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)

RSE: robust standard error; ; .