Our study drew on past theorizing on anticipatory justice (D. L. Shapiro & B. L. Kirkman, 2001) and fairness heuristic theory (K. Van den Bos, E. A. Lind, & H. A. M. Wilke, 2001) to build and test a model of employee reactions to a smoking ban. The results of a longitudinal study in a hospital showed that employee levels of preban anticipatory justice were predicted by their global sense of the...

Families with lower socioeconomic status are less likely to adopt household smoking bans (HSB). The aim of this study was to determine whether socioeconomic disparities in HSB prevalence in Italy decreased 7-9 years after the introduction of the Italian ban on smoking in public places. A longitudinal, 12-year, two-wave study was conducted on a sample of 3091 youths aged 6-14 years in 2002; 1763...

Fransesco Barone-Adesi and colleagues present an interesting analysis of hospital admissions forMI around the introductionof Italy’s national smoking ban. They claim to have observed an 11% reduction in admissions aged ,60, almost entirely attributable to removal of exposure to ‘side smoke’, by comparing 5 months admissions after introduction of the ban, with a comparable period in the previous...

ing expenditure on the reasonable assumption that advertising is subject to diminishing returns. Accordingly, an outright ban is likely to have far more effect than marginal changes. The report also considered survey evidence that nearly half of all smokers agree that "smoking cannot be really dangerous or the government would ban cigarette advertising. "8 The conclusion from the evidence amass...

The decisionby ShaunWoodward, Northern Ireland's Minister for Health, Social Services, and Public Safety to opt for only a partial ban on smoking in public places has been greeted with widespread incredulity. Smoking kills'about 3,000 people in Northern Ireland every year, nearly as many as died in all the years of "the troubles", and his decision flew in the face ofa widespread public consulta...

BACKGROUND Smoking cessation plays a crucial role in reducing preventable morbidity and mortality and is a recognized public-health-policy issue in many countries. Two of the most important factors that affect the efficacy of quitting smoking are motivation and the ability to cope with situations causing relapse. AIM The objective of the study reported here was to investigate former and curre...

OBJECTIVES To examine the association of social and environmental factors with levels of second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure, as measured by salivary cotinine, in young inner-city children with asthma. METHODS We used data drawn from a home-based behavioral intervention for young high-risk children with persistent asthma post-emergency department (ED) treatment (N = 198). SHS exposure was measur...

OBJECTIVE To examine the advocacy and regulatory history surrounding bans on smoking in commercial airliners. METHODS Review of historical documents, popular press articles, and other sources to trace the timeline of events leading up to the US ban on smoking in airliners and subsequent efforts by airlines and other nations. RESULTS In early years, efforts by flight attendants and health ad...