Smoking ban policies and their influence on smoking behaviors among current California smokers: A population-based study |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Family and Preventive Medicine University of California San Diego, 9500, Gilman Dr La Jolla, CA 92093, USA;2. Department of Neuroscience University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr La Jolla, CA 92093, USA;3. VA San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Dr, San Diego, CA 92161, USA;4. Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr La Jolla, CA 92093, USA;5. Graduate School of Public Health San Diego State University, Department of Political Science San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182, USA;1. Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy;2. Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany;3. Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany;4. Cancer Prevention Unit, German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany |
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| Abstract: | ObjectiveTo assess whether smoking ban policies are associated with smoking reduction and quit attempts among California smokers.MethodsData were examined for 1718 current smokers from follow-up telephone interviews conducted in 2011 of persons previously identified as smokers in a representative sample of the adult population of California. Population weighted logistic regressions controlling for demographic and other variables were used to evaluate the association between smoking ban policies (home, work, and town) and changes in tobacco use (past year quit attempt or reduction in smoking rate).ResultsLiving in a home with a total ban was significantly associated with smoking reduction (adjusted odds ratio, AOR: 2.4, 95% CI: 1.4–4.2) and making a quit attempt (AOR: 2.3, 95% CI: 1.3–3.9) compared to living in a home with no home ban. Self-reported perception of an outdoor ban in one's city/town was associated with smoking reduction (AOR: 1.7, 95% CI: 1.02–2.7) and making a quit attempt (AOR: 1.8, 95% CI: 1.05–2.9).ConclusionThese results indicate that smoking bans not only protect nonsmokers from the harms of secondhand smoke, but are also associated with smoking reduction and cessation. |
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