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Annals of Oncology Advance Access published online on November 7, 2005
Annals of Oncology, doi:10.1093/annonc/mdj070
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© 2005 European Society for Medical Oncology
Received August 21, 2005
Revised September 30, 2005
Accepted October 6, 2005

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Effects of new smoking regulations in Italy

S. Gallus 1*, P. Zuccaro 2, P. Colombo 3, G. Apolone 1, R. Pacifici 2, S. Garattini 1, and C. La Vecchia 4

1 Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri’, Milan, Italy
2 Dipartimento del Farmaco, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
3 Istituto DOXA, Gallup International Association, Milan, Italy
4 Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri’, Milan, Italy; Istituto di Statistica Medica e Biometria, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
S. Gallus, E-mail: gallus{at}marionegri.it


  Abstract

Background: From 10 January 2005 the Italian government banned smoking in all indoor public places. We conducted a population-based survey to provide information on attitudes towards smoking regulation and to disentangle the impact of the smoking ban on tobacco consumption.

Patients and methods: We considered data from a survey on smoking, based on 3114 subjects aged 15 or over, representative of the general adult Italian population in terms of age, sex, geographic area and socioeconomic status.

Results: Once smoke-free policies were introduced, support for them in the public opinion tended to increase. In Italy, smoke-free policies accounted for around 8% decrease in cigarette consumption in the short run. Moreover, tobacco bans were almost universally accepted, and the smoke-free legislation did not seem to unfavourably affect the business of restaurants or cafes.

Conclusions: The results of our study on the first extensive smoking ban in a large country show the advantages of smoke-free legislations, which may have major public health implications.

Keywords: Italy; population survey; smoking bans; tobacco smoking; workplace smoking.
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