The long road to smokefree bars in the Netherlands: findings from the ITC Netherlands Survey 2008-2016

Background The Netherlands implemented smokefree legislation in July 2008. However, this legislation was reversed and reimplemented for small bars without employees several times. Since October 2014, the smokefree legislation applies to all bars again, but not all of them comply and designated smoking rooms are still allowed. Methods A nationally representative sample of adult smokers from the Netherlands was interviewed each year between 2008 and 2016 as part of the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Survey (n=1246-1773 per year). Trends in perceptions of rules about smoking in bars they vis... Mehr ...