ArticleTobacco control1999
The impact of workplace smoking bans: results from a national survey.
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94 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 289 citations in OpenAlex.
- Workplace interventions for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Population approaches to improve diet, physical activity, and smoking habits: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association.Circulation · 2012Guideline
- Knowledge synthesis of smoking cessation among employed and unemployed young adults.American journal of public health · 2007Pooled it
- Effect of smoke-free workplaces on smoking behaviour: systematic review.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2002Pooled it
- Controlled trial of a workplace sales ban on sugar-sweetened beverages.Public health nutrition · 2023Trial
- Smoker characteristics and smoking-cessation milestones.American journal of preventive medicine · 2011Trial
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- The crossroads of work and home: linkages between smoke-free policies at work and household environments.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- An examination of social and environmental determinants of secondhand smoke exposure among non-smoking adolescents.Tobacco prevention & cessation · 2021Article
- Decídetexto: Mobile cessation support for Latino smokers. Study protocol for a randomized clinical trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2020Article
- Evaluating the impact of the California 1995 smoke-free workplace law on population smoking prevalence using a synthetic control method.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- Cost-Effectiveness Of A Workplace Ban On Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Sales: A Microsimulation Model.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2020Article
- Prevalence of cigarette smoking and its related factors among Iranian male workers.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2020Article
- Workplace smoking restrictions and support for smoking cessation in the USA: state, region, and overall trends from 2010-11 to 2014-15.Journal of smoking cessation · 2019Article
- Smoke-Free Ordinances and Policies Protect Youth, but Ordinances Appear to Have Little Impact on Non-Combustible Tobacco Use.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
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- Designing and Assessing Multilevel Interventions to Improve Minority Health and Reduce Health Disparities.American journal of public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo estimate the impact of workplace smoking restrictions on the prevalence and intensity of smoking among all indoor workers and various demographic and industry groups.
designDetailed cross sectional data on worker self reported characteristics, smoking histories, and workplace smoking policies were used in multivariate statistical models to examine whether workplace smoking policies reduce cigarette consumption. After analysing the distribution of policies, four main types of workplace programme were defined: (1) 100% smoke-free environments, (2) work area bans in which smoking is allowed in some common areas, (3) bans in some but not all work and common areas, and (4) minimal or no restrictions.
settingAfter environmental tobacco smoke was identified as a health hazard in the mid-1980s, workplace smoking restrictions became more prevalent. By 1993, nearly 82% of indoor workers faced some restriction on workplace smoking and 47% worked in 100% smoke-free environments.
participantsThe database included a nationally representative sample from the tobacco use supplements to the September 1992, January 1993, and May 1993 Current Population Surveys of 97,882 indoor workers who were not self employed.
main outcome measuresPrevalence of smoking and number of cigarettes smoked daily by smokers.
resultsHaving a 100% smoke-free workplace reduced smoking prevalence by 6 percentage points and average daily consumption among smokers by 14% relative to workers subject to minimal or no restrictions. The impact of work area bans was lessened by allowing smoking in some common areas. Smoke-free policies reduced smoking for all demographic groups and in nearly all industries.
conclusionsRequiring all workplaces to be smoke free would reduce smoking prevalence by 10%. Workplace bans have their greatest impact on groups with the highest rates of smoking.
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