Factores asociados con el cambio de comportamiento en personas fumadoras después de la implementación de legislación anti-tabaco en Provincias Argentinas

There is much evidence of the effects of smoking on health, and are acting as support for the initiatives snuff control. In developed countries, consumption of snuff is the most preventable cause of death. Smoking deaths are directly related to the prevalence of smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke. Approximately 4.9 million deaths a year are caused by snuff. From this situation arises the need for science-based regulation globally to help countries in the fight against snuff: The FCTC. Our country signed the convention but not ratified it. In 2011 he created the national law but took effect only in 2013. Moreover, there are provinces that have legislation 100% smoke free and some not. The aim of this study is to determine whether provincial policies influence the behavior of individuals and suggests quitting and identify those groups where it does not impact the law. An analytical cross-sectional study using three time points was performed. The individual level, and the level of the province to which the individual belongs: the technique of multilevel models working with data from multiple hierarchies are used. It was used only for the construction of complete multilevel model the significant variables in the individual analysis. Secondary data sources were used: ENFR 2005, 2009 and 2013. In the individual analysis of the explanatory variables was obtained that the people of the provinces that do not have legislation had a 40% greater chance of not thinking about quitting. Men (8%), people aged 65 and over (47%) have more chance not to think of quitting. In the full meaning categories multilevel model maintained that features and in the same direction. The provinces without legislation, men, people over 65, are the characteristics that increase the chances of people not thinking of quitting by 39%, 8% and 48% respectively. The results suggest that legislation based on Article 8 of the FCTC is effective to encourage smoking cessation in Argentina.