Legislation - Wakefield Flashcards

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What was the method used?

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Self report

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What was the aim of the Wakefield study?

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To determine the relation between the extent of restrictions on smoking at home, in school and in public places and smoking uptake and prevalence among school students

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What was the sample in the Wakefield study?

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Random sample of 17287 high school students at 202 schools in the US aged 14-17

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How many categories were participants sorted into according to their stage of smoking uptake

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Six

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What were the categories?

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Non-susceptible non-smokers, susceptible non-smokers, early experimenters, advanced experimenters, established smokers and current smokers

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What did the closed question aim to found out?

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How smoking was restricted in the home

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What were the 2 measures of school smoking?

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Whether there was a ban and if so, how well it was enforced

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Not developing a smoking habit was significantly linked to which 3 restrictions and bans?

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Parent-enforced restrictions at home, legal restrictions in public places and school enforced bans

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Which ban was more effective than legal bans in public places on uptake of smoking?

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Home smoking bans

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School smoking bans were associated with what percentage reduction in uptake of smoking across all stages?

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11%

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What did authors acknowledge about their studies

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There were methodological limitations

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What did Wakefield suggest about influences on teenage smoking besides restrictions

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He suggests that there may be other factors that influence teenage smoking e.g the media, peer pressure

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