ArticleTobacco control2001
A prospective investigation of the impact of smoking bans on tobacco cessation and relapse.
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- Attitudes of Korean smokers towards smoke-free public places: findings from the longitudinal ITC Korea Survey, 2005-2010.BMJ open · 2019Article
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- Implementing a tobacco-free hospital campus in Ireland: lessons learned.Irish journal of medical science · 2018Article
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of population-based tobacco control strategies in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in Tanzania.PloS one · 2017Article
- Clearing the air: improving smoke-free policy compliance at the national oncology hospital in Armenia.BMC cancer · 2014Article
- Impact of tobacco control policies in hospitals: Evaluation of a national smoke-free campus ban in Spain.Preventive medicine reports · 2014Article
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- Smoking bans and the secondhand smoking problem: an economic analysis.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2012Article
- Occupational gradients in smoking behavior and exposure to workplace environmental tobacco smoke: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2012Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesTo examine the long term impact of workplace smoking bans on employee smoking cessation and relapse. Over three years we studied a total of 1033 current or former smokers (intervention group) employed in smoke-free hospitals and 816 current or former smokers (comparison group) employed in non-smoke-free workplaces. The design of this natural experiment is a prospective cohort study. We randomly selected both hospitals and employees from 12 strata based on hospital size and state tobacco regulations, and sampled employees in the same communities. Main outcome measures were post-ban quit ratio and relapse rate. RESEARCH
designBetween groups comparisons were conducted using the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel statistic for general association, stratified Cox proportional hazards models, and the CMH analysis of variance statistic based on ranks. McNemar's test and the sign test were used to test for changes over time within each group.
resultsDifferences in the post-ban quit ratio were observed between intervention and comparison groups (p < or = 0.02). For employees whose bans were implemented at least seven years before survey, the post-ban quit ratio was estimated at 0.256, compared with 0.142 for employees in non-smoke-free workplaces (p = 0.02). After controlling for a variety of factors, time to quit smoking was shorter for the hospital employees (p < 0.001), with an overall relative risk of quitting of 2.3. Contrary to expectations, relapse rates were similar between the groups.
conclusionEmployees in workplaces with smoking bans have higher rates of smoking cessation than employees where smoking is permitted, but relapse is similar between these two groups of employees. The results of this investigation have international applicability for policy makers, clinicians, employers, and employees. Countries should review smoking policies in workplaces in light of their own smoking patterns and efforts to deal with environmental tobacco smoke.
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