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
up to mid-November 2008, from English language sources, were undertaken. Studies were
included that contained data from national and subnational populations (eg, in states and
provinces), but not for smaller administrative units, eg, cities or councils. Jurisdiction, sample
size and survey questions were assessed. One reviewer conducted the data extraction and …

… As smokefree cars policy is a frontier domain for tobacco control, we briefly reviewed
attitudes to smokefree private car laws. … While they generally were less likely to support
smokefree car laws, one survey in New Zealand in 2007-8, which asked about cars
containing pre-school children, showed the highest level of support in this review, at 96%. …
Acknowledgements: Aspects of this work were undertaken as part of the preparation of a
Chapter in a Handbook for the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) (Volume …