Smoke-free cars legislation: it works but New Zealand should still rigorously evaluate its upcoming law.

Smoke-free cars legislation: it works but New Zealand should still rigorously evaluate its upcoming law. N Z Med J. 2020 Aug 21;133(1520):99-103 Authors: Wilson N, Thomson G, Edwards R Abstract In this viewpoint we briefly review the evidence for smoke-free car legislation. We find that this legislation has been consistently associated with reduced secondhand exposure in cars with children/youth in all nine jurisdictions studied. Despite this, there are various aspects of this intervention that warrant further study-especially determining its impact on reducing tobacco-related ethnic inequalities. So we argue that the New Zealand Ministry of Health should invest in a thorough evaluation of this important upcoming public health intervention. This could both help the country in further refining the design of the law (if necessary) and would also be a valuable contribution to advancing the knowledge base for international tobacco control. PMID: 32994598 [PubMed - in process]
Source: New Zealand Medical Journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: N Z Med J Source Type: research