Do Smoking Bans Improve Neonatal Health?

ABSTRACT:

Research objective

To estimate the effects of smoking bans on neonatal health outcomes and maternal smoking behavior during pregnancy.

Data sources

Restricted-use 1991-2009 Natality Detail Files, a Clean Air Dates Table Report, and the Tax Burden of Tobacco.

Study design

A quasi-experimental study using difference-in-differences estimation based on legislative history of smoking restrictions or bans by type/place/county/state level. Dependent variables included average monthly percentage of healthy neonates, of term neonates born with low and very low birth weight, of premature births, of maternal smokers, and average number of cigarettes smoked daily during pregnancy. The analyses were restricted to singleton births and those that occurred in the same county as mothe

SUBMITTER: Hankins S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5034216 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature