Voluntary home and car smoke-free rules in Japan: a cross-sectional study in 2015.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Recently, the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly passed an ordinance prohibiting smoking in private homes and cars if children are present. However, no previous study has investigated existing, voluntary home and car smoke-free rules in Japan. Therefore, we examined prevalence and determinants of comprehensive home and car smoke-free rules.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

Internet survey data with adjustments using inverse probability weighting for 'being a respondent in an internet survey'.

Participants

5600 respondents aged 15-69 years in 2015 were analysed to estimate weighted percentages and prevalence ratios (PRs) with 95% CIs of having comprehensive home and car smoke-free rules.

Main outcome measures

Respondents who answered 'smoking i

SUBMITTER: Shojima K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6429848 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature