Introduction: Smoke-free homes are known to reduce exposure to harmful secondhand
smoke. Recent studies suggest that they may also positively affect smoking behavior among …

SAGE has been part of the global academic community since 1965, supporting high quality
research and learning that transforms society and our understanding of individuals, groups …

Background Smoke-free policies are essential to protect people against tobacco smoke
exposure. To successfully implement smoke-free policies that go beyond enclosed public …

The authors present a case study examining the potential for policies to be “evidence-
based.” To what extent is it possible to say that a decision to implement a complex social …

Background Mortality rates for Māori are twice those for non-Māori in New Zealand. We have
assessed the contribution of tobacco smoking and socioeconomic position to these …

Risk assessment and management principles imply that even relatively low-risk exposures
will become important if humans are exposed to them frequently and for prolonged periods …

Background Legislation is one of the most powerful weapons for improving population
health and is often used by policy and decision makers. Little research exists to guide them …

As smoke-free car policy is a frontier domain for tobacco control, attitudes to smoke-free
private car laws are briefly reviewed. Medline and Google Scholar searches for the period …

Smoking bans are the most geographical aspect of contemporary tobacco control policy,
and are eliminating smoke from many of the spaces of everyday life, particularly in high …

Background: Since 2006, banning smoking in cars with children has become a rapidly
growing tobacco control policy. However, to date, there have been few studies examining …