Smoke-Free Policies and Smoking Cessation in the United States, 2003-2015.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background: Smoking restrictions have been shown to be associated with reduced smoking, but there are a number of gaps in the literature surrounding the relationship between smoke-free policies and cessation, including the extent to which this association may be modified by sociodemographic characteristics. (2) Methods: We analyzed data from the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey, 2003-2015, to explore whether multiple measures of smoking restrictions were associated with cessation across population subgroups. We examined area-based measures of exposure to smoke-free laws, as well as self-reported exposure to workplace smoke-free policies. We used age-stratified, fixed effects logistic regression models to assess the impact of each smoke-free measure on 90-day cess

SUBMITTER: Titus AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6747670 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature