Groundbreaking anti-smoking laws advance in Malaysia and New Zealand

Dyer, Owen

doi:10.1136/bmj.o1967

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“…Additionally, smokefree policies have resulted in drastic reductions in childhood secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure across England, where nearly all children with non-smoking parents and three out of four children with at least one smoking parent now live in a smoke-free home (Tattan-Birch and Jarvis, 2022). Further policies to phase out nicotine smoking across the population, such as the generational anti-smoking laws introduced in Malaysia and New Zealand (Dyer, 2022), may reduce childhood exposure inequalities, especially given those from lower-income households are more likely to smoke.…”

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Analysis of Inequalities in Personal Exposure to Pm2.5: A Modelling Study for the Greater London School-Aged Population

Ferguson

Taylor

Symonds

et al. 2023

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Analysis of Inequalities in Personal Exposure to Pm2.5: A Modelling Study for the Greater London School-Aged Population

Ferguson

Taylor

Symonds

et al. 2023

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“… 6 Smoking remains an unresolved epidemic in Asia and the majority of tobacco consumers are in Asia. 7 Several Asian countries such as India, 8 Malaysia 9 and South Korea 10 have implemented smoking laws but evidence of their effect on cardiovascular disease is limited. Furthermore, previous European, American and studies in the Pacific were also limited to smoking bans in indoor public areas and workplaces with or without inclusion of bars and restaurants.…”

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Association between the extension of smoke-free legislation and incident acute myocardial infarctions in Singapore from 2010 to 2019: an interrupted time-series analysis

Ho,

Jou

et al. 2023

BMJ Glob Health

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BackgroundWe examined the association between smoke-free laws implemented in the outdoors and the common areas of residential apartment blocks and reported acute myocardial infarctions (AMI) in Singapore.MethodsWe used an interrupted time-series design and seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average models to examine the effect of the smoke-free law extensions in 2013 (common areas of residential blocks, covered pedestrian linkways, overhead bridges and within 5 m of bus stops), 2016 (parks) and 2017 (educational institutions, buses and taxis) on the monthly incidence rate of AMIs per 1 000 000 population.ResultsWe included 133 868 AMI reports from January 2010 to December 2019. Post-2013, there was a decrease in the AMI incidence trend (β=−0.6 per month, 95%CI −1.0 to –0.29) and 2097 (95% CI 2094 to 2100) more AMIs may have occurred without the extension. There was a significant step-decline in male AMIs and a non-significant step-increase in female AMIs post-2013. Those 65 years and older experienced a greater decline to the postlegislation 2013 trend (β=−5.9, 95% CI −8.7 to –3.1) compared with those younger (β=−0.4, 95% CI −0.6 to –0.2), while an estimated 19 591 (15 711 to 23472) additional AMI cases in those 65 years and above may have occurred without the extension. We found a step-increase in monthly AMI incidence post-2016 (β=14.2, 95%CI 3.3 to 25.0).ConclusionThe 2013 smoke-free law extension to residential estates and other outdoor areas were associated with a decline in AMIs and those above the age of 65 years and men appeared to be major beneficiaries. Additional epidemiological evidence is required to support the expanded smoke-free legislation to parks, educational institutions, buses and taxis.

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“…The New Zealand ban on the sale of tobacco products to anyone born since 2009, together with significantly reducing the number of tobacco retailers, was widely acclaimed 9 . However, following the 2023 election, the incoming government announced plans to repeal these measures; the Finance Minister even noted that this would increase taxation revenue for the government 10 . This type of cynicism with respect to tobacco is widely condemned by the global public health community 11 …”

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