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Smoke-Free Laws and Hazardous Drinking: A Cross-Sectional Study among U.S. Adults
Tobacco and alcohol use are strongly associated. This cross-sectional study examined the relationship of smoke-free law coverage and smoke-free bar law coverage with hazardous drinking behaviors among a representative sample of U.S. adult drinkers (n = 17,057). We merged 2009 National Health Intervi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5409613/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28406443 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14040412 |
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author | Jiang, Nan Gonzalez, Mariaelena Ling, Pamela M. Young-Wolff, Kelly C. Glantz, Stanton A. |
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description | Tobacco and alcohol use are strongly associated. This cross-sectional study examined the relationship of smoke-free law coverage and smoke-free bar law coverage with hazardous drinking behaviors among a representative sample of U.S. adult drinkers (n = 17,057). We merged 2009 National Health Interview Survey data, American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation U.S. Tobacco Control Laws Database, and Census Population Estimates. Hazardous drinking outcomes included heavy drinking (>14 drinks/week for men; >7 drinks/week for women) and binge drinking (≥5 drinks on one or more days during past year). Chi-square tests compared hazardous drinking by sociodemographic factors. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to examine if smoke-free law and bar law coverages were associated with hazardous drinking, controlling for sociodemographics and smoking status. Subset analyses were conducted among drinkers who also smoked (n = 4074) to assess the association between law coverages and hazardous drinking. Among all drinkers, smoke-free law coverage was not associated with heavy drinking (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.22, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.99–1.50) or binge drinking (AOR = 1.09, 95% CI = 0.93–1.26). Smoke-free bar law coverage was also found to be unrelated to hazardous drinking. Similar results were found among those drinkers who smoked. Findings suggest that smoke-free laws and bar laws are not associated with elevated risk for alcohol-related health issues. |
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spelling | pubmed-54096132017-05-03 Smoke-Free Laws and Hazardous Drinking: A Cross-Sectional Study among U.S. Adults Jiang, Nan Gonzalez, Mariaelena Ling, Pamela M. Young-Wolff, Kelly C. Glantz, Stanton A. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Tobacco and alcohol use are strongly associated. This cross-sectional study examined the relationship of smoke-free law coverage and smoke-free bar law coverage with hazardous drinking behaviors among a representative sample of U.S. adult drinkers (n = 17,057). We merged 2009 National Health Interview Survey data, American Nonsmokers’ Rights Foundation U.S. Tobacco Control Laws Database, and Census Population Estimates. Hazardous drinking outcomes included heavy drinking (>14 drinks/week for men; >7 drinks/week for women) and binge drinking (≥5 drinks on one or more days during past year). Chi-square tests compared hazardous drinking by sociodemographic factors. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to examine if smoke-free law and bar law coverages were associated with hazardous drinking, controlling for sociodemographics and smoking status. Subset analyses were conducted among drinkers who also smoked (n = 4074) to assess the association between law coverages and hazardous drinking. Among all drinkers, smoke-free law coverage was not associated with heavy drinking (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.22, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.99–1.50) or binge drinking (AOR = 1.09, 95% CI = 0.93–1.26). Smoke-free bar law coverage was also found to be unrelated to hazardous drinking. Similar results were found among those drinkers who smoked. Findings suggest that smoke-free laws and bar laws are not associated with elevated risk for alcohol-related health issues. MDPI 2017-04-13 2017-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5409613/ /pubmed/28406443 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14040412 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Jiang, Nan Gonzalez, Mariaelena Ling, Pamela M. Young-Wolff, Kelly C. Glantz, Stanton A. Smoke-Free Laws and Hazardous Drinking: A Cross-Sectional Study among U.S. Adults |
title | Smoke-Free Laws and Hazardous Drinking: A Cross-Sectional Study among U.S. Adults |
title_full | Smoke-Free Laws and Hazardous Drinking: A Cross-Sectional Study among U.S. Adults |
title_fullStr | Smoke-Free Laws and Hazardous Drinking: A Cross-Sectional Study among U.S. Adults |
title_full_unstemmed | Smoke-Free Laws and Hazardous Drinking: A Cross-Sectional Study among U.S. Adults |
title_short | Smoke-Free Laws and Hazardous Drinking: A Cross-Sectional Study among U.S. Adults |
title_sort | smoke-free laws and hazardous drinking: a cross-sectional study among u.s. adults |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5409613/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28406443 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14040412 |
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