Skeer Margie, George Sarah, Hamilton William L, Cheng Debbie M, Siegel Michael
Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, Boston University School of Public Health, MA 02118, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2004 Feb;94(2):286-92. doi: 10.2105/ajph.94.2.286.
We identified and quantified differences in sociodemographic characteristics of communities relative to the strength of local restaurant smoking regulations in Massachusetts.
We examined the relationship between the strength of the 351 local restaurant smoking regulations in Massachusetts and a number of town-level characteristics, using a multinomial logistic regression model.
Characteristics important to the adoption of stronger restaurant smoking regulations included higher education and per capita income, geographic region, voter support for a state cigarette tax initiative, board of health funding to promote clean indoor air policy making, and the presence of a bordering town with a strong regulation.
The current pattern of smoke-free restaurant policy enactment fosters socioeconomic and geographic disparities in health protection, undermining an important national health goal.
我们确定并量化了马萨诸塞州社区社会人口特征相对于当地餐厅吸烟规定强度的差异。
我们使用多项逻辑回归模型，研究了马萨诸塞州351项当地餐厅吸烟规定的强度与一些城镇层面特征之间的关系。
对采用更强的餐厅吸烟规定重要的特征包括高等教育和人均收入、地理区域、选民对州香烟税倡议的支持、促进清洁室内空气政策制定的卫生委员会资金，以及存在有严格规定的毗邻城镇。
目前无烟餐厅政策的颁布模式加剧了健康保护方面的社会经济和地理差异，破坏了一项重要的国家健康目标。
