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Campaña antitabaco en uruguay: impacto en la decisión de dejar de fumar durante el embarazo y en el peso al nacer

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dc.contributor.authorHarris, Jeffrey E.
dc.contributor.authorBalsa, Ana Inés
dc.contributor.authorTriunfo, Patricia
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-20T20:33:05Z
dc.date.available2022-04-20T20:33:05Z
dc.date.issued2014es
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12806/1337
dc.description.abstractBackground. In 2005, Uruguay instituted a nationwide tobacco control campaign that has resulted in a substantial decline in nationwide smoking rates. We sought to determine the quantitative contributions of each of the major tobacco control measures adopted by the Uruguayan government. We focused sharply on smoking cessation by pregnant women and on the effect of quitting smoking during pregnancy on birth weight. Data. We analyzed a nationwide registry of all pregnancies in Uruguay during 2007–2012, supplemented by data on cigarette prices and various governmental policies. Methods. We estimated linear probability models of quitting smoking in the third trimester as well as linear models of the effect of quitting on birth weight. Our explanatory variables included maternal characteristics, provider-level and national-level policy interventions, and real price. In our models of quitting smoking, we used taxes as an instrument to address price endogeneity. In our models of birth weight, we used tobacco control policies as instruments to address the endogeneity of smoking cessation. Results. During 2007–2012, the proportion of pregnant women who had quit smoking by their third trimester increased markedly from 15 to 42 percent. Each of the major non-price tobacco control measures – including programs to treat nicotine dependence at health centers, banning of advertising nationwide, rotating warnings with pictograms on each pack, restriction of brands to a single presentation, and an increase in the size of pictograms to 80% of the front and back of each pack – was separately associated with a significant increase in the rate of quitting. During 2007–2009, tobacco manufacturers responded to tax increases and non-price policies by moderating their pretax prices. Quitting smoking by the third trimester increased birth weight by an estimated 163 grams. Conclusion. Uruguay’s nationwide tobacco control campaign led to a substantial increase in the likelihood that a pregnant smoker would quit by her third trimester. Each of the major tobacco control measures adopted by the government had a measurable impact on the rate of quitting and thus on neonatal health.es
dc.format.extent73 p.es
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dc.languageenges
dc.publisherUniversidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economíaes
dc.relation.ispartofDocumentos de trabajo del Departamento de Economía; UM_CEE_2014_01es
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dc.subjectEevaluationes
dc.subjectCigarette taxeses
dc.subjectPackage warningses
dc.subjectAadvertising banses
dc.subjectTobacco controles
dc.subjectPregnancyes
dc.subjectBirth weightes
dc.titleCampaña antitabaco en uruguay: impacto en la decisión de dejar de fumar durante el embarazo y en el peso al naceres
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
dc.contributor.filiacionHarris, Jeffrey E. Massachusetts Institute of Technologyes
dc.contributor.filiacionBalsa, Ana Inés. Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguayes
dc.contributor.filiacionTriunfo, Patricia. Universidad de la República, Uruguayes
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