual reduction of 9.7 billion cigarettes (2%) in the United States. Approximately 22.3% of the 2.7 billion decrease in cigarette consumption in Australia between 1988 and 1995 can be attributed to smoke-free workplaces, as can 12.7% of the 76.5 billion decrease in the United States between 1988 and 1994.
conclusionsIf workplaces were universally smoke-free, the number of cigarettes forgone annually would increase to 1.14 billion (3.4%) in Australia and 20.9 billion (4.1%) in the United States.
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