Effects of Smoke-Free Laws on Alcohol-Related Car Crashes in California and New York: Time Series Analyses From 1982 to 2008 | Zendy

Debra H. Bernat | Zendy; Mildred M. MaldonadoMolina | Zendy; Andrew Hyland | Zendy; Alexander C. Wagenaar | Zendy

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Effects of Smoke-Free Laws on Alcohol-Related Car Crashes in California and New York: Time Series Analyses From 1982 to 2008

Author(s) -

Debra H. Bernat,

Mildred M. MaldonadoMolina,

Andrew Hyland,

Alexander C. Wagenaar

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2012.300906

Subject(s) - crash , smoke , poison control , injury prevention , seat belt , blood alcohol , occupational safety and health , human factors and ergonomics , alcohol , suicide prevention , environmental health , law , medicine , engineering , political science , computer science , waste management , automotive engineering , chemistry , biochemistry , programming language

We examined effects of New York and California's statewide smoke-free restaurant and bar policies on alcohol-related car crash fatalities. We used an interrupted time-series design from 1982 to 2008, with 312 monthly observations, to examine the effect of each state's law on single-vehicle-nighttime crashes and crashes involving a driver with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 grams per deciliter or greater. Implementation of New York and California's statewide smoke-free policies was not associated with alcohol-related car crash fatalities. Additionally, analyses showed no effect of New York's smoke-free policy on alcohol-related car crash fatalities in communities along the Pennsylvania-New York border. Statewide smoke-free restaurant and bar laws do not appear to affect rates of alcohol-related car crashes.

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