Smoking intensity before and after introduction of the public place smoking ban in Scotland
| Autor: | Audrey Richter, Derek Mariner, Pam Saunders, Krishna Prasad, Madeleine Ashley, Justine Williamson, Gavin Mullard |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Male Nicotine Restaurants Airports Public Policy Smoking Prevention Health Promotion Toxicology Public place smoking ban Cigarette brand Exposure Tar (tobacco residue) Environmental health medicine Humans Sidestream smoke Social Change Cigarette health care economics and organizations Smoke Behavior Inhalation Exposure Filter analysis Public place business.industry Smoking General Medicine Tars Scotland Air Pollution Indoor Female Tobacco Smoke Pollution Self Report Smoking ban business Filtration medicine.drug Sports |
| Zdroj: | Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP. 61 |
| ISSN: | 1096-0295 |
| Popis: | A study was performed to determine whether cigarettes were smoked more intensely outside of public venues in Scotland, compared to indoors, after introduction of the public place smoking (PPS) ban. It was conducted in three waves: before the ban, immediately after and 6months after introduction. The study included 322 regular smokers of four cigarette brand variants. Filter analysis measurements were used to estimate the human-smoked yields of tar and nicotine from cigarettes smoked predominantly inside (before the ban) or outside (after the ban) public venues. Self-reported cigarette consumption data were also collected. Numbers of cigarettes smoked indoors in public places fell dramatically after the ban. There was a corresponding rise in smoking incidence in outdoor public locations. The ban did not significantly affect the total number of cigarettes smoked by the subjects over the weekends investigated. Human-smoked yields of tar and nicotine decreased slightly after the introduction of the ban and some reductions were significant. Therefore, smoking outdoors at public venues, following the PPS ban, did not increase smoking intensity. Any changes in smoking behaviour that may have occurred had little effect on mainstream smoke exposure or cigarette consumption for those that continued to smoke. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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