The Impact of School Tobacco Policies on Student Smoking in Washington State, United States and Victoria, Australia
Year: 2010
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This paper measures tobacco policies in statewide representative samples of secondary and mixed schools in Victoria, Australia and Washington, US (N = 3,466 students from 285 schools) and tests their association with student smoking. Results from confounder-adjusted random effects (multi-level) regression models revealed that the odds of student perception of peer smoking on school grounds are decreased in schools that have strict enforcement of policy (odds ratio (OR) = 0.45; 95% CI: 0.25 to 0.82; p = 0.009). There was no clear evidence in this study that a comprehensive smoking ban, harsh penalties, remedial penalties, harm minimization policy or abstinence policy impact on any of the smoking outcomes.
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,016
Awards: G1942244211, Understanding and preventing the on set or further development of common childhood disorders at the population level., ETIOLOGY OF SUBSTANCE USE IN AUSTRALIA /USA, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, What factors influence early adolescent tobacco, cannabis and other drug use?
OpenAlex ID: W2142086953