• M de Lluc Bauzà-Amengual, Manuel Blasco-González, Elena Sánchez-Vazquez, Inmaculada Pereiró-Berenguer, Nidia Ruiz-Varea, and Jordi Pericás-Beltran.
• Departament d'Infermería i Fisioteràpia, Universitat Illes Balears, Islas Baleares, España. mlluc.bauza@uib.es
• Aten Primaria. 2010 Jun 1; 42 (6): 309313309-13.

ObjectiveThe aim of this study is to describe the changes caused by the Law on Tobacco and its consumption in workers who are active smokers.DesignA post-intervention follow up study of a cohort of users.SettingHealth Centres in Valencia and Majorca.ParticipantsUsers who attended health centres.InterventionThe field work consisted of each patient filling in a case report form with the requested information.Main MeasurementsThe variables collected were, sex, place of work, education level, number of workers in the company, number of cigarettes smoked. They were told that on the following day they had to count the cigarettes smoked throughout the day, noting whether they had been smoked during or outside working hours. If they smoked during working hours, they reported whether it was inside or outside the workplace. On the following day they were telephoned to let us know the number of cigarettes smoked. This telephone call was repeated at six months and eighteen months.ResultsSmoking prevalence and the number of cigarettes smoked in the workplace has been reduced by 9% per month. The variables associated with compliance with the law were education level, the sex of the worker, and the size of the company.ConclusionsThe coming into force of the Tobacco Law has been effective.Copyright 2009 Elsevier España, S.L. All rights reserved.

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