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ArticleTurkish thoracic journal2018

Violation of the Tobacco Control Law by Drivers in Vehicles in Two Streets in İzmir: A Descriptive Study.

Erdem Erkoyun, Mustafa Selahattin Alçiçek, Simge Selek

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Article in Turkish thoracic journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Erdem ErkoyunDepartment of Public Health, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.
Mustafa Selahattin AlçiçekMedical Student, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.
Simge SelekMedical Student, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.

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objectivesAfter signing and approving the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), Turkey amended laws on tobacco control in 2008 and also expanded the smoking ban in 2013 to include drivers in all vehicles. Four years later, this amendment does not seem as effective. The aim of this study was to observe violation of the law by the drivers and to analyze the association between gender of the driver, type of the vehicle, approximate age group definition of the passenger (either child or adult), and the law violation in two streets in Konak district, İzmir, Turkey. MATERIALS AND

methodsIn this cross-sectional study, two observer teams were located in two different busy streets on the same afternoon and they collected data on the violation of the law, gender of the driver, approximate age group definition of the passengers (either adult or child), and type of the vehicle (special, taxi, or other commercial). Logistic regression for the violation of the law was conducted.

resultsLaw violation prevalence is 7.2%. In univariate analysis, the gender of the driver and having at least one child as a passenger were associated with the violation of the law. In multivariate analysis, not having children increases (OR: 8.4) the risk of the violation of the law.

conclusionThe violation of the law was high, but the drivers seemed to be aware of the harms of smoking by looking at the increased risk of the violation in vehicles, in which no child was carried as passengers.

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smoking banTobacco smokingviolation of tobacco control law

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PMID30083404
PMCPMC6077009

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