| Title | Local restaurant smoking policy enactment in Massachusetts. | | Author(s) | Bartosch WJ, Pope GC | | Institution | Center for Health Economics Research, Waltham, MA, USA. | | Source | J Public Health Manag Pract 1999 Jan; 5(1):63-73. | | MeSH | Comparative Study
Demography
Health Policy
Humans
Massachusetts
Policy Making
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Restaurants
Smoking
Tobacco Smoke Pollution
| | Abstract | The objective of this study was to identify differences between communities that enact local restaurant smoking policies in Massachusetts and those that do not. Using data from 314 reporting cities and towns, the authors determined that communities with restaurant smoking policies were typically medium-sized towns and had a lower proportion of blue-collar workers than non-adopting communities. Highly restrictive communities had higher median incomes and educational attainment than non-adopting communities. Since the creation of the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program, the number and strength of restaurant smoking policies have grown. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 10345514 |
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