title: Smoking ban policies and their influence on smoking behaviors among current California smokers: a population-based study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess whether smoking ban policies are associated with smoking reduction and quit attempts among California smokers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were examined for 1718 current smokers from follow-up telephone interviews conducted in 2011 of persons previously identified as smokers in a representative sample of the adult population of California. Population weighted logistic regressions controlling for demographic and other variables were used to evaluate the association between smoking ban policies (home, work, and town) and changes in tobacco use (past year quit attempt or reduction in smoking rate).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Living in a home with a total ban was significantly associated with smoking reduction (adjusted odds ratio, AOR: 2.4, 95% CI: 1.4-4.2) and making a quit attempt (AOR: 2.3, 95% CI: 1.3-3.9) compared to living in a home with no home ban. Self-reported perception of an outdoor ban in one's city/town was associated with smoking reduction (AOR: 1.7, 95% CI: 1.02-2.7) and making a quit attempt (AOR: 1.8, 95% CI: 1.05-2.9).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results indicate that smoking bans not only protect nonsmokers from the harms of secondhand smoke, but are also associated with smoking reduction and cessation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Preventive Medicine University of California San Diego, 9500, Gilman Dr La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Rong W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Zablocki
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Preventive Medicine University of California San Diego, 9500, Gilman Dr La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Department of Neuroscience University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Steven D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Edland
authors.affiliation: VA San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Dr, San Diego, CA 92161, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Mark G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Preventive Medicine University of California San Diego, 9500, Gilman Dr La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Strong
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Public Health San Diego State University, Department of Political Science San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.
authors.forename: C Richard
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Hofstetter
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Preventive Medicine University of California San Diego, 9500, Gilman Dr La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: waldelaimy@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Wael K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Al-Delaimy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D016015:Logistic Models; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control; D017132:Workplace / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution
keywords: Health policy; Quitting; Survey sampling; Tobacco smoking ban