Research Article
County Smoke-Free Laws and Asthma Discharges: Evidence from 17 US States
Table 3
Effects of changes in county smoke-free laws on hospital discharges for asthma among working age adults.
| | Working age adult asthma | Working age adult appendicitis |
| | Coefficient (RSE) | Coefficient (RSE) |
| Passage of a county 100% smoke-free workplace law | −5.94 (3.89) | 0.26 (0.20) | Passage of a county 100% smoke-free restaurant or bar law | −5.43 (2.56) | 0.05 (0.27) | County workplace smoke-free law county restaurant or bar smoke-free law | 11.88 (7.10) | −0.16 (0.38) | Cigarette tax | 3.15 (0.54) | 0.38 (0.06) | Smoking prevalence | −0.04 (0.16) | −0.03 (0.01) | Asthma prevalence | 0.16 (0.04) | −0.01 (0.00) | Percent in poverty | 0.68 (0.16) | −0.02 (0.01) | Percent uninsured | −0.13 (0.10) | 0.03 (0.01) | Presence of any state smoke-free law | −0.38 (0.68) | −.06 (0.05) | Constant | 5.62 (2.98) | 2.18 (0.44) |
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RSE: robust standard error; ; .
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