ArticlePediatrics2013
Hospital admissions for childhood asthma after smoke-free legislation in England.
Article in Pediatrics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01920165 (Smoke-free Legislation in England and Hospital Admissions for Respiratory Tract Infections Among Children), which is not on this map. Cited by 51 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Smoke-free Legislation in England and Hospital Admissions for Respiratory Tract Infections Among Children
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51 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 106 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Smoking, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: A review of reviews considering implications for public health policy and practice.Tobacco induced diseases · 2020Review
- The impact of anti-tobacco legislation on birth weight in Peru.Global health research and policy · 2020Article
- Parental Smoking and Under-Five Child Mortality in Southeast Asia: Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess whether the implementation of English smoke-free legislation in July 2007 was associated with a reduction in hospital admissions for childhood asthma.
methodsInterrupted time series study using Hospital Episodes Statistics data from April 2002 to November 2010. Sample consisted of all children (aged ≤14 years) having an emergency hospital admission with a principle diagnosis of asthma.
resultsBefore the implementation of the legislation, the admission rate for childhood asthma was increasing by 2.2% per year (adjusted rate ratio 1.02; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.02-1.03). After implementation of the legislation, there was a significant immediate change in the admission rate of -8.9% (adjusted rate ratio 0.91; 95% CI: 0.89-0.93) and change in time trend of -3.4% per year (adjusted rate ratio 0.97; 95% CI: 0.96-0.98). This change was equivalent to 6802 fewer hospital admissions in the first 3 years after implementation. There were similar reductions in asthma admission rates among children from different age, gender, and socioeconomic status groups and among those residing in urban and rural locations.
conclusionsThese findings confirm those from a small number of previous studies suggesting that the well-documented population health benefits of comprehensive smoke-free legislation appear to extend to reducing hospital admissions for childhood asthma.
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