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The Impact of School Tobacco Policies on Student Smoking in Washington State, United States and Victoria, Australia

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  • Tracy J. Evans-Whipp

    (Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, 2 Gatehouse Street, Parkville, Vic, 3052, Australia)

  • Lyndal Bond

    (Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Medical Research Council, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RZ, UK)

  • Obioha C. Ukoumunne

    (Clinical and Epidemiological Biostatistics Unit, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Vic, 3052, Australia)

  • John W. Toumbourou

    (School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong Waterfront Campus, Geelong Vic, 3217, Australia)

  • Richard F. Catalano

    (Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington, 9725 3rd Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98115, USA)

Abstract

This paper measures tobacco polices 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.

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  • Tracy J. Evans-Whipp & Lyndal Bond & Obioha C. Ukoumunne & John W. Toumbourou & Richard F. Catalano, 2010. "The Impact of School Tobacco Policies on Student Smoking in Washington State, United States and Victoria, Australia," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 7(3), pages 1-13, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:7:y:2010:i:3:p:698-710:d:7226
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