Smoking

Investigators at University of Edinburgh have published new data on smoking

Published in Physician Law Weekly, November 7th, 2007

"Objective To detect any change in exposure to secondhand smoke among primary schoolchildren after implementation of smoke-free legislation in Scotland in March 2006. Comparison of nationally representative, cross sectional, class based surveys carried out in the same schools before and after legislation. Scotland," scientists writing in the British Medical Journal report.

"Participants 2559 primary schoolchildren (primary 7; mean age 11.4 years) surveyed in January 2006 (before smoke-free legislation) and 2424 in January 2007 (after legislation). Salivary cotinine concentrations, reports of parental smoking, and exposure to tobacco smoke in public and private...

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Source: Physician Law Weekly (2007-11-07)

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