Associations between smoke-free vehicle legislation and childhood admissions to hospital for asthma in Scotland: an interrupted time-series analysis of whole-population data

Summary: Background: In Scotland, childhood admissions to hospital for asthma fell from March, 2006, after legislation was introduced to prohibit smoking in public places. In December, 2016, new Scottish legislation banned smoking in vehicles containing a child. We aimed to determine whether the in...

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Main Authors: Daniel F Mackay, ProfPhD, Stephen W Turner, ProfMD, Sean E Semple, PhD, Smita Dick, PhD, Jill P Pell, ProfMD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-08-01
Series:The Lancet Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468266721001298