Changes in Smoking Prevalence, Attitudes, and Beliefs Over 4 Years Following a Campus-Wide Anti-tobacco Intervention

Lechner, William V.; Meier, Ellen; Miller, Mary Beth; Wiener, Josh L.; Fils-Aime, Yvon

doi:10.1080/07448481.2012.681816

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“…17 One US study, using a 1-7 scale of support, reported an average response of 4.57, on the supportive side of neutral. 18 Two 19,20 US studies stratified responses by smoking status, both reported higher levels of support among never smokers (3.08 19 on a 1-4 scale, with 4 being strongly agree and 43% 20 support) compared with current smokers (1.83 19 and 6.9% 20 ). The latter 20 was the only study to report less than majority support (43%) for a smoke-free policy among never smokers.…”

Section: Attitude Toward Smoke-free Policies Before Policymentioning

confidence: 98%

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A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Acceptability and Effectiveness of University Smoke-Free Policies

Lupton¹,

Townsend²

2015

Journal of American College Health

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Section: Attitude Toward Smoke-free Policies Before Policymentioning

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“…16 The second study reported increasing average student support at 5.33, 5.47, and 5.77 on a 1-7 scale 1, 2, and 3 years after the ban, compared with 4.57 preban. 18 One publication surveyed university employees only after implementation, reporting 79% support for the smoke-free policy. 33 …”

Section: Attitude Toward Smoke-free Policies Before Policymentioning

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A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Acceptability and Effectiveness of University Smoke-Free Policies

Lupton¹,

Townsend²

2015

Journal of American College Health

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“…Several recent studies have found smoke-free campus policies to be associated with reductions in campus smoking prevalence, secondhand smoke exposure, and student perceptions of peer smoking prevalence, as well as an increase in social norms favoring smoke-free environments (Lechner et al, 2012;Lee et al, 2013;Seo et al, 2011). However, considerable challenges in policy implementation have also been identified, including enforcement difficulties, displacement of smokers to the outskirts of campus, community relations, and safety concerns, among other issues (Baillie et al, 2009(Baillie et al, , 2011Fennell, 2012;Procter-Scherdtel and Collins, 2013a;Russette et al, 2014).…”

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Predictors of support among students, faculty and staff for a smoke-free university campus

Braverman

Hoogesteger

Johnson

2015

Preventive Medicine

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“…Seo et al (2011) found that after a program intervention, smoking behavior decreased, and that smoking norms and perceptions of tobacco use changed in favor of smoke-free goals. Lechner et al (2011) had similar theme findings, although that program was more effective for male audiences. Fallin, Roditis, and Glantz's (2015) research may best serve as a summarization of field research, as their study paralleled field discussion trends that the stronger the policy, the greater the level of compliance and attitude change occurred.…”

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Investigation of Factors Relating to the Web-Based Presentation of Policy and Information on Campus Firearm Policy and Smoking Policy

McGowan¹

2017

AIJ

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In order to explore themes of privilege in regard to policy availability, language accessibility, and underlying bias, policies related to two topics of interest to higher education campus visitors, campus firearm carry policy and smoking policy, are explored to determine how Web-based information is presented to various audiences. Implications of policy accessibility are compelling; language barriers can adversely affect access to campus events and educational services. Representative samples of policies of five states that allow some form of open or concealed campus firearm carry were studied to determine possible factors of importance. Representative samples of two additional states in the more restrictive continuum of the campus carry issue were also studied as a control. In addition, policies relating to smoking were examined to determine themes related to overall policy presentation approach. Findings indicate that few Websites facilitate the provision of translated policy, and that few options exist for easy translation of policies into other languages at the point of origin. In addition, this study presents evidence that the recentness of legislative activity and desire to mitigate visitor concerns may be considered as factors impacting policy availability.Keywords: policy language accessibility, campus policy o matter which side of the political fence an institution subscribes to on a given issue, it is a universal truth that polices related to that issue should strive to be accessible and transparent to impacted audiences. While higher educational institutions have historically enjoyed a high measure of trust, institutions are increasingly being called upon to display policies and positions that reflect their values and attitudes. In addition, the policy development process at higher educational institutions is becoming increasingly complex, with multiple levels of review increasingly incorporated. Further, with organizations such as the Association of College and University Policy Administrators (ACUPA) promoting the development of a best-practice approach to policy-making (Bruhn, 2003), an assessment of the state of dissemination practice of two policies related to politicized issues, campus firearm carry and campus smoking, is timely. Language service policy has long been studied to determine how provision of translation services fosters access to services (Snowden & McClellan, 2013), how political bias has been linked to policy development (Krzyżanowski & Wodak, 2011), and how it can improve quality and performance measures (Regenstein et al., 2008). Policy language restrictions, including the use of English-only policies, have been studied in workplace settings to determine the extent that they foster discriminatory and unethical practices (Castro, 2011;Cavico, Muffler, & Mujtaba, 2013). Yet, in higher educational settings, there is a paucity of studies relating to the importance of providing language access to institutional policy. A parallel study of the use of quality translation in re...

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Changes in Smoking Prevalence, Attitudes, and Beliefs Over 4 Years Following a Campus-Wide Anti-tobacco Intervention

Abstract: It appears that a campus-wide tobacco ban is a well-accepted and effective prevention method for smoking. This study lends considerable support for efforts towards smoke-free campuses.

Cited by 64 publications

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A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Acceptability and Effectiveness of University Smoke-Free Policies

A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Acceptability and Effectiveness of University Smoke-Free Policies

Predictors of support among students, faculty and staff for a smoke-free university campus

Investigation of Factors Relating to the Web-Based Presentation of Policy and Information on Campus Firearm Policy and Smoking Policy

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