Cochrane · systematic review · CD011856

Impact of institutional smoking bans on reducing harms and secondhand smoke exposure

Frazer, K, McHugh, J, Callinan, JE, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2016 · Cochrane Library

Tobacco AddictionAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
4
current version
GRADE rated
3
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 1 · 25%Very low 0 · 0%Low 3 · 75%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Impact of institutional bans in hospitals, universities and prisons

Population: Smokers
4 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Active smoking, hospital setting
RR 0.75 [0.69, 0.81]8 studies · 5986 participantsLow
Downgraded: inconsistency
Active smoking, university setting
RR 0.72 [0.64, 0.8]2 studies · 6369 participantsLow
Active smoking, prison setting
RR 0.99 [0.84, 1.16]1 study · 130 participantsLow
Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency
Smoking‐related mortality ‐ prison setting
no estimate extracted0 studies · 2 participantsUngraded