Effects of smoke-free laws on alcohol-related car crashes in California and New York: Time series analyses from 1982 to 2008

D.H. Bernat, M. Maldonado-Molina, A. Hyland and A.C. Wagenaar

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 2, 214-219

Abstract: We examined effects of New York and California's statewide smoke-free restaurant and bar polices on alcohol-related car crash fatalities. We used an interrupted time-series design from 1982 to 2008, with 312 monthly observations, to examine the effect of each state's lawonsingle-vehiclenighttime crashes and crashes involving a driver with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 grams per deciliter or greater. Implementation of New York and California's statewide smoke-free policies was not associated with alcoholrelated car crash fatalities. Additionally, analyses showed no effect of New York's smoke-free policy on alcoholrelated car crash fatalities in communities along the Pennsylvania- NewYork border. Statewide smoke-free restaurant and bar laws do not appear to affect rates of alcohol-related car crashes. Copyright © 2012 by the American Public Health Association®.

Keywords: alcohol, article; blood; car driving; catering service; drinking behavior; human; legal aspect; smoking ban; statistical model; statistics; traffic accident; United States, Accidents, Traffic; Alcohol Drinking; Automobile Driving; California; Ethanol; Humans; Models, Statistical; New York; Pennsylvania; Restaurants; Smoke-Free Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300906

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