New smoke-free environments legislation stimulates calls to a national Quitline: Table 1

Wilson, Nick; Thomson, George; Grigg, Michele; Afzal, Rehan

doi:10.1136/tc.2005.011726

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“…The findings for Quitline calls are consistent with the previous New Zealand work that examined such calls in the weeks and a two-month period after the new law [6]. They are also consistent with other data that suggests that call rates to the New Zealand Quitline are influenced by a range of factors that would be expected to promote quitting.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…A previous study has reported that there was a statistically significant increase in the number of new callers registering with the Quitline to make a quit attempt in the two months after the new law was implemented [6]. There was also a statistically significant increase in the dispensing of "exchange cards" for NRT (these are vouchers for obtaining heavily subsidised nicotine patches or gum from a pharmacy) over the same period.…”

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A new national smokefree law increased calls to a national quitline

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BackgroundA law making all indoor workplaces including bars and restaurants smokefree became operational in New Zealand in December 2004. New Zealand has a national free-phone Quitline Service which has been operational since 1999. Previous work has shown that the number of calls to the Quitline are influenced by marketing of the service through media campaigns. We set out to investigate if the smokefree law increased calls to the Quitline.MethodsFor 24 months prior to the law, and 12 months after the law, data were collected on: (i) Quitline caller registrations and the issuing of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) vouchers by the Quitline Service; (ii) expenditure on Quitline-related television advertising; (iii) expenditure on other smokefree television advertising; and (iv) print media coverage of smoking in major New Zealand newspapers. These data were inputs to a time series analysis using a Box-Jenkins transfer function model. This used the law change as the intervention variable, with the response series being the monthly Quitline caller rates and monthly first time NRT voucher issue rates.ResultsThe monthly rates of Quitline caller registrations and NRT voucher issues were observed to increase in the months after the law change. The increase in both these outcomes was even greater when considered in terms of per level of Quitline advertising expenditure (though these patterns may have partly reflected marked reductions in advertising expenditure at the time of the law change and hence are of limited validity).In the more robust time series analyses, the law change (intervention variable) had a significant effect (p = 0.025) on increasing the monthly caller registration rate in December 2004. This was after adjusting for the possible effects of Quitline advertising expenditure, print media coverage, and other smoking-related advertising expenditure.ConclusionThe new national smokefree law resulted in increased quitting-related behaviour. This would suggest there is an extra opportunity for health agencies to promote quitting at such times.

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A new national smokefree law increased calls to a national quitline

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“…However, a recent study from New Zealand found that utilization of the New Zealand quit line increased after the implementation of a national q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q law prohibiting smoking in bars, restaurants, and most indoor workplaces. 6 A study in New York City found that a state tax increase on tobacco products and a smoke-free workplace law enacted in the city was associated with increased smoking cessation attempts. 7 There are a number of limitations to our analyses.…”

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“…2,3 Recent studies have demonstrated the positive impact of smokefree laws, mass media, and the distribution of free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) in conjunction with the utilization of quit line services. [4][5][6] Few studies, however, have evaluated if there is a change in the utilization and characteristics of quit line callers as a result of tobacco tax increases. This report evaluates the utilization and characteristics of tobacco users enrolling in the Montana Tobacco Quit Line prior to and after the This project was supported through cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office on Smoking and Health (U58/CCU822808-03) in Atlanta, Georgia.…”

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Utilization of a Tobacco Quit Line Prior to and After a Tobacco Tax Increase

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Haugland

et al. 2007

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice

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“…Trends in national tobacco sales data since the law are not yet available, but the legislation was associated with a significant increase in the number of calls to the national Quitline 4. A significant increase in the dispensing of subsidised nicotine replacement treatment vouchers has also occurred.…”

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Total smoking ban is accepted in New Zealand

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New smoke-free environments legislation stimulates calls to a national Quitline: Table 1

Cited by 20 publications

References 10 publications

A new national smokefree law increased calls to a national quitline

A new national smokefree law increased calls to a national quitline

Utilization of a Tobacco Quit Line Prior to and After a Tobacco Tax Increase

Total smoking ban is accepted in New Zealand

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