Deverell Michelle, Randolph Catherine, Albers Alison, Hamilton William, Siegel Michael
Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2006 May-Jun;12(3):262-9. doi: 10.1097/00124784-200605000-00007.
The objectives of this study were to examine the diffusion of smoke-free restaurant regulations and identify socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in health protection from secondhand smoke exposure in restaurants.
We examined the relationship between adoption of local smoking regulations by restaurants for each of the 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts and a number of individual variables over nine time points, starting when there were no 100% smoke-free restaurant regulations and ending with the eventual imposition of the statewide ban on smoking in restaurants and bars.
We found that over the 10 years before the statewide ban went into effect, only 36 percent of the total population was covered by local regulations that protected them from secondhand smoke exposure in restaurants. We also observed a substantial disparity in protection based on educational status, with up to 7 percentage points fewer nongraduates protected by local smoke-free restaurant regulations.
本研究的目的是考察无烟餐厅规定的推广情况，并确定在餐厅免受二手烟暴露的健康保护方面的社会经济和种族/民族差异。
我们研究了马萨诸塞州351个城镇中每个城镇的餐厅采用当地吸烟规定与多个个体变量之间在九个时间点的关系，起始于没有100%无烟餐厅规定之时，结束于最终在全州范围内实施餐厅和酒吧禁烟令。
我们发现，在全州禁烟令生效前的10年里，只有36%的总人口受到当地规定的保护，使其免受餐厅二手烟暴露。我们还观察到基于教育程度的保护存在显著差异，受当地无烟餐厅规定保护的非毕业生人数比毕业生少多达7个百分点。
