The objective of this study was to examine hospital discharge data on 5 tobacco-related diagnoses before and after implementation of a smoking ban in a small Texas city. We compared hospital discharge rates for 2 years before and 2 years after implementation of the ban in the intervention city with discharge rates during the same time in a similar city with no ban. The discharge rates for black...

BACKGROUND No data on secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure are available on a national level in Italy. To assess the prevalence of exposure to SHS in indoor public places, home and cars in non-smoking Italian population, we conducted a survey 5 years after the national smoking ban. METHODS In 2010, we conducted a survey on a representative sample of the Italian population aged≥15 years. Analyses w...

The home represents an important source of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke for non-smokers, including children, who live with smokers. Our goal is to identify the sociodemographic factors associated with the adoption of smoking bans in "smoker households" in Quebec. Selected associations are compared with three other Canadian provinces (Ontario, British Columbia and Nova Scotia). This i...

Numerous research projects have been performed during the last decades with the aim to improve the outcome of acute coronary syndrome. Much less effort has been put into optimizinmg the follow-up procedure after an acute life-threatening event such as myocardial infarction. Shortand long-term sickness absence after an acute myocardial infarction is associated with substantial costs for society....

Correspondence to: K Michael Cummings, PhD, MPH, Department of Health Behavior, Division of Cancer Prevention & Population Sciences, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm and Carlton Streets, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA; Michael.Cummings@ roswellpark.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D ramatic changes in smoking behaviour occurred over the half century since cigarette smoking was ...

INTRODUCTION This study examined the impact of antismoking activities targeting the general population and an advertising campaign targeting smoking during pregnancy on the prevalence of smoking during pregnancy in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. METHODS Monthly prevalence of smoking during pregnancy was calculated using linked health records for all pregnancies resulting in a birth (800 61...

Smoking is being increasingly banned where there is power and the will to enact bans—cars transporting children, hospital grounds, public buildings, public transport, parks and private apartment blocks [1–4]. Internationally, smokers are being excluded from opportunities, such as employment with the World Health Organization and free health insurance in Jakarta [5,6]. Here in Australia we only ...

describe a reduction in hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction in Pueblo, Colo, after the implementation of a city-wide smoking ordinance. The ordinance, which was strictly enforced, prohibited smoking in all workplaces, including bars and restaurants, and in all buildings open to the public. The findings in Pueblo confirm a similar assessment of the consequences of a public smoking b...

Despite the growing literature on workplace smoking policies, few studies have focused on the implementation of such policies in university settings. Smoking in the workplace is still very common in many countries, including Spain. While the law is about to change and more non-smoking policies are to be implemented, it is not clear what kind of restrictions Spanish workers would find acceptable...

OBJECTIVE On March 1st, 2008 a smoking ban in public buildings became effective in the Canton of Graubuenden, Switzerland. The aim of our study was to investigate, whether implementation of this new regulation was followed by a decrease in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). PATIENTS AND METHODS The Kantonsspital Graubuenden serves as a tertiary care hospital, possessing the o...