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dc.contributor.authorKatikireddi, Srinivasa Vittalen_UK
dc.contributor.authorDer, Geoffen_UK
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Chrisen_UK
dc.contributor.authorHaw, Sallyen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-03T23:16:54Z-
dc.date.available2018-03-03T23:16:54Z-
dc.date.issued2016-07en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/24002-
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Smoke-free legislation has been a great success for tobacco control but its impact on smoking uptake remains under-explored. We investigated if trends in smoking uptake amongst adolescents differed before and after the introduction of smoke-free legislation in the United Kingdom. Methods: Prevalence estimates for regular smoking were obtained from representative school-based surveys for the four countries of the United Kingdom. Post-intervention status was represented using a dummy variable and to allow for a change in trend, the number of years since implementation was included. To estimate the association between smoke-free legislation and adolescent smoking, the percentage of regular smokers was modeled using linear regression adjusted for trends over time and country. All models were stratified by age (13 and 15 years) and sex. Results: For 15-year-old girls, the implementation of smoke-free legislation in the United Kingdom was associated with a 4.3% reduction in the prevalence of regular smoking (P = .029). In addition, regular smoking fell by an additional 1.5% per annum post-legislation in this group (P = .005). Among 13-year-old girls, there was a reduction of 2.8% in regular smoking (P = .051), with no evidence of a change in trend post-legislation. Smaller and nonsignificant reductions in regular smoking were observed for 15- and 13-year-old boys (P = .175 and P = .113, respectively). Conclusions: Smoke-free legislation may help reduce smoking uptake amongst teenagers, with stronger evidence for an association seen in females. Further research that analyses longitudinal data across more countries is required. Implications: Previous research has established that smoke-free legislation has led to many improvements in population health, including reductions in heart attack, stroke, and asthma. However, the impacts of smoke-free legislation on the rates of smoking amongst children have been less investigated. Analysis of repeated cross-sectional surveys across the four countries of the United Kingdom shows smoke-free legislation may be associated with a reduction in regular smoking among school-aged children. If this association is causal, comprehensive smoke-free legislation could help prevent future generations from taking up smoking.en_UK
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dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_UK
dc.relationKatikireddi SV, Der G, Roberts C & Haw S (2016) Has childhood smoking reduced following smoke-free public places legislation? A segmented regression analysis of cross- sectional UK school-based surveys. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 18 (7), pp. 1670-1674. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntw018en_UK
dc.rights© The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_UK
dc.titleHas childhood smoking reduced following smoke-free public places legislation? A segmented regression analysis of cross- sectional UK school-based surveysen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/ntr/ntw018en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleNicotine and Tobacco Researchen_UK
dc.citation.issn1469-994Xen_UK
dc.citation.issn1462-2203en_UK
dc.citation.volume18en_UK
dc.citation.issue7en_UK
dc.citation.spage1670en_UK
dc.citation.epage1674en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emails.j.haw@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.date24/02/2016en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Glasgowen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Glasgowen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationWelsh Assembly Governmenten_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationHealth Sciences Stirlingen_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-84977083727en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid553731en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0001-7844-0362en_UK
dc.date.accepted2016-01-05en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2016-01-05en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2016-08-05en_UK
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
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local.rioxx.authorKatikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorDer, Geoff|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorRoberts, Chris|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorHaw, Sally|0000-0001-7844-0362en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2016-08-11en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/|2016-08-11|en_UK
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