BMJ 2000;321:333-337 ( 5 August )

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Effect of restrictions on smoking at home, at school, and in public places on teenage smoking: cross sectional study

Melanie A Wakefield, visiting research scientista Frank J Chaloupka, professorb Nancy J Kaufman, senior vice presidentc C Tracy Orleans, senior scientistc Dianne C Barker, principald Erin E Ruel, research assistanta

a Health Research and Policy Centers, University of Illinois at Chicago, 850 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60607, USA, b Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago, c Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, PO Box 2316, Princeton, NJ 08543, USA, d Barker Bi-Coastal Health Consultants, 3556 Elm Drive, Calabasas, CA 91302, USA

Correspondence to: M A Wakefield melaniew{at}uic.edu

Objective: To determine the relation between extent of restrictions on smoking at home, at school, and in public places and smoking uptake and smoking prevalence among school students.
Design: Cross sectional survey with merged records of extent of restrictions on smoking in public places.
Setting: United States.
Participants: 17 287 high school students.
Main outcome measures: Five point scale of smoking uptake; 30 day smoking prevalence.
Results: More restrictive arrangements on smoking at home were associated with a greater likelihood of being in an earlier stage of smoking uptake (P<0.05) and a lower 30 day prevalence (odds ratio 0.79 (95% confidence interval 0.67 to 0.91), P<0.001). These findings applied even when parents were smokers. More pervasive restrictions on smoking in public places were associated with a higher probability of being in a earlier stage of smoking uptake (P<0.05) and lower 30 day prevalence (0.91 (0.83 to 0.99), P=0.03). School smoking bans were related to a greater likelihood of being in an earlier stage of smoking uptake (0.89 (0.85 to 0.99), P<0.05) and lower prevalence (0.86 (0.77 to 0.94), P<0.001) only when the ban was strongly enforced, as measured by instances when teenagers perceived that most or all students obeyed the rule.
Conclusions: These findings suggest that restrictions on smoking at home, more extensive bans on smoking in public places, and enforced bans on smoking at school may reduce teenage smoking.



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