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Effect of Smoke-Free Legislation on Adult Smoking Behaviour in England in the 18 Months following Implementation

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  • John Tayu Lee
  • Stanton A Glantz
  • Christopher Millett

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Background: Comprehensive smoke-free legislation covering all enclosed public places and workplaces was implemented in England on 1 July 2007. This study examines the impact of this legislation on smoking prevalence, number of cigarettes smoked and location of smoking, controlling for secular trends through the end of 2008. Method and Findings: Repeat cross sectional survey using nationally representative data from the Health Survey for England (HSE). In total there are 54,333 respondents from 2003–2008. Logit and linear regression models were used to examine the effect of the legislation on smoking prevalence and the number of cigarettes smoked daily among continuing smokers which took the underlying trend into account. Our finding suggest that smoking prevalence (current smoker) decreased from 25% in 2003 to 21% in 2008 (AOR = 0.96 per year, 95% CI = 0.95–0.98, P

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  • John Tayu Lee & Stanton A Glantz & Christopher Millett, 2011. "Effect of Smoke-Free Legislation on Adult Smoking Behaviour in England in the 18 Months following Implementation," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 6(6), pages 1-6, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0020933
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020933
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    1. Robson, M.; & Doran, T.; & Cookson, R.;, 2019. "Estimating and Decomposing Conditional Average Treatment Effects: The Smoking Ban in England," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 19/20, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.

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