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. 2022 May 10:46:e146.
doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2022.146. eCollection 2022.

Effect of comprehensive smoke-free legislation on the tourism industry in countries of the Caribbean Community

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Effect of comprehensive smoke-free legislation on the tourism industry in countries of the Caribbean Community

Martin González-Rozada et al. Rev Panam Salud Publica. .

Abstract

Objective: 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 average 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 environments 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 Caribbean, the local evidence provided by this study will help to effectively counteract interference by the tobacco industry and advance towards a smoke-free Caribbean.

Objetivo: Evaluar si la introducción de una legislación integral sobre ambientes libres de humo tuvo algún efecto sobre el turismo en cuatro países de la Comunidad del Caribe (CARICOM): Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica y Trinidad y Tobago.

Métodos: Comparamos la evolución de tres variables turísticas (llegada de turistas, gasto de los turistas y duración promedio de la estancia) en un país que ha establecido entornos libres de humo de tabaco (país tratado) con la evolución de estas variables en el mismo país si no se hubiera adoptado una legislación sobre ambientes libres de humo. Se empleó un método de control sintético para recrear este escenario contrafáctico mediante la construcción de un país sintético utilizando un promedio ponderado de varios países del grupo de donantes de CARICOM que no habían introducido una legislación relativa a entornos libres de humo durante el período analizado. Se cuantificó el efecto de los entornos libres de humo de tabaco sobre el turismo como la diferencia entre las variables turísticas en el país tratado y el sintético. Para evaluar si el efecto estimado de los entornos libres de humo fue estadísticamente significativo, se compararon los efectos de la legislación en el país tratado con los efectos placebo en el grupo de donantes mediante la suposición de que se hubiese introducido una legislación integral sobre ambientes libre de humo en el mismo año que en el país tratado.

Resultados: La implementación de entornos sin humo de tabaco no tuvo ningún efecto en la llegada de turistas, el gasto de los turistas o la duración promedio de la estancia en los cuatro países.

Conclusiones: Nuestros hallazgos ofrecen una prueba sólida de que las políticas públicas que prohíben fumar en lugares públicos no afectan a las empresas de hospitalidad y turismo. Dada la importancia económica de esta industria en el Caribe, la evidencia local proporcionada por este estudio ayudará a contrarrestar eficazmente la interferencia de la industria tabacalera y avanzar hacia una Comunidad del Caribe libre de humo de tabaco.

Objetivo: Avaliar se a promulgação de uma lei antifumo abrangente afetou o turismo em quatro países da Comunidade do Caribe (CARICOM), a saber: Barbados, Guiana, Jamaica e Trinidad e Tobago.

Métodos: Comparamos a evolução de três variáveis relacionadas ao turismo (desembarque de turistas, despesas de turistas e duração média da estadia) em um país que havia implementado ambientes livres de fumo (país tratado) com a evolução dessas variáveis no mesmo país se a lei antifumo não tivesse sido implementada. Usamos um método de controle sintético para recriar esse contrafactual, construindo um país sintético usando uma média ponderada de vários países doadores da CARICOM que não promulgaram leis sobre ambientes livres de fumaça durante o período analisado. Quantificamos o efeito dos ambientes livres de fumo no turismo como a diferença entre as variáveis de turismo no país tratado e no país sintético. Para avaliar se o efeito estimado dos ambientes livres de fumo foi resultado do acaso, comparamos os efeitos da legislação do país tratado com os efeitos placebo no grupo de doadores, supondo que uma lei antifumo abrangente havia sido promulgada no mesmo ano que no país tratado.

Resultados: A implementação de ambientes livres de fumo não afetou o desembarque de turistas, as despesas de turistas ou a duração média da estadia nos quatro países.

Conclusões: Nossas constatações fornecem evidências robustas de que as políticas públicas que proíbem o fumo em locais públicos não afetam o setor de hospitalidade e turismo. Considerando a importância econômica desta indústria para o Caribe, as evidências locais fornecidas por este estudo ajudarão a combater efetivamente a interferência da indústria do tabaco e a avançar rumo a um Caribe livre do fumo.

Keywords: Caribbean region; Smoke-free environments; public policy; smoking; tourism.

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FIGURE 1.. Tourist arrivals in the four treated countries and their synthetic counterfactuals
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FIGURE 2.. Probability that the effect on tourist arrivals happened by chance

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This study was supported by a grant managed by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) and funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The content of this study is the sole responsibility of the authors and does not reflect the position of The Union or Bloomberg Philanthropies.

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