"Fewer problems at birth by smoking ban '

There are fewer children born with low weight and the number has decreased extremely preterm infants, writes the AD , that the research holds.

The study looked at the birth rates between 2000 and 2011 and watched specifically at two moments: the introduction of the smoke-free workplace in 2004 and the introduction of the smoking ban in 2008.

The measures appear to be working. "What we saw was that there was actually no significant changes occurred after the introduction of the smoke-free workplace, but that after the introduction of smoke-free hospitality industry could see a reduction in the number of children born with a low birth weight. This decline is about 4 to 5 percent, "said researcher Jasper Bone.

It is clear to Leg that the change has come from the smoking ban. "Formally, you could say that there was a reduction in the time the tobacco was introduced, we can not explain in any other way."

LESS SMOKING IN HOUSE

Besides that there are born weighing too low after the introduction of the ban less children, so did the number of children born extremely prematurely off.

The smoking ban, according to the study not only provided less passive smokers in public, but also for less gerook at home, in people's homes so. "You see that such laws not only affect the areas for which they are intended, such as bars and restaurants, but people who take home social norms because they are more aware of the dangers of passive smoking."

Leg according to the Government would still be allowed to go one step further. "There's a lot in the message you deliver when government. When you say you can still smoke in certain areas, you give off a clear message that you take it seriously and that passive smoking is also really dangerous. There may still be something in place. "

http://www.metronieuws.nl/nieuws by Jordy Kruse Photo: Subway