Smoking and attitudes to seat belt usage.

An evaluation of a health education programme promoting the use of seat belts as an injury protection measure in vehicle collision accidents, was carried out using a postal questionnaire to a random sample of people drawn from the electoral rolls of a local authority. The questionnaire asked respondents to provide information about their habits and opinions on a number of aspects including seat belt wearing habits: cigarette consumption, age, sex, driver or non-driver of a motor vehicle, opinion on legislation to enforce seat belt wearing, and opinion on a reduction in car insurance premium for seat belt wearers. Allowing for age and sex amongst drivers, self-reported seat belt wearing declined as cigarette consumption rose ( P P P P