@article{ref1,
title="Smoke-free laws and hazardous drinking: a cross-sectional study among U.S adults",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2017",
author="Jiang, Nan and Gonzalez, Mariaelena and Ling, Pamela M. and Young-Wolff, Kelly C. and Glantz, Stanton A.",
volume="14",
number="4",
pages="e14040412-e14040412",
abstract="Tobacco and alcohol use are strongly associated. This cross-sectional study examined the relationship of smoke-free law coverage and smoke-free bar law coverage with hazardous drinking behaviors among a representative sample of U.S. adult drinkers (n = 17,057). We merged 2009 National Health Interview Survey data, American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation U.S. Tobacco Control Laws Database, and Census Population Estimates. Hazardous drinking outcomes included heavy drinking (>14 drinks/week for men; >7 drinks/week for women) and binge drinking (≥5 drinks on one or more days during past year). Chi-square tests compared hazardous drinking by sociodemographic factors. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to examine if smoke-free law and bar law coverages were associated with hazardous drinking, controlling for sociodemographics and smoking status. Subset analyses were conducted among drinkers who also smoked (n = 4074) to assess the association between law coverages and hazardous drinking. Among all drinkers, smoke-free law coverage was not associated with heavy drinking (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.22, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.99-1.50) or binge drinking (AOR = 1.09, 95% CI = 0.93-1.26). Smoke-free bar law coverage was also found to be unrelated to hazardous drinking. Similar results were found among those drinkers who smoked. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest that smoke-free laws and bar laws are not associated with elevated risk for alcohol-related health issues.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph14040412",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14040412"
}