Smoke-free cars legislation: it works but New Zealand should

N. Z. Med. J. · Aug 2020

Smoke-free cars legislation: it works but New Zealand should still rigorously evaluate its upcoming law.

In this viewpoint we briefly review the evidence for smoke-free car legislation. We find that this legislation has been consistently associated with reduced secondhand exposure in cars with children/youth in all nine jurisdictions studied. ⋯ So we argue that the New Zealand Ministry of Health should invest in a thorough evaluation of this important upcoming public health intervention. This could both help the country in further refining the design of the law (if necessary) and would also be a valuable contribution to advancing the knowledge base for international tobacco control.

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- Nick Wilson, George Thomson, and Richard Edwards.
- Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington.
- N. Z. Med. J. 2020 Aug 21; 133 (1520): 99-103.
AbstractIn this viewpoint we briefly review the evidence for smoke-free car legislation. We find that this legislation has been consistently associated with reduced secondhand exposure in cars with children/youth in all nine jurisdictions studied. Despite this, there are various aspects of this intervention that warrant further study-especially determining its impact on reducing tobacco-related ethnic inequalities. So we argue that the New Zealand Ministry of Health should invest in a thorough evaluation of this important upcoming public health intervention. This could both help the country in further refining the design of the law (if necessary) and would also be a valuable contribution to advancing the knowledge base for international tobacco control.

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