The ban on smoking in public places and schools has reduced the number of young people who experience the tobacco, according to the results of a study published in the medical journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research. In fact, 19% fewer young adults smoke their first cigarette.
Researchers at the University of Glasgow and the University of Stirling (Scotland) used school surveys to understand whether anti-smoking laws had had an effect on smoking experiences among young people. “Previous research has established that legislation anti tobacco has led to many improvements in the health of the population, including reductions in heart attack, stroke, andasthma. However, the effects of the legislation anti tobacco on smoking rates in children have been less studied, ”says Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi of the Public Sciences Unit at Glascow University.
The conclusions of this study showed that this legislation had beneficial effects. Indeed, the implementation of this regulation was associated with a 19% drop in the smoking rate among young women. On the other hand, these effects are not as convincing in young men.
“Tobacco-free legislation may help reduce the absorption of smoking in adolescents, with stronger evidence for a stronger association in young women,” concludes Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi of the University of Public Sciences Unit. Glasgow.
Tobacco, the number 1 enemy of health
The conclusions of this study are encouraging despite the alarming figures from the National Institute for Public Health Surveillance. Tobacco consumption, which had declined from the 1970s, has increased again since 2005, especially among women and in the underprivileged classes, reaching almost 34% of adults. However, cigarettes kill 200 times a day in France and lose between 10 and 15 years of life for each smoker. Tobacco causes 6 million deaths worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Not to mention the effects of passive smoking.
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