Legislative smoking bans for reducing secondhand smoke exposure ...

Fowkes 2008 (Continued)
Interventions Smokefree legislation (Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Bill) implemented on 26th March 2006 prohibiting
smoking in indoor workplaces including bars, restaurants and cafes.
Outcomes Self reported smoking status.
Smoking cessation defined as having stopped smoking for at least 3 months.
Biochemical verification: No
Notes Other outcomes reported were support for the smoking ban.
Gallus 2007
Methods Country: Italy
Setting: Italian population
Design: population based surveys conducted before and after implementation of the legislation in 2004, 2005 and
2006. Analysis: per cent prevalence of current smokers of the adult population.
Participants Representative multistage sampling of adults from 147 municipalities.
Baseline sample (2004): 3535 respondents. Female: 1836 (52%)
2005 sample: 3114 respondents. Female: 1603 (51.4%)
2006 sample: 3039 respondents. Female: 1578 (52%)
Age: 15 yrs or older
Interventions Legislation implemented in Italy on January 10th 2005 which prohibits smoking in indoor public places including
bars, restaurants, cafes unless they have a separate smoking area with continuous floor-to-ceiling walls and a ventilation
system (Law n. 3).
Outcomes Self-reported smoking status and mean number of cigarettes consumed per day.
Biochemical verification: No
Notes Other outcomes reported are support for economic impact.
Galán 2007
Methods Country: Spain
Setting: Population of Madrid region
Design: Observational study, cross-sectional surveys, pre and post- ban surveys. Analysis: P value: comparison of
period post-law (January-July 2006) vs period pre-law (October-November 2005), Chi 2 test, t test, binary and
multinomial logistic regression models.
Participants Baseline n=1750. Follow up n=1252. Overall Response rate: 66%
Baseline: Female 51.7%, Age 18-29 yrs 26.3%; 30-44 yrs 40.4%; 45-64 yrs 33.3%
Follow up: Female 50.9%, Age 18-29 yrs 26.8%; 30-44 yrs 38.3%; 45-64 yrs 34.9%
Interventions Evaluation of exposure to SHS in Spain before and after the implementation of legislation on January 1st 2006.
The legislation prohibits smoking in indoor workplaces but this doesn’t include bars and restaurants. For bars and
restaurants less than 100 sq m, the proprietor can decide whether to ban smoking or not. For premises