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Arthur J. Farkas, PhD; Elizabeth A. Gilpin, MS; Martha M. White, MS; John P. Pierce, PhD

JAMA. 2000;284:717-722.

Context  Recent marked increases in adolescent smoking indicate a need for new prevention approaches. Whether workplace and home smoking restrictions play a role in such prevention is unknown.

Objective  To assess the association between workplace and home smoking restrictions and adolescent smoking.

Design, Setting, and Subjects  Data were analyzed from 2 large national population-based surveys, the Current Population Surveys of 1992-1993 and 1995-1996, which included 17,185 adolescents aged 15 to 17 years.

Main Outcome Measures  Smoking status of the adolescents surveyed, compared by presence of home and workplace smoking restrictions.

Results  After adjusting for demographics and other smokers in the household, adolescents who lived in smoke-free households were 74% (95% confidence interval [CI], 62%-88%) as likely to be smokers as adolescents who lived in households with no smoking restrictions. Similarly, adolescents who worked in smoke-free workplaces were 68% (95% CI, 51%-90%) as likely to be smokers as adolescents who worked in a workplace with no smoking restrictions. Adolescent smokers were 1.80 (95% CI, 1.23-2.65) times more likely to be former smokers if they lived in smoke-free homes. The most marked relationship of home smoking restrictions to current adolescent smoking occurred in households where all other members were never-smokers. Current smoking prevalence among adolescents in homes without smoking restrictions approached that among adolescents in homes with a current smoker but with smoking restrictions.

Conclusions  Parents with minor children should be encouraged to adopt smoke-free homes. Smoke-free workplaces can also augment smoking prevention. These findings emphasize the importance of tobacco control strategies aimed at the entire population rather than at youth alone.

Author Affiliations: Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego.

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