ArticleAmerican journal of public health2014
Fewer hospitalizations for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in communities with smoke-free public policies.
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- Legislative smoking bans for reducing harms from secondhand smoke exposure, smoking prevalence and tobacco consumption.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
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- Effects of a Smoke-Free Policy in Xi'an, China: Impact on Hospital Admissions for Acute Ischemic Heart Disease and Stroke.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Persistent disparities in smoking among rural Appalachians: evidence from the Mountain Air Project.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Impact of smoke-free ordinance strength on smoking prevalence and lung cancer incidence.PloS one · 2021Article
- Associations of tobacco retailer availability with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease related hospital outcomes, United States, 2014.Health & place · 2021Article
- Non-Smoker's Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke in South Africa during 2017.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Uneven Access to Smoke-Free Laws and Policies and Its Effect on Health Equity in the United States: 2000-2019.American journal of public health · 2019Article
- Effect of Local Smoke-Free Ordinances on Smoking Prevalence in Kentucky, 2002-2009.Southern medical journal · 2019Article
- Smoking and Tobacco-Free Policies in Women's Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities: A Community-Engaged Approach.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2018Article
- Changes in hospitalizations for chronic respiratory diseases after two successive smoking bans in Spain.PloS one · 2017Article
- Explaining the link between access-to-care factors and health care resource utilization among individuals with COPD.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2016Article
- Defining and targeting health disparities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2016Review
- Assessing the effects of the Spanish partial smoking ban on cardiovascular and respiratory diseases: methodological issues.BMJ open · 2015Article
- Effect of Uruguay's National 100% Smokefree Law on Emergency Visits for Bronchospasm.American journal of preventive medicine · 2015Article
- Impact of a countywide smoke-free workplace law on emergency department visits for respiratory diseases: a retrospective cohort study.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2015Article
- Increasing Hospitalization Rates for Cirrhosis: Overrepresentation of Disadvantaged Australians.EClinicalMedicineArticle
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Abstract
objectivesWe determined the impact of smoke-free municipal public policies on hospitalizations for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
methodsWe conducted a secondary analysis of hospital discharges with a primary diagnosis of COPD in Kentucky between July 1, 2003, and June 30, 2011 using Poisson regression. We compared the hospitalization rates of regions with and without smoke-free laws, adjusting for personal and population covariates, seasonality, secular trends over time, and geographic region.
resultsControlling for covariates such as sex, age, length of stay, race/ethnicity, education, income, and urban-rural status, among others, we found that those living in a community with a comprehensive smoke-free law or regulation were 22% less likely to experience hospitalizations for COPD than those living in a community with a moderate-weak law or no law. Those living in a community with an established law were 21% less likely to be hospitalized for COPD than those with newer laws or no laws.
conclusionsStrong smoke-free public policies may provide protection against COPD hospitalizations, particularly after 12 months, with the potential to save lives and decrease health care costs.
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