Background Legislations banning smoking in indoor public places and workplaces are
being implemented worldwide to protect the population from secondhand smoke exposure …

Background Action on smoking, obesity, excess alcohol, and physical inactivity in primary
care is effective and cost-effective, but implementation is low. The aim was to examine the …

Background China has one of the highest levels of tobacco consumption globally, and there
is no national smoke-free legislation. Although more than 20 Chinese cities have passed …

METHODS The legislations of 125 cities from China's top three city grades were assessed,
covering the cities that have smoke-free laws. Logistic regression is applied to evaluate the …

Background The impact of tobacco control policies on measures of smoking cessation
behaviour has often been studied, yet there is little information on their precise magnitude …

Population-level interventions represent the only real approach for combatting the tobacco
epidemic. There is thus great importance in conducting rigorous evaluation studies of …

We investigate the effect of tobacco control policies on smoking initiation in eleven
European countries. Based on individual data about age of onset of smoking, we use hazard …

Objective This study, conducted in China, evaluated the effectiveness of four different
themes of health warning labels (HWLs) that used both text and pictures:(1) self-harm from …

France implemented a comprehensive smoke-free law in two phases: Phase 1 (February
2007) banned smoking in workplaces, shopping centres, airports, train stations, hospitals …

Despite the perceived success of educational campaigns and smoking bans in public places
in China, the actual effects have not been investigated. This study examines the effects of …