Journal article

Socioeconomic Variation in the Prevalence, Introduction, Retention, and Removal of Smoke-Free Policies among Smokers: Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey

Brian A King, Andrew J Hyland, Ron Borland, Ann McNeill, K Michael Cummings

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH | MDPI AG | Published : 2011

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Exposure to secondhand smoke causes premature death and disease in non-smokers and indoor smoke-free policies have become increasingly prevalent worldwide. Although socioeconomic disparities have been documented in tobacco use and cessation, the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and smoke-free policies is less well studied. METHODS: Data were obtained from the 2006 and 2007 Waves of the International Tobacco Control Four Country Survey (ITC-4), a prospective study of nationally representative samples of smokers in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Telephone interviews were administered to 8,245 current and former adult smokers from Octob..

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Grants

Awarded by National Cancer Institute of the United States (Roswell Park Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center)


Awarded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research


Awarded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation


Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia


Awarded by Cancer Research United Kingdom


Awarded by Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative


Awarded by Economic and Social Research Council


Funding Acknowledgements

This research was support by grants from the National Cancer Institute of the United States (R01 CA100362 and P50 CA111236: Roswell Park Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (57897 and 79551), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (045734), National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (265903), Cancer Research United Kingdom (C312/A3726), Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative (014578), and the Centre for Behavioral Research and Program Evaluation of the National Cancer Institute of Canada/Canadian Cancer Society.