title: Compliance with the smoking ban in Italy 8 years after its application.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this paper is to report compliance with the smoking ban and the spread of smoke-free homes after 3-8 years since the Italian smoking ban implementation, according to the ongoing Italian surveillance system for behavioural risk factors (PASSI).
  
  
  METHODS
  PASSI is based on representative annual samples of the Italian population aged 18-69 years. We considered questions on smoking habits, self-reported compliance with the ban, and on smoke-free homes of 176,236 interviews conducted in 2008-2012.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ninety percent of respondents in 2012 reported that the smoking ban was enforced in hospitality premises (HPs), with a significant 3% increase from 2008. Similarly, 91.3% in 2012 reported a high compliance in workplaces other than HPs, with a significant 5% increase. Perception of compliance did not change among smokers and non-smokers. Seventy-eight percent of respondents in 2012 reported smoke-free homes, with a significant increase from 2008 to 2012.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The high compliance with the ban that is still increasing even after 8 years since its implementation may partially have caused the concurrent increase in smoke-free homes.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Minardi
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gorini
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carreras
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masocco
authors.forename: Gianluigi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ferrante
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Possenti
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Quarchioni
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spizzichino
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Galeone
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vasselli
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salmaso
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012147:Restaurants / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017132:Workplace / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution