Tobacco Control Highlights: Ontario and Beyond [Special Reports: Monitoring and Evaluation Series, 2002-2003 (vol. 9, No. 1)]

Significant developments took place in Ontario during 2002. Salient among these was the continued progress by local communities in passing and implementing smoke-free bylaws. An increasing number of Ontarians are now protected from the harmful effects of environmental tobacco smoke in public places. These developments were also accompanied by renewed demands that the province enact and implement a province-wide ban on smoking in workplaces and public places

Tobacco Control Highlights: Ontario and Beyond [Special Reports : Monitoring the Ontario Tobacco Strategy 2001/2002 (Vol. 8)]

This is the 8th Annual Report on the Ontario Tobacco Strategy and the progress of tobacco control in Canada. The series incorporates and expands upon the content of the two previous Evaluation Reports and the seven Annual Monitoring Reports released to date. The objective of this reorganization is to provide more indepth analysis and to do so in a more timely fashion. This Report is the first of four “modules” that will make up the new annual series. The full series consists of:Module 1. Tobacco Control Highlights: Ontario and Beyond – a summary of recent developments, providing context for subsequent modules;Module 2. OTS Project Evaluations: A Coordinated Review – a largely qualitative summary of accomplishments by OTS projects funded in the previous year;Module 3. Indicators of Progress – quantitative data from a variety of survey and other sources measuring progress in Ontario;Module 4. Annual Surveillance Report – a discussion of the results and implications of the findings in the other three modules

Tobacco Control Highlights: Ontario and Beyond [Special Reports: Monitoring and Evaluation Series, 2002-2003 (vol. 9, No. 1)]

Significant developments took place in Ontario during 2002. Salient among these was the continued progress by local communities in passing and implementing smoke-free bylaws. An increasing number of Ontarians are now protected from the harmful effects of environmental tobacco smoke in public places. These developments were also accompanied by renewed demands that the province enact and implement a province-wide ban on smoking in workplaces and public places

Changes in Smoking During Pregnancy in Ontario, 1995 to 2010: Results From the Canadian Community Health Survey

Objective: The objectives of this study were (1) to examine changes in smoking behaviour across time in pregnant women in Ontario (relative to non-pregnant women and men) and (2) to assess whether, among pregnant women, changes across time vary as a function of sociodemographic characteristics. Methods: This study used data from the Canadian Community Health Survey. The study sample included 15- to 49-year-old residents of Ontario. Multivariable logistic regression, with interactions between time period and the characteristic of interest, was used to examine whether changes varied across time according to (1) group (pregnant women, non-pregnant women, men; two-year intervals, 2001 to 2010) and (2) pregnant subgroup (maternal age, maternal marital status, maternal education; 1995 to 2000 [n = 3745], 2001 to 2005 [n = 5084], and 2006 to 2010 [n = 2900]). Results: A decrease in the prevalence of smoking across time was seen in all groups but was smaller in pregnant women than in non-pregnant women (23.5% vs. 30.8%). Among pregnant women, interactions between time period and maternal age, maternal marital status, and maternal education were statistically significant. The prevalence of smoking during pregnancy decreased in older, married, and more highly educated women, but increased in younger women (by 8.2%) and less educated women (by 12.8%). Although the prevalence of smoking during pregnancy decreased in unmarried women, the change was smaller than in married women. Conclusion: Although the prevalence of smoking in pregnant women is decreasing over time, the decrease is smaller than that in non-pregnant women. Pregnant subgroups particularly resistant to change include younger, unmarried, and less educated mothers. These findings suggest there are subgroups that should be targeted more deliberately by public health interventions