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dc.rights.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ar/es_AR
dc.contributor.authorGonzález-Rozada, Martínes_AR
dc.contributor.authorPrieto-Lara, Elisa
dc.contributor.authorSandoval, Guillermo A.
dc.contributor.editorPan American Journal of Public Health
dc.coverage.spatialRegión del Caribees_AR
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-23T15:20:48Z
dc.date.available2022-11-23T15:20:48Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationGonzález-Rozada M, Prieto-Lara E, Sandoval GA. Effect of comprehensive smoke-free legislation on the tourism industry in countries of the Caribbean Community. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2022;46:e146. https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2022/146
dc.identifier.issn1680-5348
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/11438
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2022/146
dc.identifier.urihttps://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/56463
dc.description.abstractObjective. To assess whether the introduction of comprehensive smoke-free legislation affected tourism in four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries – Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. Methods. We compared the evolution of three tourism variables – tourist arrivals, tourist expenditure, and aver- age length of stay – in a country implementing smoke-free environments (treated country) with the evolution of these variables in the same country if smoke-free legislation had not been implemented. We used a synthetic control method to recreate this counterfactual scenario by constructing a synthetic country using a weighted average of several donor-pool CARICOM countries that did not introduce legislation on smoke-free environ- ments during the period analyzed. We quantified the effect of the smoke-free environments on tourism as the difference between tourism variables in the treated and synthetic country. To assess whether the estimated effect of the smoke-free environments was the result of chance, we compared the effects of legislation in the treated country to placebo effects in the donor pool by assuming comprehensive smoke-free legislation was introduced in the same year as in the treated country. Results. Implementing smoke-free environments did not affect the arrival of tourists, tourism expenditure, or the average length of stay in the four countries. Conclusions. Our findings provide strong evidence that public policies banning smoking in public places do not affect hospitality and tourism businesses. Given the economic significance of this industry in the Carib- bean, the local evidence provided by this study will help to effectively counteract interference by the tobacco industry and advance towards a smoke-free Caribbean.es_AR
dc.description.sponsorshipPan American Journal of Public Health
dc.format.extent1-8 p.es_AR
dc.format.mediumapplication/pdfes_AR
dc.languagespaes_AR
dc.relation.ispartofRev Panam Salud Publica;46, oct. 2022. Special Issue Tobacco Control
dc.relation.ispartofRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesses_AR
dc.subjectSmoke-Free Environmentses_AR
dc.subjectSmokinges_AR
dc.subjectPublic Policyes_AR
dc.subjectTourismes_AR
dc.subjectCaribbean Regiones_AR
dc.subjectAmbientes Libres de Humoes_AR
dc.subjectFumares_AR
dc.subjectPolítica Públicaes_AR
dc.subjectTurismoes_AR
dc.titleEffect of comprehensive smoke-free legislation on the tourism industry in countries of the Caribbean Communityes_AR
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dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiones_AR


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