Titre : | England's legislation on smoking in indoor public places and work-places: impact on the most exposed children (2012) |
Auteurs : | M. SIMS ; L. BAULD ; A. GILMORE |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Addiction (Vol.107, n°11, November 2012) |
Article en page(s) : | 2009-2016 |
Note générale : | Commentary): A timely response to the impact of smoke-free public places on the most exposed children. Brown A., p. 2017-2018. |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | LOI (Loi et son application / Law enforcement) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique ANGLETERRE ; ROYAUME-UNIThésaurus mots-clés TABAC ; LEGISLATION ; INTERDICTION DE FUMER ; ENFANT ; COTININE ; TABAGISME PASSIF |
Résumé : |
Aims: To examine whether English legislation to make virtually all indoor public places and work-places smoke-free on 1 July 2007 displaced smoking into the home and hence increased the proportion of children exposed to levels of second-hand smoke known to be detrimental to health.
Design: Repeated cross-sectional study with data from 10 annual surveys undertaken from 1996 to 2008. Setting: England. Participants: Nationally representative samples of non-smoking children aged 4-15 years old living in private households. Measurements: Salivary cotinine, parental smoking status, whether smoking is allowed within the house, socio-demographic variables. Findings: The proportion of children exposed to damaging levels of second-hand smoke (defined as those with cotinine levels >1.7 ng/ml) has fallen over time, from 23.5% in 1996 to 12.6% in 2008. The legislation was not associated with further changes in the proportion of children above this threshold - the odds of having cotinine >1.7 ng/ml did not change after adjustment for the pre-legislative trend and confounders (odds ratio: 1.0, 95% confidence interval: 0.78, 1.4). Non-significant associations were also found when examining children by parental or household smoking status. Conclusions: Legislation to prohibit smoking in indoor public places and work-places does not increase the proportion of children exposed to damaging levels of second-hand smoke. Even in a country with a strong tobacco control climate, a significant proportion of children remain highly exposed to second-hand smoke and future policies need to include interventions to reduce exposure among these children. |
Domaine : | Tabac / Tobacco / e-cigarette |
Refs biblio. : | 22 |
Affiliation : | Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK |
Cote : | Abonnement |
Lien : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03924.x |
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