Comprehensive US statewide smoke-free indoor air legislation and secondhand smoke exposure, asthma prevalence, and related doctor visits: 2007-2011

H.-C. Lin, J.-Y. Park and D.-C. Seo

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 8, 1617-1622

Abstract: Objectives. We evaluated the impact of comprehensive statewide smoke-free indoor air laws on secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure, asthma prevalence, and asthma-related doctor visits. Methods. We used the 2007-2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data sets. We employed a paired t test to determine whether comprehensive statewide smoke-free indoor air laws reduced SHS exposure. We performed weighted logistic and Poisson regressions to obtain likelihood of reporting asthma symptoms and incidence rate ratio (IRR) of doctor visits owing to severe asthma symptoms. Results. After such laws were enacted, people in states with comprehensive smoke-free indoor air laws had a lower level of SHS exposure (P

Keywords: passive smoking, asthma; behavioral risk factor surveillance system; child; female; government; human; legislation and jurisprudence; male; passive smoking; Poisson distribution; prevalence; smoking ban; statistical model; statistics and numerical data; United States, Asthma; Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; Child; Female; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Poisson Distribution; Prevalence; Smoke-Free Policy; State Government; Tobacco Smoke Pollution; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302596

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