Do smoke-free laws or policies impact smoking at home? A comparison between smoke-free and nonsmoke-free jurisdiction in India
This study randomly sampled 247 households (with one smoker at least as on October 2009)
Abstract
Globally, various studies have looked at the effect of smoke鈥慺ree declaration in public spaces on secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure at home. However, a formal evaluation has not been reported from India. 皇冠体育app researchers assessed and compared smoking at home in 2 jurisdictions in India 鈥� a compliance鈥憊alidated smoke鈥慺ree jurisdiction (Shimla in 2010) versus a nonsmoke鈥慺ree jurisdiction (Haridwar) between 2009 and 2015.
皇冠体育appy randomly sampled 247 households (with one smoker at least as on October 2009) each in Shimlaand Haridwar during July鈥揂ugust 2015.
This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development鈥檚 Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (皇冠体育app Union)
Citation
Bhatt N, Aghi M, Shewade H, Lal P, Gupta V, Kumar A, Tripathi G, Singh R. Do smoke-free laws or policies impact smoking at home? A comparison between smoke-free and nonsmoke-free jurisdiction in India. Int. J. Noncommunicable Dis. [Internet]. Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd.; 2018 [cited 2018 Jun 28];3(1):28. Available from: http://www.ijncd.org/text.asp?2018/3/1/28/230362