Voluntary smoking bans at home and in the car and smoking cessation, obesity, and self-control

Psychol Rep. 2014 Feb;114(1):20-31. doi: 10.2466/18.13.PR0.114k16w4.

Abstract

This study of female former and current smokers assessed the associations between voluntary smoking bans at home and in the car and smoking cessation, obesity, and self-control. Data from self-reported female smokers (N = 194) who were in a community-based random cohort at four points in time, from 1983 to 2009, were analyzed. These female participants (M age = 63.7 yr.) were given self-administered questionnaires. Analyses showed that complete smoking bans at home and in the car were positively associated with a greater likelihood of smoking cessation. Complete smoking bans at home and in the car were positively associated with greater self-control. Public health policies should focus on the positive health effects of smoking bans on smoking cessation and greater self-control.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cohort Studies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Logistic Models
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Middle Aged
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • New York / epidemiology
  • Obesity / epidemiology*
  • Smoke-Free Policy*
  • Smoking / epidemiology*
  • Smoking Cessation / methods
  • Smoking Cessation / statistics & numerical data*
  • Social Control, Informal / methods
  • Surveys and Questionnaires