Smoking Ban Policies in Italy and the Potential Impact of the So-Called Sirchia Law: State of the Art after Eight Years

Table 2

Expected annual percentage change (EAPC) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of tobacco consumption (data stratified by age and gender).

Expected APC^a of tobacco consumption (2002–2013)
Age group	EAPC^a	95% CI	𝑃 value
15–24	−3.45	(−5.7; −1.2)	0.02	Males
25–44	−1.98	(−3.3; 0.7)	0.01
45–64	−1.16	(−2.8; +0.2)	0.07
65+	−1.94	(−5.7; +2.0)	0.20
15–24	−3.86	(−6.5;−0.9)	0.02	Females
25–44	−3.56	(−5.3; −1.9)	0.002
45–64	+0.90	(−1.5; 2.9)	0.40
65+	−4.18	(−6.8; −1.5)	0.02

aAPC: annual percentage change.