Does Smoke-Free Legislation Work For Teens Too? A Logistic Regression Analysis Of Smoking Prevalence And Gender Among 16 Years Old In Ireland, Using the 1995-2015 ESPAD School Surveys

Authors

Shasha Li, Technological University DublinFollow
Sheila Keogan, Technological University DublinFollow
Luke Clancy, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

3. MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES, Public and environmental health

Abstract

Objectives: To assess the role of tobacco control legislation (TCL) in youth smoking in Ireland. To examine the effects of smoke-free legislation in youth. To consider whether TCL contributed to the gender equalisation in prevalence in 16 years old seen between 2003 and 2015.

DOI

https://10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032630.

Recommended Citation

Li, S., Keogan, S. & Clancy, L. (2020). Does Smoke-Free Legislation Work For Teens Too? A Logistic Regression Analysis Of Smoking Prevalence And Gender Among 16 Years Old In Ireland, Using the 1995-2015 ESPAD School Surveys. BMJ, vol. 10, no. 8, e032630. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032630.