“Tobacco denormalization at home”: the contribution of the smoking ban in enclosed workplaces in Brazil

Szklo, André Salem; Cavalcante, Tânia Maria; Reis, Neilane Bertoni dos; Souza, Mirian Carvalho de

doi:10.1590/0102-311x00107421

Abstracts

Estimates suggest that exposure to environmental tobacco smoke is related to 1.2 million deaths per year worldwide. Synergy between various anti-smoking legislative and educational measures is essential to stimulate cessation and prevent initiation. This article aimed to explore how legislative protection from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in enclosed workplaces in Brazil, whose strengthening occurred in a phased manner between 1996 and 2014, possibly contributed to the protection from passive smoking at home. We evaluated, via generalized linear models, the absolute and relative differences in the proportion of individuals living in smoke-free homes between those exposed and not exposed to passive smoking in enclosed workplaces, both crude and adjusted by sociodemographic and smoking behavior variables, and stratified by non-smokers and smokers. Data from three national surveys conducted in 2008, 2013, and 2019 were used. Regardless of smoking status and year when the data were analyzed, individuals who were employed in smoke-free workplaces were more likely to live in smoke-free homes than smokers who were employed in workplaces that allowed smoking. Adjusted absolute difference increased from +5.5% in 2008 to +10.5% in 2013 among non-smokers, and from +7.1% in 2013 to 15.6% in 2019 among smokers (p-values for additive interaction ≤ 0.05). Strengthening the Brazilian smoke-free legislation was likely associated with a reduction in passive smoking at home, which, therefore, may also reduce the burden of mortality, morbidity, and costs for society related to smoking.

Keywords:
Smoke-Free Policy; Tobacco Smoke Pollution; Tobacco Use; Workplace

Estima-se que a exposição à fumaça ambiental de tabaco esteja relacionada a 1,2 milhão de mortes por ano no mundo. A sinergia das diversas medidas antitabaco, tanto legislativas quanto educativas, é essencial para estimular a cessação e prevenir a iniciação do tabagismo. O artigo tem como objetivo explorar a possível contribuição da proteção legislativa contra a exposição à fumaça ambiental de tabaco nos locais fechados de trabalho no Brasil, cujo fortalecimento ocorreu por fases entre 1996 e 2014, para a proteção contra o tabagismo passivo em casa. Foram utilizados modelos lineares generalizados para avaliar as diferenças absolutas e relativas na proporção de brasileiros que vivem em domicílios sem fumaça ambiental de tabaco, entre aqueles expostos e não expostos ao tabagismo passivo em locais de trabalho fechados, brutas e ajustadas por variáveis sociodemográficas e de comportamento de tabagismo, estratificadas entre fumantes e não fumantes. Foram usados os dados de três inquéritos nacionais, realizados em 2008, 2013 e 2019. Independentemente de condição de tabagista e do ano de análise, os indivíduos empregados em locais de trabalho livres de tabaco apresentaram maior probabilidade de residir em domicílios livres de tabaco, comparado com aqueles que trabalhavam em locais onde fumar era permitido. A diferença absoluta ajustada aumentou de +5,5% em 2008 para +10,5% em 2013 entre não fumantes, e de +7,1% em 2013 para +15,6% em 2019 entre fumantes (valores de p de interação aditiva ≤ 0,05). É provável que o fortalecimento da legislação antitabaco no Brasil esteve associado a uma redução no tabagismo passivo em casa, o que, portanto, pode reduzir a carga de morbimortalidade e de custos para a sociedade, relacionados ao tabagismo.

Palavras-chave:
Política Antifumo; Poluição por Fumaça de Tabaco; Uso de Tabaco; Local de Trabalho

Se estimó que la exposición al humo del tabaco ambiental está relacionada con 1,2 millones de muertes por año en todo el mundo. La sinergia de varias medidas antitabaco legislativas y educacionales es esencial para estimular dejar de fumar y prevenir comenzar a fumar. La propuesta de este artículo fue explorar la posible contribución de la protección legislativa ante la exposición al humo del tabaco ambiental en lugares de trabajo cerrados en Brasil, cuyo afianzamiento se produjo de manera gradual entre 1996 y 2014, para la protección de los fumadores pasivos en casa. Se utilizaran modelos lineales generalizados para evaluar las diferencias absolutas y relativas en la proporción de individuos que viven en hogares libres de humos, entre quienes estaban expuestos y no expuestos como fumadores pasivos en lugares de trabajo cerrados, crudas y ajustadas por variables sociodemográficas y comportamiento de fumador, y estratificadas por no fumadores y fumadores. Se usaron los datos de las tres encuestas nacionales llevadas a cabo en 2008, 2013 y 2019. Independientemente del estatus del consumo de tabaco y el año de análisis, los individuos que fueron empleados en un lugar de trabajo libre de humos tenían más probabilidades de vivir en un hogar libre de humos en comparación con los fumadores que trabajaban en donde se fumaba. La diferencia ajustada absoluta aumentó del +5,5% en 2008 al +10,5% en 2013 entre no fumadores, y del +7,1% en 2013 al +15,6% en 2019 entre fumadores (valores de p de interacción aditiva ≤ 0,05). El fortalecimiento de la legislación antitabaco en Brasil estuvo presumiblemente asociado con una reducción con los fumadores pasivos en el hogar, y, por consiguiente, podría también reducir la carga de mortalidad, morbilidad y costes para la sociedad en relación con el tabaquismo.

Palabras-clave:
Política para Fumadores; Contaminación por Humo de Tabaco; Uso de Tabaco; Lugar de Trabajo

Introduction

The tobacco epidemic is a huge catastrophe in the modern world, having contributed to 100 million deaths in the 20th century. Currently, estimates suggest that more than eight million people die each year due to the harmful health effects of tobacco use ¹1. Eriksen M, Mackay J, Schluger N, Islami F, Drope J. The tobacco atlas. 5th Ed. Atlanta: American Cancer Society; 2015., and environmental exposure to tobacco smoke is related to 1.2 million deaths per year, of which about 60,000 of its victims are children under 10 years of age ²2. GBD 2017 Risk Factor Collaborators. Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioral, environmental, and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet 2018; 392:1923-94.. In Brazil, estimates suggest that approximately 157,000 people die annually from smoking, including 18,000 deaths due to passive smoking and perinatal diseases (passive smoking by the mother), such as low birth weight and sudden infant death syndrome ³3. Pinto M, Bardach A, Palacios A, Biz A, Alcaraz A, Rodriguez B, et al. Burden of smoking in Brazil and potential benefit of increasing taxes on cigarettes for the economy and for reducing morbidity and mortality. Cad Saúde Pública 2019; 35:e00129118..

Based on the latest report, published in 2021, by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the global tobacco epidemic, a more comprehensive law covers only 24% of the world population, protecting individuals from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in enclosed public spaces, such as workplaces, public transportation, bars, and restaurants ⁴4. World Health Organization. WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2021: addressing new and emerging products. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021.. Smoke-free laws are part of a broader set of measures which are systematized in the first international public health treaty, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC) ⁵5. World Health Organization. WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. http://www.who.int/fctc/text_download/en/index.html (accessed on 19/Apr/2017).
http://www.who.int/fctc/text_download/en... , aimed at reducing the demand for and supply of tobacco products. Brazil ratified this treaty in 2005.

Brazil strengthened smoke-free legislation in a phased manner ⁶6. Hone T, Szklo AS, Filippidis FT, Laverty AA, Sattamini I, Been JV, et al. Smoke-free legislation and neonatal and infant mortality in Brazil: longitudinal quasi-experimental study. Tob Control 2020; 29:312-9.. The national law of December 14, 2011 ⁷7. Brasil. Lei nº 12.546, de 14 de dezembro de 2011. Institui o Regime Especial de Reintegração de Valores Tributários para as Empresas Exportadoras (Reintegra); dispõe sobre a redução do Imposto sobre Produtos Industrializados (IPI) à indústria automotiva; altera a incidência das contribuições previdenciárias devidas pelas empresas que menciona; altera as Leis nº 11.774, de 17 de setembro de 2008, nº 11.033, de 21 de dezembro de 2004, nº 11.196, de 21 de novembro de 2005, nº 10.865, de 30 de abril de 2004, nº 11.508, de 20 de julho de 2007, nº 7.291, de 19 de dezembro de 1984, nº 11.491, de 20 de junho de 2007, nº 9.782, de 26 de janeiro de 1999, e nº 9.294, de 15 de julho de 1996, e a Medida Provisória nº 2.199-14, de 24 de agosto de 2001; revoga o art. 1º da Lei nº 11.529, de 22 de outubro de 2007, e o art. 6º do Decreto-Lei nº 1.593, de 21 de dezembro de 1977, nos termos que especifica; e dá outras providências. Diário Oficial da União 2011; 15 dec. for the comprehensive protection from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in public closed places, which also covered public spaces partially closed by a wall, partition, ceiling or awning, was only regulated by the Decree-Law n. 8,262/2014⁸8. Brasil. Decreto nº 8.262, de 31 de maio de 2014. Altera o Decreto nº 2.018, de 1º de outubro de 1996, que regulamenta a Lei nº 9.294, de 15 de julho de 1996. Diário Oficial da União 2014; 2 jun.. Note that the 2011 law replaced the national law of July 15, 1996 ⁹9. Brasil. Lei nº 9.294, de 15 julho de 1996. Dispõe sobre as restrições ao uso e à propaganda de produtos fumígeros, bebidas alcoólicas, medicamentos, terapias e defensivos agrícolas, nos termos do § 4º do art. 220 da Constituição Federal. Diário Oficial da União 1996; 16 jul., which intended, in its essence, to be very comprehensive and restrictive. However, the tobacco industry interfered with the approval/implementation of this law, allowing for so-called segregated smoking rooms, i.e., “spaces of harmonious coexistence” between smokers and non-smokers ¹⁰10. Bialous SA, Presman S, Gigliotti A, Muggli M, Hurt R. The tobacco industry's response to the creation of smoke-free spaces in Brazil. Rev Panam Salud Pública 2010; 27:283-90.. Thus, in practice, the Brazilian population continued to be exposed to environmental tobacco smoke ¹¹11. Almeida L, Szklo A, Sampaio M, Souza M, Martins LF, Szklo M, et al. Global Adult Tobacco Survey data as a tool to monitor the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) implementation: the Brazilian case. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2012; 9:2520-36.. This embarrassing situation, combined with the widespread disclosure of the guidelines of Article 8 of the WHO-FCTC, which claimed the absence of safe levels for exposure to secondhand smoke ⁵5. World Health Organization. WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. http://www.who.int/fctc/text_download/en/index.html (accessed on 19/Apr/2017).
http://www.who.int/fctc/text_download/en... , have encouraged some states and municipalities to enact local laws which were more restrictive than the national law in force between 2008 and 2011 ¹²12. Governo do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Lei nº 5.517, de 17 de agosto de 2009. Proíbe o consumo de cigarros, cigarrilhas, charutos, cachimbos ou de qualquer outro produto fumígeno, derivado ou não do tabaco, na forma que especifica, e cria ambientes de uso coletivo livres de tabaco. Diário Oficial do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 2009; 18 aug.^,¹³13. Bialous SA, Martins S. Brazil: São Paulo takes the lead. Tob Control 2009; 18:341..

Since Brazil has put in place a comprehensive system for monitoring the tobacco epidemic, consisting of inserting a series of questions about smoking behavior in national periodic surveys conducted with both young and adult populations ¹⁴14. Instituto Nacional de Câncer. Global adult tobacco survey Brazil 2008. Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Nacional de Câncer; 2010.^,¹⁵15. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2013: percepção do estado de saúde, estilos de vida e doenças crônicas. Brasil, grandes regiões e Unidades de Federação. Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; 2014.^,¹⁶16. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2019: percepção do estado de saúde, estilos de vida, doenças crônicas e saúde bucal. Brasil e grandes regiões Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; 2020., it is possible to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of anti-smoking legislation over time ¹⁷17. Levy D, Almeida LM, Szklo A. The Brazil SimSmoke policy simulation model: the effect of strong tobacco control policies on smoking prevalence and smoking-attributable deaths in a middle-income nation. PLoS Med 2012; 9:e1001336.^,¹⁸18. Szklo A, Iglesias RM, Carvalho de Souza M, Szklo M, Maria de Almeida L. Trends in Illicit Cigarette Use in Brazil Estimated from Legal Sales, 2012-2016. Am J Public Health 2018; 108:265-9.. For example, a recent study estimated that an additional 15,000 children under the age of one year would have died between 2000 and 2016 if Brazil had failed to implement some level of protection from environmental tobacco smoke in this period ⁶6. Hone T, Szklo AS, Filippidis FT, Laverty AA, Sattamini I, Been JV, et al. Smoke-free legislation and neonatal and infant mortality in Brazil: longitudinal quasi-experimental study. Tob Control 2020; 29:312-9.. However, if the comprehensive smoke-free law regulated in 2014 had come into effect since 1996, another 10,000 children could have been saved. Likewise, another study analyzed the impact of various legislative measures in effect between 1989 and 2010 on the number of deaths that the Brazilian adult population will avoid between 1989 and 2050, and found that the smoke-free law will prevent about 1.2 million deaths ¹⁷17. Levy D, Almeida LM, Szklo A. The Brazil SimSmoke policy simulation model: the effect of strong tobacco control policies on smoking prevalence and smoking-attributable deaths in a middle-income nation. PLoS Med 2012; 9:e1001336.. However, if the smoke-free legislation had been more restrictive since 2010, around 270,000 additional deaths would have been avoided between 2011 and 2050. In the same line of reasoning, another study based on the current comprehensive smoke-free legislation in Brazil ⁸8. Brasil. Decreto nº 8.262, de 31 de maio de 2014. Altera o Decreto nº 2.018, de 1º de outubro de 1996, que regulamenta a Lei nº 9.294, de 15 de julho de 1996. Diário Oficial da União 2014; 2 jun. estimated that, between 2017 and 2027, the country will avoid 80,500 deaths and save BRL 19.2 million ¹⁹19. Bardach A, Calderón M, Soto N, Pinto M, Navega Biz A, Ciapponi A, et al. Ambientes libres de humo: paquete de evidencia para la implementación de políticas de control del tabaco en Brasil. Buenos Aires: Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria; 2017. (Documento Técnico IECS, 31)..

Synergy between various anti-smoking legislative and educational measures is essential to stimulate cessation and prevent initiation, thus decreasing the number of smokers in the population ⁶6. Hone T, Szklo AS, Filippidis FT, Laverty AA, Sattamini I, Been JV, et al. Smoke-free legislation and neonatal and infant mortality in Brazil: longitudinal quasi-experimental study. Tob Control 2020; 29:312-9.^,¹⁷17. Levy D, Almeida LM, Szklo A. The Brazil SimSmoke policy simulation model: the effect of strong tobacco control policies on smoking prevalence and smoking-attributable deaths in a middle-income nation. PLoS Med 2012; 9:e1001336.^,¹⁸18. Szklo A, Iglesias RM, Carvalho de Souza M, Szklo M, Maria de Almeida L. Trends in Illicit Cigarette Use in Brazil Estimated from Legal Sales, 2012-2016. Am J Public Health 2018; 108:265-9. and, consequently, reducing treatment costs and productivity losses associated with smoking ³3. Pinto M, Bardach A, Palacios A, Biz A, Alcaraz A, Rodriguez B, et al. Burden of smoking in Brazil and potential benefit of increasing taxes on cigarettes for the economy and for reducing morbidity and mortality. Cad Saúde Pública 2019; 35:e00129118.. Moreover, these measures also contribute to reducing the social acceptance of smoking, i.e., “tobacco denormalization” ²⁰20. Kelly BC, Vuolo M, Frizzell LC, Hernandez EM. Denormalization, smoke-free air policy, and tobacco use among young adults. Soc Sci Med 2018; 211:70-7.. In Brazil, recent studies have indicated an increase, between 2008 and 2019, in the proportion of individuals living in smoke-free homes ¹¹11. Almeida L, Szklo A, Sampaio M, Souza M, Martins LF, Szklo M, et al. Global Adult Tobacco Survey data as a tool to monitor the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) implementation: the Brazilian case. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2012; 9:2520-36.^,¹⁴14. Instituto Nacional de Câncer. Global adult tobacco survey Brazil 2008. Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Nacional de Câncer; 2010.^,¹⁵15. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2013: percepção do estado de saúde, estilos de vida e doenças crônicas. Brasil, grandes regiões e Unidades de Federação. Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; 2014.^,¹⁶16. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2019: percepção do estado de saúde, estilos de vida, doenças crônicas e saúde bucal. Brasil e grandes regiões Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; 2020., a private space lacking legislative restriction on smoking. And there is a vast international literature showing that individuals who were employed in smoke-free workplaces were also more likely to live in smoke-free homes ²¹21. Kaleta D, Polanska K, Usidame B. Smoke-free workplaces are associated with protection from second-hand smoke at homes in nigeria: evidence for population-level decisions. Biomed Res Int 2015; 2015:618640.^,²²22. Nazar GP, Lee JT, Glantz SA, Arora M, Pearce N, Millett C. Association between being employed in a smoke-free workplace and living in a smoke-free home: evidence from 15 low and middle income countries. Prev Med 2014; 59:47-53.^,²³23. Lee JT, Agrawal S, Basu S, Glantz SA, Millett C. Association between smoke-free workplace and second-hand smoke exposure at home in India. Tob Control 2014; 23:308-12.^,²⁴24. Cheng KW, Glantz SA, Lightwood JM. Association between smokefree laws and voluntary smokefree-home rules. Am J Prev Med 2011; 41:566-72.^,²⁵25. Tripathy JP. Smoke-free workplaces are associated with smoke-free homes in India: evidence for action. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020; 27:41405-14.. Thus, these findings do not support the concern that, in places in which smoke-free laws were enacted, smokers who continued smoking would have compensated for the restriction by consuming more cigarettes in their homes ²¹21. Kaleta D, Polanska K, Usidame B. Smoke-free workplaces are associated with protection from second-hand smoke at homes in nigeria: evidence for population-level decisions. Biomed Res Int 2015; 2015:618640.^,²²22. Nazar GP, Lee JT, Glantz SA, Arora M, Pearce N, Millett C. Association between being employed in a smoke-free workplace and living in a smoke-free home: evidence from 15 low and middle income countries. Prev Med 2014; 59:47-53.^,²³23. Lee JT, Agrawal S, Basu S, Glantz SA, Millett C. Association between smoke-free workplace and second-hand smoke exposure at home in India. Tob Control 2014; 23:308-12.^,²⁴24. Cheng KW, Glantz SA, Lightwood JM. Association between smokefree laws and voluntary smokefree-home rules. Am J Prev Med 2011; 41:566-72.^,²⁵25. Tripathy JP. Smoke-free workplaces are associated with smoke-free homes in India: evidence for action. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020; 27:41405-14.^,²⁶26. Adda J, Cornaglia F. The effect of bans and taxes on passive smoking. Am Econ J Appl Econ 2010; 2:1-32..

This article aimed to explore, based on data from serial cross-sectional surveys ¹⁴14. Instituto Nacional de Câncer. Global adult tobacco survey Brazil 2008. Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Nacional de Câncer; 2010.^,¹⁵15. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2013: percepção do estado de saúde, estilos de vida e doenças crônicas. Brasil, grandes regiões e Unidades de Federação. Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; 2014.^,¹⁶16. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2019: percepção do estado de saúde, estilos de vida, doenças crônicas e saúde bucal. Brasil e grandes regiões Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; 2020. with both smokers and non-smokers, the possible relation between being employed in smoke-free workplaces, which the law regulated, and living in smoke-free homes (“workplace-home tobacco denormalization”). As far as the authors know, no study has analyzed the evolution over time of the relation between these “two ways of protection”, stratified by individuals’ smoking status.

Methodology

Sociodemographic and smoking behavior data from the Special Tobacco Survey (PETab) ¹⁴14. Instituto Nacional de Câncer. Global adult tobacco survey Brazil 2008. Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Nacional de Câncer; 2010., conducted in 2008 as a supplement to the Brazilian National Household Sample Survey (PNAD), were used in addition to data from the Brazilian National Health Survey (PNS) conducted in 2013 ¹⁵15. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2013: percepção do estado de saúde, estilos de vida e doenças crônicas. Brasil, grandes regiões e Unidades de Federação. Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; 2014. and 2019 ¹⁶16. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2019: percepção do estado de saúde, estilos de vida, doenças crônicas e saúde bucal. Brasil e grandes regiões Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; 2020.. These surveys had questions taken from a global standard questionnaire for the consistent monitoring of tobacco use ⁴4. World Health Organization. WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2021: addressing new and emerging products. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021., in accordance with article 20 of the WHO-FCTC ⁵5. World Health Organization. WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. http://www.who.int/fctc/text_download/en/index.html (accessed on 19/Apr/2017).
http://www.who.int/fctc/text_download/en... , which encourages countries to progressively establish a national system for the epidemiological surveillance of tobacco consumption and track the evolution of the tobacco epidemic. These surveys were conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) via a complex probabilistic sample with four selection stages (municipalities, census tracts, households, and individuals) to represent the Brazilian population aged 15 or older (PETab and PNS 2019) or 18 years or older (PNS 2013). Further details on the survey methodologies can be found elsewhere ¹⁴14. Instituto Nacional de Câncer. Global adult tobacco survey Brazil 2008. Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Nacional de Câncer; 2010.^,¹⁵15. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2013: percepção do estado de saúde, estilos de vida e doenças crônicas. Brasil, grandes regiões e Unidades de Federação. Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; 2014.^,¹⁶16. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2019: percepção do estado de saúde, estilos de vida, doenças crônicas e saúde bucal. Brasil e grandes regiões Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; 2020..

The following question defined non-exposure to environmental tobacco smoke at home in 2013 and 2019: “How often does someone smoke inside your home?”, to be answered as “never” (vs. “daily”, “weekly”, “monthly”, or “less than monthly”), grouped to obtain the dichotomous variable (“yes” vs. “no”) of non-exposure to passive smoking at home (i.e., “living in a smoke-free home”). The PETab had not only the same question but also another one about smoking rules in homes. Individuals who answered “smoking is never allowed inside my home” (vs. “smoking is allowed”, “smoking is generally not allowed, but there are exceptions,” or “there is no rule”) were automatically classified as living in smoke-free homes.

The dichotomous variable (“yes” vs. “no”) of no exposure to passive smoking in enclosed workplaces in the last month (i.e., “being employed in a smoke-free workplace”) was obtained, in 2013 and 2019, from a question that was part of a section about work characteristics, as follows: “Thinking about all your jobs, during the last 30 days, did anyone smoke in indoor areas where you work?” Before answering this question, informants had to answer, considering all their jobs in the reference week of the survey, whether some of them were usually performed in enclosed or partially enclosed areas. In the PETab, the question about employment in smoke-free workplaces was already part of the tobacco survey and adhered to the following scheme: “Do you currently work outside of your home?” If so, “Usually, do you work indoors, outdoors or both?”, in which the “outdoors” answer option preceded the following question “Are there any indoors areas at your workplace?” Then, individuals who reported working in enclosed spaces (usually or unusually) were asked the following question: “During the past 30 days, did anyone smoke in any indoor area where you work?”

Our analysis was restricted to individuals aged 18 or over who worked indoors in the month prior to the survey. Sociodemographic and smoking behavior variables, widely described in the literature as related to both passive smoking at home and at work ²¹21. Kaleta D, Polanska K, Usidame B. Smoke-free workplaces are associated with protection from second-hand smoke at homes in nigeria: evidence for population-level decisions. Biomed Res Int 2015; 2015:618640.^,²²22. Nazar GP, Lee JT, Glantz SA, Arora M, Pearce N, Millett C. Association between being employed in a smoke-free workplace and living in a smoke-free home: evidence from 15 low and middle income countries. Prev Med 2014; 59:47-53.^,²³23. Lee JT, Agrawal S, Basu S, Glantz SA, Millett C. Association between smoke-free workplace and second-hand smoke exposure at home in India. Tob Control 2014; 23:308-12.^,²⁴24. Cheng KW, Glantz SA, Lightwood JM. Association between smokefree laws and voluntary smokefree-home rules. Am J Prev Med 2011; 41:566-72.^,²⁵25. Tripathy JP. Smoke-free workplaces are associated with smoke-free homes in India: evidence for action. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020; 27:41405-14., were used in the analyses as categorical variables, as follows: (1) age was stratified into “18 to 24 years” or “25 years or older”; (2) sex was categorized as “male” or “female”; (3) educational attainment was grouped into “incomplete elementary school” or “complete elementary school or higher” ¹⁶16. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2019: percepção do estado de saúde, estilos de vida, doenças crônicas e saúde bucal. Brasil e grandes regiões Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; 2020.^,¹⁸18. Szklo A, Iglesias RM, Carvalho de Souza M, Szklo M, Maria de Almeida L. Trends in Illicit Cigarette Use in Brazil Estimated from Legal Sales, 2012-2016. Am J Public Health 2018; 108:265-9.^,²⁷27. Iglesias RM, Szklo AS, Souza MC, de Almeida LM. Estimating the size of illicit tobacco consumption in Brazil: findings from the global adult tobacco survey. Tob Control 2017; 26:53-9.^,²⁸28. Szklo AS, Iglesias RM, Stoklosa M, Figueiredo VC, Welding K, Souza Junior PRB, et al. Cross-validation of four different survey methods used to estimate illicit cigarette consumption in Brazil. Tob Control 2022; 31:73-80.^,²⁹29. Szklo AS, Souza MC, Szklo M, Almeida LM. Smokers in Brazil: who are they? Tob Control 2016; 25:564-70.; (4) area of residence was categorized as “rural” or “urban”; (5) household population density was estimated as the total number of residents in the household divided by the total number of rooms, in which the cut-off point for the dichotomous variable was the average value obtained for the three surveys; (6) individuals’ residence region was divided into “North”, “Northeast”, “Central-West,” “Southeast”, or “South”; (7) degree of nicotine dependence among daily smokers was categorized according to the Heaviness of Smoking Index ³⁰30. Heatherton TF, Kozlowski LT, Frecker RC, Rickert W, Robinson J. Measuring the heaviness of smoking: using self-reported time to the first cigarette of the day and number of cigarettes smoked per day. Br J Addict 1989; 84:791-9. (“very low/low/moderate” vs. “high/very high”); and (7) users of illicit cigarettes were categorized as “yes” or “no”. To establish a boundary between both licit and illicit cigarette consumption among adult smokers, a threshold price was defined based on the amount paid per pack in smokers’ last purchase (2008 or 2013 surveys) ²⁷27. Iglesias RM, Szklo AS, Souza MC, de Almeida LM. Estimating the size of illicit tobacco consumption in Brazil: findings from the global adult tobacco survey. Tob Control 2017; 26:53-9., or information on the self-reported brand last purchased (2019 survey) and the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) list of legal brands ²⁸28. Szklo AS, Iglesias RM, Stoklosa M, Figueiredo VC, Welding K, Souza Junior PRB, et al. Cross-validation of four different survey methods used to estimate illicit cigarette consumption in Brazil. Tob Control 2022; 31:73-80. were used.

All analyses were stratified by non-smokers and current smokers, considering that individuals’ smoking status and the proportions of individuals living in smoke-free homes can provide different information about the impact of the “workplace-home tobacco denormalization” on the Brazilian society. For example, as smokers tend to live with other smokers at home ³¹31. Cobb LK, McAdams-DeMarco MA, Huxley RR, Woodward M, Koton S, Coresh J, et al. The association of spousal smoking status with the ability to quit smoking: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Am J Epidemiol 2014; 179:1182-7.^,³²32. Homish GG, Leonard KE. Spousal influence on smoking behaviors in a US community sample of newly married couples. Soc Sci Med 2005; 61:2557-67., assessing non-exposure to passive smoking at home among smokers who continued smoking (or have started smoking) gives us an indication of their future willingness to follow anti-smoking laws and, therefore, to quit smoking ²⁹29. Szklo AS, Souza MC, Szklo M, Almeida LM. Smokers in Brazil: who are they? Tob Control 2016; 25:564-70.. Evaluating non-exposure to secondhand smoke at home among current non-smokers may be particularly influenced by the decline in smoking prevalence, especially if ex-smokers, who are also current non-smokers, are those who were doubly “pressured” by the law to refrain from smoking in enclosed workplaces and by greater restrictions at their own homes, imposed by non-smoking family members.

Initially, we estimated the proportion of individuals living in smoke-free homes by the sociodemographic and smoking behavior variables described previously for 2008, 2013, and 2019, both among smokers and non-smokers. We also estimated the proportion of individuals who reported employment in smoke-free workplaces by year of the survey and smoking status. Differences in these proportions between the categories of selected variables for each year, and over time (2013 vs. 2008 or 2019 vs. 2013) for each category, were assessed by Pearson’s chi-squared test with a significance level set at 5%. Subsequently, as the outcome variable was dichotomous, a generalized linear model with binomial distribution and an identity link function was used to estimate, for each year of analysis, crude and adjusted absolute differences in non-exposure to passive smoking at home between those exposed and not exposed to passive smoking in enclosed workplaces (obtained directly from the regression coefficient of the model) ³³33. Spiegelman D, Hertzmark E. Easy SAS calculations for risk or prevalence ratios and differences. Am J Epidemiol 2005; 162:199-200.^,³⁴34. Dobson AJ, Barnett AG. An introduction to generalized linear models. 4th Ed. Boca Raton: Chapman and Hall/CRC; 2018., stratified by smoking status. The logarithmic link function was also used to evaluate crude and adjusted relative differences (obtained from the exponential of the regression coefficient of the model - 1) ³³33. Spiegelman D, Hertzmark E. Easy SAS calculations for risk or prevalence ratios and differences. Am J Epidemiol 2005; 162:199-200.^,³⁴34. Dobson AJ, Barnett AG. An introduction to generalized linear models. 4th Ed. Boca Raton: Chapman and Hall/CRC; 2018.. Furthermore, due to the different implementation stages of the smoke-free legislation in Brazil ⁶6. Hone T, Szklo AS, Filippidis FT, Laverty AA, Sattamini I, Been JV, et al. Smoke-free legislation and neonatal and infant mortality in Brazil: longitudinal quasi-experimental study. Tob Control 2020; 29:312-9.^,¹³13. Bialous SA, Martins S. Brazil: São Paulo takes the lead. Tob Control 2009; 18:341., the interaction terms “smoke-free workplace (reference category “no”) × year of the survey (reference category “year 2013”)” were initially added to the models to assess whether differences in the proportion of individuals living in smoke-free homes by the “status of protection” from passive smoking in enclosed workplaces were homogeneous by year of the survey. The interaction terms were kept in the final adjusted models, if statistically significant at p-value ≤ 0.05.

All analyses were performed using the Stata version 15.0 (https://www.stata.com) due to the complex sample design of the surveys.

Results

Table 1 shows that the proportion of individuals who reported living in smoke-free homes increased over time among non-smokers who worked indoors (p-values ≤ 0.05 in Pearson’s chi-squared tests). Regardless of year when the data were analyzed, individuals over 25 years of age, with higher educational attainment, from less crowded households or who were urban residents were less exposed to tobacco smoke at home than their counterparts.

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Table 1
Proportion of adult non-smokers who reported living in smoke-free homes among those who worked in enclosed spaces in the last 30 days *, by sociodemographic characteristics. Brazil, 2008, 2013, and 2019.

Among smokers who worked in enclosed spaces (Table 2), we also found an increase over time in the proportion of individuals who reported living in smoke-free homes (p-values ≤ 0.05 in Pearson’s chi-squared tests). For each year of analysis, this proportion was lower than that among nonsmokers (Tables 1 and 2). Male smokers or individuals with complete elementary education or higher were those least exposed in 2008 and 2019. Note the increase in the proportion of individuals not exposed to passive smoking at home among smokers aged 18 to 24 years or from more crowded households between 2013 and 2019. Heavier (more addicted) smokers or those who consumed illicit cigarettes were more likely to be exposed to environmental tobacco smoke inside their homes than their counterparts in 2013 and 2019. Supplementary Material (http://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/static//arquivo/suppl-e00107421_9002.pdf) shows the total number of individuals (non-smokers or smokers) living in smoke-free homes by sociodemographic characteristics in 2008, 2013, and 2019.

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Table 2
Proportion of adult smokers who reported living in smoke-free homes among those who worked in enclosed spaces in the last 30 days *, by sociodemographic and smoking behavior characteristics. Brazil, 2008, 2013, and 2019.

The proportion of non-smokers employed in smoke-free workplaces increased over time (between 2008 and 2019), and, among smokers, we only observed this increase between 2013 and 2019 (p-values ≤ 0.05 in Pearson’s chi-squared tests) (Table 3).

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Proportion of individuals who reported employment in smoke-free workplaces among those who worked in enclosed spaces in the last 30 days *, stratified by non-smokers and smokers. Brazil, 2008, 2013, and 2019.

Table 4 shows that, regardless of smoking status and year when the data were analyzed, individuals who were employed in smoke-free workplaces were more likely to live in smoke-free homes than those who were employed in workplaces that allowed smoking (e.g., crude absolute and relative differences, respectively, statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05. Non-smokers: 2008, +5.6% and +8.5%; 2013, +11.3% and +14.1%; 2019, +12.3% and +15.5%; smokers: +10.2% and +36.6%; 2013, +10.4% and +30.1%; 2019, +17.7% and +51.6%). Among non-smokers, differences in the proportion of individuals living in smoke-free homes between those employed and not employed in smoke-free workplaces increased between 2008 and 2013 (crude [or adjusted] p-value of additive [or multiplicative] interaction ≤ 0.05). Among smokers, absolute differences in the proportion of non-exposure to environmental tobacco smoke at home between those employed in smoke-free workplaces and those employed in workplaces that allowed smoking increased between 2013 and 2019 (crude [or adjusted] p-value for additive interaction ≤ 0.05). Although data also suggested an increase in relative differences for the most recent period, they were statistically homogeneous by year of analysis.

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Table 4
Crude and adjusted differences in the proportion of individuals who reported living in a smoke-free homes between those exposed and not exposed to passive smoking in enclosed workplaces, by year of the survey and smoking status. Brazil 2008, 2013, and 2019.

Discussion

Our findings showed a positive association between working in smoke-free workplaces and living in smoke-free homes, regardless of the year of the survey and smoking status. Among non-smokers, this relation became stronger between 2008 and 2013, remaining stable between 2013 and 2019, probably due to the high protection levels from passive smoking at home that had already been reached in 2013. Since we also found an increase over time in the proportion of individuals who were employed in smoke-free workplaces, this represented, in absolute terms, millions of individuals more protected from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in Brazil for the total analytical period of this study (Supplementary Material: http://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/static//arquivo/suppl-e00107421_1128.pdf). This finding is in line with one of the initial hypotheses of a study suggesting that smokers who have quit smoking in Brazil between 2008 and 2019 (smoking prevalence among adults who worked indoors decreased from 17.1% in 2008 to 11.2% in 2019; data not shown in the table) ¹⁴14. Instituto Nacional de Câncer. Global adult tobacco survey Brazil 2008. Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Nacional de Câncer; 2010.^,¹⁵15. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2013: percepção do estado de saúde, estilos de vida e doenças crônicas. Brasil, grandes regiões e Unidades de Federação. Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; 2014.^,¹⁶16. Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística. Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2019: percepção do estado de saúde, estilos de vida, doenças crônicas e saúde bucal. Brasil e grandes regiões Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística; 2020.^,¹⁷17. Levy D, Almeida LM, Szklo A. The Brazil SimSmoke policy simulation model: the effect of strong tobacco control policies on smoking prevalence and smoking-attributable deaths in a middle-income nation. PLoS Med 2012; 9:e1001336.^,²⁹29. Szklo AS, Souza MC, Szklo M, Almeida LM. Smokers in Brazil: who are they? Tob Control 2016; 25:564-70. may have been those most pressured, among other aspects, both by the effective implementation of restrictive smoking legislation in enclosed workplaces and by non-smoking family members exposed to passive smoking at home.

Among smokers, only after the Decree-Law n. 8,262/2014⁸8. Brasil. Decreto nº 8.262, de 31 de maio de 2014. Altera o Decreto nº 2.018, de 1º de outubro de 1996, que regulamenta a Lei nº 9.294, de 15 de julho de 1996. Diário Oficial da União 2014; 2 jun., which regulated the comprehensive ban on smoking in enclosed public places in Brazil, there was an increase in the proportion of smokers not exposed to passive smoking in enclosed workplaces (despite the fact that this “protection” should have been 100% in 2019). It is important to note that these smokers have also benefited from an increase in the proportion of individuals living in smoke-free homes (“workplace-home tobacco denormalization”). These findings can bring subsequent positive results toward smoking cessation for these “remaining smokers” who are more aware of the impacts of passive smoking on individuals’ health. These smokers, who probably live with other smokers ³¹31. Cobb LK, McAdams-DeMarco MA, Huxley RR, Woodward M, Koton S, Coresh J, et al. The association of spousal smoking status with the ability to quit smoking: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Am J Epidemiol 2014; 179:1182-7.^,³²32. Homish GG, Leonard KE. Spousal influence on smoking behaviors in a US community sample of newly married couples. Soc Sci Med 2005; 61:2557-67., spontaneously opted to follow an anti-smoking social norm without having, theoretically, the obligation to do so, possibly making them “more sensitive to interacting” in the future with other anti-smoking measures, such as the offer of help to stop smoking ²⁹29. Szklo AS, Souza MC, Szklo M, Almeida LM. Smokers in Brazil: who are they? Tob Control 2016; 25:564-70.. Between 2008 and 2013, the increase in the proportion of smokers who were living in smoke-free homes, but who were still employed in workplaces that allowed smoking is likely related to the implementation of other tobacco control policies intended to make smoking less desirable, acceptable, and accessible in the society (e.g., the tobacco tax reform that took place in 2011 and/or the introduction of new pictorial health warnings on cigarette packs in 2009) ³⁵35. Brasil. Decreto nº 7.555, de 19 de agosto de 2011. Regulamenta os arts. 14 a 20 da Medida Provisória nº 540, de 2 de agosto de 2011, que dispõem sobre a incidência do Imposto sobre Produtos Industrializados - IPI, no mercado interno e na importação, relativo aos cigarros classificados no código 2402.20.00 da Tabela de Incidência do IPI, e dá outras providências. Diário Oficial da União 2011; 22 aug.^,³⁶36. Coordenação de Prevenção e Vigilância, Instituto Nacional de Câncer. Brasil: advertências sanitárias nos produtos de tabaco 2009. Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Nacional de Câncer; 2008..

A recent study conducted in Brazil showed that medical students from a university that enforced an official policy banning smoking in school buildings and clinics were more likely to believe that health professionals should serve as role models to help their patients and the general population to quit smoking/not to start smoking than students from a university that allowed passive smoking ³⁷37. Martins SR, Szklo AS, Bussacos MA, Prado GF, Paceli RB, Fernandes FLA, et al. Knowledge and attitudes about WHO MPOWER policies to reduce tobacco use at the population level: comparison between third and sixth year medical students. J Bras Pneumol 2020; 46:e20190402.. This finding reinforces the fact that smoke-free laws may act synergistically with other tobacco control measures to more effectively reduce smoking prevalence ⁴4. World Health Organization. WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2021: addressing new and emerging products. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021.^,⁶6. Hone T, Szklo AS, Filippidis FT, Laverty AA, Sattamini I, Been JV, et al. Smoke-free legislation and neonatal and infant mortality in Brazil: longitudinal quasi-experimental study. Tob Control 2020; 29:312-9.^,¹⁷17. Levy D, Almeida LM, Szklo A. The Brazil SimSmoke policy simulation model: the effect of strong tobacco control policies on smoking prevalence and smoking-attributable deaths in a middle-income nation. PLoS Med 2012; 9:e1001336.^,¹⁸18. Szklo A, Iglesias RM, Carvalho de Souza M, Szklo M, Maria de Almeida L. Trends in Illicit Cigarette Use in Brazil Estimated from Legal Sales, 2012-2016. Am J Public Health 2018; 108:265-9.. Another study conducted in the United States among adolescents aged 15 to 17 years found an association between employment in smoke-free workplaces (and/or living in smoke-free homes) and prevention of smoking initiation ³⁸38. Farkas AJ, Gilpin EA, White MM, Pierce JP. Association between household and workplace smoking restrictions and adolescent smoking. JAMA 2000; 284:717-22., thus also corroborating the importance of implementing strategies which support the idea that tobacco use is a socially inacceptable behavior.

Our findings are largely consistent with those found in the international literature ²¹21. Kaleta D, Polanska K, Usidame B. Smoke-free workplaces are associated with protection from second-hand smoke at homes in nigeria: evidence for population-level decisions. Biomed Res Int 2015; 2015:618640.^,²²22. Nazar GP, Lee JT, Glantz SA, Arora M, Pearce N, Millett C. Association between being employed in a smoke-free workplace and living in a smoke-free home: evidence from 15 low and middle income countries. Prev Med 2014; 59:47-53.^,²³23. Lee JT, Agrawal S, Basu S, Glantz SA, Millett C. Association between smoke-free workplace and second-hand smoke exposure at home in India. Tob Control 2014; 23:308-12.^,²⁴24. Cheng KW, Glantz SA, Lightwood JM. Association between smokefree laws and voluntary smokefree-home rules. Am J Prev Med 2011; 41:566-72.^,²⁵25. Tripathy JP. Smoke-free workplaces are associated with smoke-free homes in India: evidence for action. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020; 27:41405-14.. As Brazil has high protection levels from passive smoking at home, even among individuals who are employed in workplaces that allow smoking, when compared to other international studies, we found a smaller relative difference in the proportion of individuals who reported living in smoke-free homes between those exposed and not exposed to passive smoking in enclosed workplaces ²¹21. Kaleta D, Polanska K, Usidame B. Smoke-free workplaces are associated with protection from second-hand smoke at homes in nigeria: evidence for population-level decisions. Biomed Res Int 2015; 2015:618640.^,²²22. Nazar GP, Lee JT, Glantz SA, Arora M, Pearce N, Millett C. Association between being employed in a smoke-free workplace and living in a smoke-free home: evidence from 15 low and middle income countries. Prev Med 2014; 59:47-53.^,²³23. Lee JT, Agrawal S, Basu S, Glantz SA, Millett C. Association between smoke-free workplace and second-hand smoke exposure at home in India. Tob Control 2014; 23:308-12.^,²⁴24. Cheng KW, Glantz SA, Lightwood JM. Association between smokefree laws and voluntary smokefree-home rules. Am J Prev Med 2011; 41:566-72.^,²⁵25. Tripathy JP. Smoke-free workplaces are associated with smoke-free homes in India: evidence for action. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020; 27:41405-14.. In fact, when combining data for both smokers and non-smokers (not shown in a table), percentages of individuals who reported living in smoke-free homes in 2008 (66.1% among those protected from passive smoking in enclosed workplaces and 57.1% among those exposed to passive smoking in enclosed workplaces) were, for example, higher than the proportions found in 11 low- and middle-income countries between 2008 and 2011 ²²22. Nazar GP, Lee JT, Glantz SA, Arora M, Pearce N, Millett C. Association between being employed in a smoke-free workplace and living in a smoke-free home: evidence from 15 low and middle income countries. Prev Med 2014; 59:47-53., higher than those found in the United States in 2007 ²⁴24. Cheng KW, Glantz SA, Lightwood JM. Association between smokefree laws and voluntary smokefree-home rules. Am J Prev Med 2011; 41:566-72., or higher than those found among smokers living in four high-income European countries in 2009 ³⁹39. Mons U, Nagelhout GE, Allwright S, Guignard R, van den Putte B, Willemsen MC, et al. Impact of national smoke-free legislation on home smoking bans: findings from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project Europe Surveys. Tob Control 2013; 22:e2-9.. More recently, the proportions of Brazilian adults living in smoke-free homes, stratified by employment in smoke-free workplaces or not in 2013 (86.3% and 67.2%, respectively) and in 2019 (88.5% and 66.3%, respectively), were also higher than those found in India in 2016/2017 ²⁵25. Tripathy JP. Smoke-free workplaces are associated with smoke-free homes in India: evidence for action. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2020; 27:41405-14..

Despite its recognition as a world leader in the fight against tobacco use ⁴4. World Health Organization. WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2021: addressing new and emerging products. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021., Brazil still faces enormous challenges to reduce the social acceptance of smoking and, as a consequence, the number of smokers, associated with approximately BRL 125 billion per year in direct and indirect costs ⁴⁰40. Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria. A importância de aumentar os impostos do tabaco https://www.iecs.org.ar/wp-content/uploads/tabaco-brasil.pdf (accessed on 22/Oct/2021).
https://www.iecs.org.ar/wp-content/uploa... . In particular, it is necessary to increase tobacco tax rates and minimum prices by more than the inflation ratio, as they have not been adjusted in recent years and cigarettes have become more affordable ³⁵35. Brasil. Decreto nº 7.555, de 19 de agosto de 2011. Regulamenta os arts. 14 a 20 da Medida Provisória nº 540, de 2 de agosto de 2011, que dispõem sobre a incidência do Imposto sobre Produtos Industrializados - IPI, no mercado interno e na importação, relativo aos cigarros classificados no código 2402.20.00 da Tabela de Incidência do IPI, e dá outras providências. Diário Oficial da União 2011; 22 aug.^,⁴¹41. Tobacconomics; Instituto Nacional de Câncer; World Health Organization. Cigarette tax policy in brazil: recent trends, current challenges, and ways forward. https://tobacconomics.org/files/research/653/uic-brazil-policy-brief-v4.1-1.pdf (accessed on 22/Oct/2021).
https://tobacconomics.org/files/research... . It is also essential to combat the illegal cigarette market by implementing the Protocol, ratified in 2018, to eliminate illicit trade in tobacco products ⁵5. World Health Organization. WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. http://www.who.int/fctc/text_download/en/index.html (accessed on 19/Apr/2017).
http://www.who.int/fctc/text_download/en... . The fact that smokers of illicit cigarettes are more exposed to passive smoking either in the workplace or at home poses an additional barrier to smoking cessation. Moreover, it is important to enforce the current ban/restriction on the marketing, advertising, and use of electronic nicotine delivery systems ⁴²42. Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária. Resolução RDC nº 46, de 28 de agosto de 2009. Diário Oficial da União 2009; 31 aug., since these products seriously threaten the policy of protection from environmental tobacco smoke and, therefore, also the “workplace-home tobacco denormalization” ³⁸38. Farkas AJ, Gilpin EA, White MM, Pierce JP. Association between household and workplace smoking restrictions and adolescent smoking. JAMA 2000; 284:717-22.. Among other aspects, the tobacco industry misleadingly promotes these electronic devices as safe for indoor consumption, thus contributing to increasing the perception that tobacco use is a socially acceptable behavior.

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http://www.who.int/fctc/text_download/en... ^,⁶6. Hone T, Szklo AS, Filippidis FT, Laverty AA, Sattamini I, Been JV, et al. Smoke-free legislation and neonatal and infant mortality in Brazil: longitudinal quasi-experimental study. Tob Control 2020; 29:312-9.^,¹⁹19. Bardach A, Calderón M, Soto N, Pinto M, Navega Biz A, Ciapponi A, et al. Ambientes libres de humo: paquete de evidencia para la implementación de políticas de control del tabaco en Brasil. Buenos Aires: Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria; 2017. (Documento Técnico IECS, 31)., thereby gaining the support of both smokers and non-smokers ⁴³43. Mendes FL, Szklo AS, Perez CA, Cavalcante TM, Fong GT. Perceived enforcement of anti-smoking laws in bars and restaurants of three Brazilian cities: data from the ITC-Brazil survey. Cad Saúde Pública 2017; 33 Suppl 3:e00140315.. A recent proposal to expand “tobacco denormalization” in Brazil comes with a law bill that requires that smoking inside a vehicle be considered a traffic violation if in the presence of someone under 18 years of age ⁴⁴44. Serra J. Projeto de Lei nº 6.387 de 2019. Altera a Lei nº 9.294, de 15 de julho de 1996 (Lei Antifumo), para vedar a propaganda de produtos fumígenos, derivados ou não do tabaco, e o uso de aditivos, bem como para estabelecer formato padrão para as embalagens desses produtos; e altera a Lei nº 9.503, de 23 de setembro de 1997 (Código de Trânsito Brasileiro), para qualificar como infração de trânsito o ato de fumar em veículos quando houver passageiros menores de 18 (dezoito) anos. https://www.camara.leg.br/propostas-legislativas/2233479 (accessed on 22/Oct/2021).
https://www.camara.leg.br/propostas-legi... . Almost 90% of the surveyed population of three of the largest Brazilian capitals supports this initiative ⁴⁵45. Universidade de Waterloo; Instituto Nacional de Câncer José Alencar Gomes da Silva; Secretaria Nacional de Políticas sobre Drogas, Ministério da Justiça do Brasil; Fundação do Câncer, Aliança de Controle do Tabaco; Centro de Estudos sobre Tabaco e Saúde, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Relatório do projeto ITC Brasil. Resultados das Ondas 1 a 3 da Pesquisa (2009-2016/17). https://www.inca.gov.br/publicacoes/relatorios/relatorio-do-projeto-itc-brasil-resultados-das-ondas-1-3-da-pesquisa-2009 (accessed on 22/Oct/2021).
https://www.inca.gov.br/publicacoes/rela... , corroborating the expected association between employment in smoke-free workplaces (and/or living in smoke-free homes) and the voluntary smoke-free rule inside a private vehicle ⁴⁶46. Cheng KW, Okechukwu CA, McMillen R, Glantz SA. Association between clean indoor air laws and voluntary smokefree rules in homes and cars. Tob Control 2015; 24:168-74.. However, as with the implementation of the 100% smoke-free law ⁶6. Hone T, Szklo AS, Filippidis FT, Laverty AA, Sattamini I, Been JV, et al. Smoke-free legislation and neonatal and infant mortality in Brazil: longitudinal quasi-experimental study. Tob Control 2020; 29:312-9.^,¹⁰10. Bialous SA, Presman S, Gigliotti A, Muggli M, Hurt R. The tobacco industry's response to the creation of smoke-free spaces in Brazil. Rev Panam Salud Pública 2010; 27:283-90., this and many other proposals aimed at reducing tobacco use in Brazil are not fully protected from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry ⁴⁷47. Cenoz J. Prohibition of additives in cigarettes: 2 years after judgment of the STF, measure remains postponed. http://blog.actbr.org.br/controle-do-tabagismo/proibicao-deadificados-em-cigarros-2-anos-apos-julgamento-do-stfmedida-segue-protelada/2257 (accessed on 6/feb/2020).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIC12ON_... , which cause delays that represent lost lives and increased costs to society for the treatment of tobacco-related diseases ¹1. Eriksen M, Mackay J, Schluger N, Islami F, Drope J. The tobacco atlas. 5th Ed. Atlanta: American Cancer Society; 2015.^,²2. GBD 2017 Risk Factor Collaborators. Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioral, environmental, and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet 2018; 392:1923-94.^,³3. Pinto M, Bardach A, Palacios A, Biz A, Alcaraz A, Rodriguez B, et al. Burden of smoking in Brazil and potential benefit of increasing taxes on cigarettes for the economy and for reducing morbidity and mortality. Cad Saúde Pública 2019; 35:e00129118.^,⁶6. Hone T, Szklo AS, Filippidis FT, Laverty AA, Sattamini I, Been JV, et al. Smoke-free legislation and neonatal and infant mortality in Brazil: longitudinal quasi-experimental study. Tob Control 2020; 29:312-9.^,¹⁷17. Levy D, Almeida LM, Szklo A. The Brazil SimSmoke policy simulation model: the effect of strong tobacco control policies on smoking prevalence and smoking-attributable deaths in a middle-income nation. PLoS Med 2012; 9:e1001336.^,⁴⁰40. Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria. A importância de aumentar os impostos do tabaco https://www.iecs.org.ar/wp-content/uploads/tabaco-brasil.pdf (accessed on 22/Oct/2021).
https://www.iecs.org.ar/wp-content/uploa... .

Limitations

Due to the cross-sectional nature of the nationally representative surveys included in this analysis, it is impossible to infer causality between being employment in smoke-free workplaces and living in smoke-free homes. However, longitudinal studies conducted in high-income countries have already shown this association ²⁴24. Cheng KW, Glantz SA, Lightwood JM. Association between smokefree laws and voluntary smokefree-home rules. Am J Prev Med 2011; 41:566-72.^,³⁹39. Mons U, Nagelhout GE, Allwright S, Guignard R, van den Putte B, Willemsen MC, et al. Impact of national smoke-free legislation on home smoking bans: findings from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project Europe Surveys. Tob Control 2013; 22:e2-9.. Moreover, in Brazil, the increase over time in the proportion of individuals protected from passive smoking in enclosed workplaces is in line with the implementation of a comprehensive clean indoor air law ⁶6. Hone T, Szklo AS, Filippidis FT, Laverty AA, Sattamini I, Been JV, et al. Smoke-free legislation and neonatal and infant mortality in Brazil: longitudinal quasi-experimental study. Tob Control 2020; 29:312-9.^,⁷7. Brasil. Lei nº 12.546, de 14 de dezembro de 2011. Institui o Regime Especial de Reintegração de Valores Tributários para as Empresas Exportadoras (Reintegra); dispõe sobre a redução do Imposto sobre Produtos Industrializados (IPI) à indústria automotiva; altera a incidência das contribuições previdenciárias devidas pelas empresas que menciona; altera as Leis nº 11.774, de 17 de setembro de 2008, nº 11.033, de 21 de dezembro de 2004, nº 11.196, de 21 de novembro de 2005, nº 10.865, de 30 de abril de 2004, nº 11.508, de 20 de julho de 2007, nº 7.291, de 19 de dezembro de 1984, nº 11.491, de 20 de junho de 2007, nº 9.782, de 26 de janeiro de 1999, e nº 9.294, de 15 de julho de 1996, e a Medida Provisória nº 2.199-14, de 24 de agosto de 2001; revoga o art. 1º da Lei nº 11.529, de 22 de outubro de 2007, e o art. 6º do Decreto-Lei nº 1.593, de 21 de dezembro de 1977, nos termos que especifica; e dá outras providências. Diário Oficial da União 2011; 15 dec.^,⁸8. Brasil. Decreto nº 8.262, de 31 de maio de 2014. Altera o Decreto nº 2.018, de 1º de outubro de 1996, que regulamenta a Lei nº 9.294, de 15 de julho de 1996. Diário Oficial da União 2014; 2 jun.^,⁹9. Brasil. Lei nº 9.294, de 15 julho de 1996. Dispõe sobre as restrições ao uso e à propaganda de produtos fumígeros, bebidas alcoólicas, medicamentos, terapias e defensivos agrícolas, nos termos do § 4º do art. 220 da Constituição Federal. Diário Oficial da União 1996; 16 jul.. Although we stratified our analyses by individuals’ smoking status and “status of protection” from passive smoking in enclosed workplaces, it was impossible to fully assess the differential impact of other anti-smoking policies, implemented between 2008 and 2019, on the proportion of individuals living in smoke-free homes. Finally, biases may have resulted from self-reported information on tobacco behavior and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, due to the growing social disapproval associated with smoking in Brazil/in the world ⁴⁹49. Gallus S, Tramacere I, Boffetta P, Fernandez E, Rossi S, Zuccaro P, et al. Temporal changes of under-reporting of cigarette consumption in population-based studies. Tob Control 2011; 20:34-9..

Conclusion

Strengthening smoke-free legislation in Brazil was probably related to a reduction in passive smoking at home, which may also reduce the burden of mortality, morbidity, and costs for society associated with smoking.

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Sociodemographic characteristic	Individuals living in smoke-free homes [% (95%CI)]
Sociodemographic characteristic	PETab 2008	PNS 2013	PNS 2019
Total	69.8 (68.6; 70.9) **	89.6 (88.8; 90.3) **	91.0 (90.4; 91.6) **
Gender
Male	70.5 (69.0; 72.0) **	90.7 (89.6; 91.6) ^,*	92.1 (90.4; 91.6) ^,*
Female	69.0 (67.4; 70.5) **	88.6 (87.5; 89.6) ^,*	90.1 (89.2; 90.8) ^,*
Age (years)
18-24	64.4 (61.6; 67.0) ^,*	84.0 (81.5; 86.2) ^,*	84.5 (81.5; 86.2) ***
25 or older	71.1 (69.9; 72.2) ^,*	90.7 (89.9; 91.5) ^,*	92.1 (91.5; 92.6) ^,*
Educational attainment
Incomplete elementary school	65.8 (63.6; 67.9) ^,*	86.0 (84.2; 87.6) ^,*	88.4 (87.0; 89.7) ^,*
Complete elementary school or higher	71.1 (69.8; 72.3) ^,*	90.5 (89.6; 91.3)^,*	91.5 (90.9; 92.2) ^,*
Household population density ^#
> 0.61	68.4 (66.6; 70.1) ^,*	86.1 (84.5; 87.4) ^,*	88.2 (86.8; 89.4) ^,*
≤ 0.61	70.9 (69.6; 72.2) ^,*	91.6 (90.7; 92.4) ^,*	92.5 (91.9; 93.1) ***
Area of residence
Rural	61.3 (56.5; 65.8) ^,*	86.2 (83.0; 88.8) ^,*	88.7 (86.9; 90.3) ***
Urban	70.3 (69.2; 71.5) ^,*	89.8 (88.9;90.5) ^,*	91.2 (90.5; 91.8) ^,*
Region of residence
North ^##	74.1 (71.0; 76.9) ^,*	90.8 (88.5; 92.7) **	92.4 (91.1; 93.5) ***
Northeast	68.8 (66.3; 71.2) ^,*	88.7 (87.1; 90.1) **	90.8 (90.0; 91.7) ^,*
Central-West	70.2 (66.9; 73.2) **	89.4 (87.7; 90.9) **	91.5 (90.1; 92.8) **
Southeast	69.7 (67.9; 71.4) ^,*	90.1 (88.7; 91.3) **	90.6 (89.5; 91.6) ***
South	69.4 (66.9; 71.8) ^,*	88.9 (86.9; 90.6) **	91.7 (90.4; 92.9) **

Selected characteristics	Individuals who reported living in smoke-free homes [% (95%CI)]
Selected characteristics	PETab 2008	PNS 2013	PNS 2019
Total	34.8 (32.5; 37.3) **	41.6 (38.6; 44.5) **	47.2 (44.4; 50.0) **
Gender
Male	37.3 (34.3; 40.4) ^,*	43.7 (39.7; 47.9) **	50.2 (46.5; 54.0) ^,*
Female	30.7 (27.2; 34.5) ^,*	38.3 (34.3; 42.4) **	43.0 (39.1; 47.0) ***
Age (years)
18-24	37.8 (31.2; 44.9)	35.7 (27.2; 45.2) **	53.8 (44.2; 63.1) **
25 or older	34.4 (31.9; 36.9) **	42.4 (39.4; 45.5) **	46.2 (43.5; 49.0)
Educational attainment
Incomplete elementary school	30.7 (27.4; 34.2) ^,*	38.1 (33.7; 42.8) **	40.0 (35.6; 44.6) ***
Complete elementary school or higher	38.0 (34.8; 41.3) ^,*	43.2 (39.5; 47.0) **	50.1 (46.8; 53.5) ^,*
Household population density ^#
> 0.61	36.3 (32.7; 40.0)	40.3 (35.9; 44.9) **	48.0 (43.1; 52.8) **
≤ 0.61	33.5 (30.4; 36.6) **	42.5 (38.7; 46.4) **	46.7 (43.5; 49.9)
Area of residence
Rural	29.3 (21.4; 38.7) **	45.2 (36.9; 53.7) **	45.0 (34.7; 55.8)
Urban	35.2 (32.8; 37.7) **	41.3 (38.2; 44.5) **	47.3 (44.5; 50.2) **
Region of residence
North ^##	40.4 (32.6; 48.8) ***	48.3 (40.8; 56.0) ***	46.9 (40.1; 53.7)
Northeast	30.5 (25.8; 35.6) ***	35.7 (30.0; 41.9) ^,*	45.0 (39.5; 50.7) **
Central-West	38.7 (33.0; 44.7)	42.0 (36.1; 48.3)	45.7 (39.8; 51.7)
Southeast	34.4 (30.7; 38.2) **	44.7 (40.0; 49.4) **	48.1 (43.5; 52.7)
South	37.0 (32.0; 42.3)	36.6 (30.6; 43.1) ^,*	47.2 (42.3; 52.1) **
Level of nicotine dependence ^###
Low/Moderate	34.5 (31.7; 37.5) ^,*	43.2 (39.5; 47.0) ^,*	46.8 (43.6; 50.0) ***
High	25.6 (20.5; 31.4) ^,*	18.0 (13.5; 23.6) ^,*	29.0 (23.3; 35.5) ^,*
Consumption of illicit cigarettes ^§
No	35.3 (32.5; 38.2) **	42.8 (39.3; 46.2) ^,*	50.5 (47.2; 53.8) ^,*
Yes	32.4 (25.6; 40.1)	34.1 (28.5; 40.3) ***	40.3 (34.8; 46.1) ***

Smoking status	Individuals employed in smoke-free workplaces [% (95%CI)]
Smoking status	PETab 2008	PNS 2013	PNS 2019
Non-smokers	76.4 (75.4; 77.4) ^,*	86.6 (85.7; 87.4) ^,*	91.6 (91.0; 92.2) ^,*
Smokers	67.2 (64.8; 69.4) ***	65.7 (62.6; 68.6) ^,*	71.8 (69.4; 74.1) ^,*

Selected characteristics	Smoke-free home [% (95%CI)]	Absolute difference [% (95%CI)] *		Relative difference [% (95%CI)] *
Selected characteristics	Smoke-free home [% (95%CI)]	Crude	Adjusted	Crude	Adjusted
Non-smokers
PETab 2008/Smoke-free workplace
No	65.5 (63.2; 67.8) **	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Yes	71.1 (69.8; 72.4) **	5.6 (3.2; 8.0) ***	5.5 (3.1; 7.9) ***	8.5 (4.6; 12.4) ***	8.4 (4.5; 12.2) ***
PNS 2013/Smoke-free workplace
No	79.8 (76.9; 82.5) **	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Yes	91.1 (90.3; 91.8) **	11.3 (8.4; 14.1) ***	10.5 (7.7; 13.4) ***	14.1 (10.0; 18.2) ***	13.6 (9.6; 17.7) ***
PNS 2019/Smoke-free workplace
No	79.7 (77.1; 82.2)	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Yes	92.1 (91.4; 92.6) **	12.3 (9.5; 15.1)	10.5 (7.7; 13.4)	15.5 (11.4; 19.5)	13.6 (9.6; 17.7)
Smokers
PETab 2008/Smoke-free workplace
No	28.0 (24.0; 32.3) **	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Yes	38.2 (35.4; 41.1) **	10.2 (5.4; 15.0)	7.1 (1.0; 13.6)	36.6 (15.3; 57.8)	32.1 (18.2; 45.9)
PNS 2013/Smoke-free workplace
No	34.7 (29.5; 40.3) **	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Yes	45.1 (41.6; 48.7) **	10.4 (4.3; 16.6) ***	7.1 (1.0; 13.6) ***	30.1 (8.7; 51.4)	32.1 (18.2; 45.9)
PNS 2019/Smoke-free workplace
No	34.4 (30.0; 39.1)	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Yes	52.2 (48.9; 55.4) **	17.7 (13.2; 22.3) ***	15.6 (10.5; 20.8) ***	51.6 (29.4; 73.7)	32.1 (18.2; 45.9)

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