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ArticleJournal of the Georgia Public Health Association2015

Legislative smoking bans for reducing exposure to secondhand smoke and smoking prevalence: Opportunities for Georgians.

Steven S Coughlin, Jennifer Anderson, Selina A Smith

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Article in Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 authors.

Steven S CoughlinDepartment of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Jennifer AndersonDirector, Respiratory Care Service and Pulmonary Function Labs, Georgia Regents Medical Center, Augusta, GA.
Selina A SmithInstitute of Public and Preventive Health, and Department of Family Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA.

Funding

Efficacy-to-Effectiveness Transition of an Educational Program to Increase Colorectal Cancer ScreeningR01CA166785 · NCI · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI HOBBS, JOSEPH · 2012 to 2016
$2.2M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA166785
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSecondhand smoke, which is also referred to as environmental tobacco smoke and passive smoke, is a known human carcinogen. Secondhand smoke also causes disease and premature death in nonsmoking adults and children.

methodsWe summarize studies of secondhand smoke in public places before and after smoking bans, as well as studies of cardiovascular and respiratory disease before and after such bans.

resultsTo protect the public from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke, smoke-free legislation is an effective public health measure. Smoking bans in public places, which have been implemented in many jurisdictions across the U.S. and in other countries, have the potential to influence social norms and reduce smoking behavior.

conclusionsThrough legislative smoking bans for reducing secondhand smoke exposure and smoking prevalence, opportunities exist to protect the health of Georgians and other Americans and to reduce health care costs. These opportunities include increasing the comprehensiveness of smoking bans in public places and ensuring adequate funding to quit line services.

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cancercardiovascular diseaseenvironmental tobacco smokepassive smokingrespiratory diseasesecondhand smokesmoke-free policy

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PMID26345719
PMCPMC4560263

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