Short-term impact of the smokefree legislation in England on emergency hospital admissions for asthma among adults: a population-based study

Sims, Michelle; Maxwell, Roy; Gilmore, Anna

doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202841

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“…This powerful quasiexperimental design is able to estimate intervention effects while taking into account underlying trends, thus ensuring that post-intervention changes are not merely continuations of longer-term trends. This method has been employed recently in the evaluation of a range of tobacco control policies [18][19][20][21][22]. While an interrupted time-series analysis cannot disentangle the effects of multiple interventions that are introduced at the same time, we are unaware of any interventions being implemented around the time of the freeze that are likely to have substantially influenced our outcomes.…”

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The freeze on mass media campaigns in England: a natural experiment of the impact of tobacco control campaigns on quitting behaviour

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AimsTo measure the impact of the suspension of tobacco control mass media campaigns in England in April 2010 on measures of smoking cessation behaviour. Design Interrupted time series design using routinely collected population-level data. Analysis of use of a range of types of smoking cessation support using segmented negative binomial regression. Setting England. Measurements Use of non-intensive support: monthly calls to the National Health Service ( , and quitline calls and web hits fell by 65% (95% CI = 43-79) and 34% (95% CI: 11-50), respectively. The number of people setting a quit date and 4-week quitters at the SSS increased throughout the study period. Conclusions The suspension of tobacco control mass media campaigns in England in 2012 appeared to markedly reduce the use of smoking cessation literature, quitline calls and hits on the national smoking cessation website, but did not affect attendance at the Stop Smoking Services. Within a comprehensive tobacco control programme, mass media campaigns can play an important role in maximizing quitting activity.

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The freeze on mass media campaigns in England: a natural experiment of the impact of tobacco control campaigns on quitting behaviour

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“…However, in 2010, 48% of states and in 2012, 40% of the 50 largest US cities still did not have comprehensive smoke-free laws protecting workers in all indoor areas of private workplaces, restaurants and bars [34,35]. A study examining the impact of smoke-free legislation in UK found a 4.9% reduction in emergency room admissions for asthma among adults after the initiation of smoke-free legislation [36]. …”

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Employed adults with asthma who have frequent workplace exposures

2014

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Objective The recent increase in asthma prevalence is thought to be partially due to environmental changes such as changes in air pollution and occupational exposures. Nationally representative information on workplace exposures among US adults with asthma is limited. Methods We examined 2010 National Health Interview Survey data to determine the proportion of employed adults with asthma who had frequent workplace exposures. Results Among adults with current asthma, 19.6% frequently worked outdoors, 17.5% were frequently exposed to workplace secondhand smoke and 28.1% were frequently exposed to workplace vapors, gas, dust or fumes. Adults ever told by a health professional that asthma is probably work-related, when compared to adults who were not, had increased odds of frequent work outdoors [prevalence odds ratio (POR) = 2.76], frequent workplace exposure to secondhand smoke (POR = 3.08) and frequent workplace exposure to vapors, gas, dust or fumes (POR = 3.56). Conclusions To our knowledge, this is the first population-based study in USA that estimates the proportion of working adults with asthma that have frequent workplace exposures. Increasing the understanding of workplace exposures among adults with asthma will help enable prevention of asthma through workplace exposure reduction or avoidance. Future studies should further examine industries and occupations of individuals with asthma and frequent workplace exposures.

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“…There was a more cheerful message from the Tobacco Control Research Group in Bath, UK with news that the passage of smoke-free legislation in England in 2007 seems to have been followed by a 5% annual reduction—equivalent to about 2000 events a year—in adult hospital admissions to hospital for asthma 27. Remarkably, the effect was immediate.…”

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confidence: 99%