What are the effects of tobacco policies on vulnerable populations?
Greaves L; Johnson J; Bottorff J; Kirkland S; Jategaonkar N; McGowan M; McCullough L; Battersby L British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health, BC Women’s Hospital, E-311 4500 Oak St., Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1. lgreaves@cw.bc.ca BACKGROUND: While comprehensive tobacco policies have reduced the prevalence of smoking in Canada, some groups remain vulnerable to tobacco use and display high rates of smoking. This article reviews three types of tobacco policies–tax and price, smoking location restrictions and sales restrictions–and examines the consequences for Aboriginal people, youth and low-income people. METHODS: A better practices review model was used to assess the strength of studies published between 1990 and 2004 that examined the effects of these tobacco policies on the three vulnerable populations of interest. A total of 72 studies were assessed and 42 judged medium or high strength. A gender-based and diversity analysis was applied to assess the differential impacts o
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