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15.9 Effectiveness of smokefree legislation in reducing exposure to tobacco toxins, improving health, and changing smoking behaviours
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Relevant news and research: Effectiveness of smokefree legislation in reducing exposure to tobacco toxins, improving health, and changing smoking behaviours

Sun, L., Qin, D., Chen, D., Yu, H., Shi, Y., Hu, Y., Gao, J., Xie, C., Chen, X. and Wang, H. (2026). The Impact of Shanghai's Comprehensive Smoke-Free Legislation on Hospital Admission and Mortality Rates for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: An interrupted time series analysis. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41967483


Semple, S., Best, C., Riches, E., Morton, L., Reid, G., Howell, R. and O'Donnell, R. (2026). Twenty years on from smoke-free legislation in Scotland: A secondary analysis of the Scottish Health Survey dataset (1998-2024) examining changes in household smoking rules, and salivary cotinine concentrations among non-smokers. Tob Induc Dis. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41891109


Hirpa, S., Mdege, N. D., Argefa, T. G., Kassa, S. A. and Deressa, W. (2025). Compliance with smoke-free laws in hospitality venues in Ethiopia: qualitative insights into barriers and facilitators using the tobacco control theoretical framework. BMC Public Health. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41420214


Kumar, D., Chauhan, G. and Raina, S. K. (2025). Assessment of Smoke Ban Impact in Two Districts of Himachal Pradesh Using Interrupted Time Series Models on Monthly Hospital Admission Data on Acute Myocardial Infarction and Stroke from 2007 to 2011. Indian J Public Health, 4, 477-482. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41351304


Nian, Q., Kennedy, R. D., Schotte, K., Gouda, H., Xing, E., Kataria, S. and Welding, K. (2025). State of the evidence on economic impacts of smoke-free policies in the tourism sector: A narrative literature review. Tob Induc Dis. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41357962


Ridwan, M., Noerjoedianto, D., Syukrii, M. and Ahsan, A. (2025). Revolutionizing healthcare: Unleashing the power of regulatory measures to enforce smoke-free policies in Indonesian medical facilities. Health Promot Perspect, 3, 295-303. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41356741


Deressa, W., Hirpa, S., Agerfa, T. G., Kassa, S. A. and Mdege, N. D. (2025). Adherence to smoke-free laws at retail points-of-sale and associated factors in 10 cities in Ethiopia. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41033811


Eisenberg-Guyot, J., Baker, M., Titus, A. R., Anastasiou Pesante, E., Kim, B., Ghassabian, A. and Thorpe, L. E. (2025). Effects of a federal smoke-free housing policy on adverse birth outcomes among NYC public-housing residents. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40850782


Lee, B. and Kim, D. (2025). Comprehensive state smoke-free policies as a predictor of cognitive impairment among older Americans: the Health and Retirement Study. Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40813094


Costa-Font, J., Salmasi, L. and Zaccagni, S. (2025). More Than a Ban on Smoking? Behavioural Spillovers of Smoking Bans in the Workplace. Econ Hum Biol, 101512. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40695165


Rahim, F. K., Nurmansyah, M. I., Nasir, M., Safira, N., Ahsan, A., Ye, C. and Richardson, S. (2025). Analysis of impact of province-level smokefree policies on smoking status and indoor second-hand smoke exposure in Indonesia between 2013 and 2018 via a difference-in-differences approach. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40684792


Septiono, W., Tjiaman, M. P., Zaidan, M. Z., Ausath, Z. F., Hadi, E. N. and Rees, V. W. (2025). Impact of Indonesian subnational smoke-free policies on cardiovascular health outcomes: evidence from national health insurance (2019-2021). Tob Control. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40514227


Anastasiou, E., Thorpe, L. E., Wyka, K., Elbel, B., Shelley, D., Kaplan, S., Burke, J., Kim, B., Newman, J. and Titus, A. R. (2025). Evaluation of Federally Mandated Smoke-Free Housing Policy and Health Outcomes Among Adults Over the Age of 50 in Low-Income, Public Housing in New York City, 2015-2022. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40195027


Degerli, H., Acar, Y. and Ankara, H. G. (2025). To quit or not to quit? estimating the causal effects of Turkiye's indoor smoking ban on the intentions to quit smoking. BMC Public Health, 1, 1367. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40217203


Feng, Z., Tan, C. S. and Lee, J. K. (2025). Where do smokers in Singapore smoke? A latent class analysis to classify smokers based on smoking location. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40205964


Kalousova, L. (2025). Smoke-free hospitality environments and cognitive health: A population-based study in the United States. Prev Med Rep, 102961. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39877081


Earlier news and research

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