Hyland Andrew, Higbee Cheryl, Hassan Louise, Fong Geoffrey T, Borland Ron, Cummings K Michael, Hastings Gerard
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Department of Health Behavior, Elm & Carlton Streets, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA.
Eur J Public Health. 2008 Feb;18(1):63-5. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckm054. Epub 2007 Jun 14.
In March 2004, Ireland implemented comprehensive smoke-free regulations. Some were concerned this would cause pub patrons to move their smoking and drinking from inside pubs to inside homes. This article aims to assess whether nationwide smoke-free policies are associated with more smoking or drinking inside the home.
Participants were 1917 adult smokers (> 18-years old) from Ireland (n = 582), Scotland (n = 507) and the rest of the United Kingdom (n = 828), which did not have smoke-free laws at the time of the interview, who completed a random digit-dialed telephone survey in February to March 2006. The percentage of alcoholic drinks consumed in the home versus pubs was compared by country as well as the percentage of daily cigarette consumption occurring in the home after work.
Irish respondents reported a significantly lower percentage of alcoholic drinks consumed in the home compared to Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom, and cigarette consumption in the home was comparable in all three regions.
Smoking and drinking in the home was not greater in smoke-free Ireland than in the United Kingdom, where there was not a smoke-free law at the time of the survey. These findings add further support to the enactment of comprehensive smoke-free laws, as called for in the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
2004年3月，爱尔兰实施了全面的无烟法规。一些人担心这会导致酒吧顾客将吸烟和饮酒行为从酒吧内转移到家中。本文旨在评估全国性的无烟政策是否与更多在家中吸烟或饮酒有关。
参与者为来自爱尔兰（n = 582）、苏格兰（n = 507）和英国其他地区（n = 828）的1917名成年吸烟者（> 18岁），在访谈时这些地区没有无烟法律，他们于2006年2月至3月完成了一项随机数字拨号电话调查。比较了各国在家中与在酒吧消费酒精饮料的百分比，以及下班后在家中每日吸烟量的百分比。
与苏格兰和英国其他地区相比，爱尔兰受访者报告在家中消费酒精饮料的百分比显著较低，且三个地区在家中的吸烟量相当。
无烟的爱尔兰在家中吸烟和饮酒的情况并不比调查时没有无烟法律的英国更严重。这些发现进一步支持了《烟草控制框架公约》所呼吁的全面无烟法律的制定。
