Can the Dutch Government really be abandoning smokers to their fate?

Arnott, Deborah; Berteletti, Florence; Britton, John; Cardone, Antonella; Clancy, Luke; Craig, Lorraine; Fong, Geoffrey T.; Glantz, Stanton A.; Joossens, Luk; Rudolphie, Michel T; Rutgers, Michael; Smith, Sidney C.; Stam, H.; West, Robert; Willemsen, Marc C.

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(11)61855-2

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“…Smoking rates are higher and declines have been slower in the Netherlands than in the UK and Ireland 52 53 54 , where important perinatal health benefits of smoking bans have been described 11 13 17 . As the health impact of smoke-free legislation is thought to rely in part on norm spreading towards areas not typically covered, such as the home environment and private vehicles 55 56 , the relatively low proportion of Dutch smokers as opposed to smokers from other countries who consider SHS to be harmful to others and who worry about these effects, is of particular concern 57 58 . These figures suggest that at least part of the relative lack of impact of the Dutch smoke-free laws may be due to its lack of enforcement and compliance, although we cannot draw firm conclusions due to additional differences in study design, data collection methods, and population characteristics as compared to other studies.…”

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Tobacco control policies and perinatal health: a national quasi-experimental study

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Sheikh

Kok

et al. 2016

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We investigated whether changes in perinatal outcomes occurred following introduction of key tobacco control policies in the Netherlands: smoke-free legislation in workplaces plus a tobacco tax increase and mass media campaign (January-February 2004); and extension of the smoke-free law to the hospitality industry, accompanied by another tax increase and mass media campaign (July 2008). This was a national quasi-experimental study using Netherlands Perinatal Registry data (2000–2011; registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02189265). Primary outcome measures were: perinatal mortality, preterm birth, and being small-for-gestational age (SGA). The association with timing of the tobacco control policies was investigated using interrupted time series logistic regression analyses with adjustment for confounders. Among 2,069,695 singleton births, there were 13,027 (0.6%) perinatal deaths, 116,043 (5.6%) preterm live-births and 187,966 (9.1%) SGA live-births. The 2004 policies were not associated with significant changes in the odds of developing any of the primary outcomes. After the 2008 policy change, a -4.4% (95% CI -2.4; -6.4, p < 0.001) decrease in odds of being SGA was observed. A reduction in SGA births, but not preterm birth or perinatal mortality, was observed in the Netherlands after extension of the smoke-free workplace law to bars and restaurants in conjunction with a tax increase and mass media campaign.

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Tobacco control policies and perinatal health: a national quasi-experimental study

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“…An accompanying media campaign should explain that smoke-free legislation is implemented to protect non-smokers from exposure to secondhand smoke instead of only stimulating smoking cessation [26,27]. This is specifically important in the Netherlands, were smokers are less knowledgeable or concerned about the harms of smoking and second-hand smoke than in other countries [28].…”

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Age and educational inequalities in smoking cessation due to three population-level tobacco control interventions: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Netherlands Survey

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This study aimed to examine age and educational inequalities in smoking cessation due to the implementation of a tobacco tax increase, smoke-free legislation and a cessation campaign. Longitudinal data from 962 smokers aged 15 years and older were used from three survey waves of the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Netherlands Survey. The 2008 survey was performed before the implementation of the interventions and the 2009 and 2010 surveys were performed after the implementation. No significant age and educational differences in successful smoking cessation were found after the implementation of the three tobacco control interventions, although smokers aged 15-39 years were more likely to attempt to quit. Of the three population-level tobacco control interventions that were implemented simultaneously in the Netherlands, only the smoke-free legislation seemed to have increased quit attempts. The price increase of cigarettes may have been only effective in stimulating smoking cessation among younger smokers. Larger tax increases, stronger smoke-free legislation and media campaigns about the dangers of (second-hand) smoking are needed in the Netherlands.

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“…Recent disinvestment in tobacco control, as seen in the Netherlands where government reversed their decision to reimburse a Stop Smoking programme through health insurance, weakened the smoke-free laws, cancelled mass media campaigns and withdrew funding, 22 raises fear that the deepening economic crisis and public sector cuts might derail tobacco control efforts in Ireland. However, planned implementation of pictorial health warnings on tobacco packages in 2013, the launch of a new multifaceted media campaigndthe QUIT campaigndand further tax increases in the recent budget despite warnings from the tobacco industry 23 and a report by the Revenue Commission 24 suggest that the Irish Government is still committed to continued progress in tobacco control.…”

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The effect of tobacco control policies on smoking prevalence and smoking-attributable deaths in Ireland using theIrelandSSsimulation model

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Can the Dutch Government really be abandoning smokers to their fate?

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Tobacco control policies and perinatal health: a national quasi-experimental study

Tobacco control policies and perinatal health: a national quasi-experimental study

Age and educational inequalities in smoking cessation due to three population-level tobacco control interventions: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Netherlands Survey

The effect of tobacco control policies on smoking prevalence and smoking-attributable deaths in Ireland using theIrelandSSsimulation model

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