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

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Tracy J Evans-Whipp¹  Lyndal Bond³  Obioha C Ukoumunne²  John W Toumbourou⁴ 

[1] Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, 2 Gatehouse Street, Parkville, Vic, 3052, Australia;Clinical and Epidemiological Biostatistics Unit, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Vic, 3052, Australia; E-Mail:;Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Medical Research Council, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RZ, UK; E-Mail:;School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong Waterfront Campus, Geelong Vic, 3217, Australia; E-Mail:

关键词: schools;    tobacco policy;    tobacco smoking;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph7030698

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

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