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Impact of Scottish Smoke-Free Legislation on Smoking Quit Attempts and Prevalence

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  • Daniel F Mackay
  • Sally Haw
  • Jill P Pell

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Objectives: In Scotland, legislation was implemented in March 2006 prohibiting smoking in all wholly or partially enclosed public spaces. We investigated the impact on attempts to quit smoking and smoking prevalence. Methods: We performed time series models using Box-Jenkins autoregressive integrated moving averages (ARIMA) on monthly data on the gross ingredient cost of all nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) prescribed in Scotland in 2003–2009, and quarterly data on self-reported smoking prevalence between January 1999 and September 2010 from the Scottish Household Survey. Results: NRT prescription costs were significantly higher than expected over the three months prior to implementation of the legislation. Prescription costs peaked at £1.3 million in March 2006; £292,005.9 (95% CI £260,402.3, £323,609, p

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  • Daniel F Mackay & Sally Haw & Jill P Pell, 2011. "Impact of Scottish Smoke-Free Legislation on Smoking Quit Attempts and Prevalence," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 6(11), pages 1-7, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0026188
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026188
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