Turkey introduced the public-place and workplace smoking regulation in 2008, which was expanded in 2009, including hotels, restaurants, bars, and teahouses. We study the predictors of smoking status, smoking intensity, and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) at home in Turkey. We then examine the relationship between the smoking bans and exposure to ETS at workplaces, home, and public places such as restaurants, teahouses, bars, and public transportation, including taxis using data from Turkey's Health Surveys about respondents' ETS exposure. Our multivariate regression analyses indicate that age, gender, marital status, employment status, income, and education have a statistically significant relationship with smoking status and smoking intensity. T-test results indicate that there has been an increase in exposure to ETS in public places between 2010 and 2012, which indicates weak enforcement of the law in the early years. Besides, exposure to ETS at workplaces have declined between 2010 and 2012. We also find that the public smoking ban did not lead to ETS displacement to private homes. We encourage policymakers to take more severe steps to enforce the law, especially in public places.
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