Aims and methods: We used three waves of the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey conducted in 2016, 2018, and 2020. Baseline daily smokers (N = 6710) who provided data for at least one wave-to-wave transition (W1 to W2, N = 3511 or W2 to W3, N = 3199) and provided outcome data at the next wave (follow-up) formed the analytic sample. Generalized estimating equations (GEE) logistic regression analyses examined predictors of quit attempts and abstinence at follow-up (1- and 6-month sustained abstinence).
As of July 2016, only 21% of Appalachian residents were covered by comprehensive smoke-free laws (i.e., 100% coverage for workplaces, restaurants, and bars). Only 46% of Appalachians lived in places with 100% smoke-free workplace laws, only 30% lived in places with 100% smoke-free restaurant laws, and only 29% lived in places with 100% smoke-free bar laws. Reasons for this lack of smoke-free law coverage include socioeconomic disadvantage, the historical importance of tobacco in Appalachian economies, and preemptive state legislation.
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Despite the well-known risks associated with secondhand smoke exposure and the success of smoke-free policies in improving health, only 60% of the US population was covered by comprehensive smoke-free laws that ban smoking in indoor areas of workplaces, restaurants, and bars as of July 2016.13 One area of the country that experiences a disproportionate burden of adverse effects from smoking is Appalachia. Using data from 2008, Ferketich et al.14 published the first quantitative assessment of smoke-free law coverage in the Appalachian region. They found that 16.6% of communities were covered by 100% smoke-free policies banning indoor smoking in workplaces, 15.1% of communities had 100% smoke-free policies for restaurants, and 10.7% of nondry communities had 100% smoke-free policies for bars, leaving residents of Appalachia at greater risk for being exposed to secondhand smoke.14
So the bad news is that smoke-tainted grapes might go into some big-name wines. But there's a lot more good news, at least about the grapes. First, Cabernet Sauvignon, the main Lake County grape that ends up in Napa wines, is thick-skinned and much more resistant to smoke than Pinot Noir. Second, with only 15 percent allowed, a touch of smoke taint wouldn't take over the flavor. Wineries could choose to leave it in for an extra accent. They could heavily filter the smoky wine, which would take out much of its flavor, but Lake County grapes are just in there as a volume-extending cost-saving measure anyway. Or they could simply not use Lake County grapes this year. The upshot is, if you taste smoke in a 2016 Napa Cabernet, it's probably a feature, not a bug.
If you smoke in a confined space such as a car, you're exposing your fellow passengers to even more harmful chemicals. This is why smoking in cars with children on board has been banned in Scotland since December 2016.
The GBD is a scientific effort to quantify the comparative magnitude of health loss due to diseases, injuries and risk factors by age, sex and geography for specific points in time. While full details on the estimation process for smoking prevalence have been published elsewhere, we briefly describe the main analytical steps in this article3. First, 2,870 nationally representative surveys meeting the inclusion criteria were systematically identified and extracted. Since case definitions vary between surveys, for example, some surveys only ask about daily smoking as opposed to current smoking that includes both daily and occasional smokers, the extracted data were adjusted to the reference case definition using a linear regression fit on surveys reporting multiple case definitions. Next, for surveys with only tabulated data available, nonstandard age groups and data reported as both sexes combined were split using observed age and sex patterns. These preprocessing steps ensured that all data used in the modeling were comparable. Finally, spatiotemporal Gaussian process regression, a three-step modeling process used extensively in the GBD to estimate risk factor exposure, was used to estimate a complete time series for every country, age and sex. In the first step, estimates of tobacco consumption from supply-side data are incorporated to guide general levels and trends in prevalence estimates. In the second step, patterns observed in locations, age groups and years with smoking prevalence data are synthesized to improve the first-step estimates. This step is particularly important for countries and time periods with limited or no available prevalence data. The third step incorporates and quantifies uncertainty from sampling error, non-sampling error and the preprocessing data adjustments. For this analysis, the final age-specific estimates were age-standardized using the standard population based on GBD population estimates. Age standardization, while less important for the narrower age groups, ensured that the estimated effects of policies were not due to differences in population structure, either within or between countries.
A smoke alarm on the upper level of dwellings or dwelling units with split levels without an intervening door between the adjacent levels shall suffice for the adjacent lower level provided that the lower level is less than one full story below the upper level. 2ff7e9595c
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