Enforcing an Outdoor Smoking Ban on a College Campus: Effects of a Multicomponent Approach

Harris, Kari Jo; Stearns, Julee N.; Kovach, Rachel G.; Harrar, Solomon W.

doi:10.1080/07448480903221285

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“…Enclosed space rules defined for restaurants may not apply 39 40. Unlike doorways,41 perimeters around non-smoking coworkers would be a moving target and even more difficult to enforce. It was unclear to these workers what stage of completion marked when a building under construction became an indoor workplace.…”

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Non-smoking worksites in the residential construction sector: using an online forum to study perspectives and practices

Bondy

Bercovitz

2010

Tob Control

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ObjectivesBlue-collar workers are a recognised priority for tobacco control. Construction workers have very high smoking rates and are difficult to study and reach with interventions promoting smoke-free workplaces and cessation. The objectives of this study were to explore the smoking-related social climate in the North American residential construction sector and to identify potential barriers and facilitators to creating smokefree worksites.MethodsThe data source used was a popular internet forum on home building. Participants included a broad and unselected population of employers, employees and freelance tradespersons working in residential construction. The forum archive contained 10 years of discourse on the subjects of smoking, workplace secondhand smoke and smoking restrictions on construction sites. Qualitative data analysis methods were used to describe major and minor discussion themes relevant to workplace smoking culture and policies in this sector.ResultsParticipants described considerable tension between smoking and non-smoking tradespersons, but there was also much interpersonal support for cessation and support for non-smokers' rights. Employers and employees described efforts to make construction sites smoke free, and a movement towards preferential hiring of non-smoking tradespersons was discussed. Board participants wanted detailed scientific evidence on secondhand smoke exposure levels and risk thresholds, particularly in open-air workplaces.ConclusionsExperience with success of smoking bans in other challenging workplaces can be applied to the construction sector. Potential movement of smokers out of the workforce represents a challenge for public health systems to ensure equitable access to cessation supports and services.

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Non-smoking worksites in the residential construction sector: using an online forum to study perspectives and practices

Bondy

Bercovitz

2010

Tob Control

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“…Both policy violator observation and cigarette butt data have been used to collect objective compliance data. 15,16,19,21-23,27 …”

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“…2 Yet among campuses that have implemented smoke- and tobacco-free policies, perceived lack of enforcement is frequently reported. 3,10,15 Even when there is visible signage, 10 there may be a disregard for the policy, particularly when a plan for compliance is lacking. Student tobacco users expressed they were initially prepared to comply with smoke- or tobacco-free campus policies, but witnessing others disregard the policy without consequence altered their attitudes toward the policy and subsequent noncompliance.…”

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A Tobacco-Free Campus Ambassador Program and Policy Compliance

Ickes

Rayens

Wiggins

et al. 2015

Journal of American College Health

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Objective Assess impact and feasibility of a Tobacco-free Ambassador Program on campus policy compliance. Participants Trained Ambassadors made 253 visits to campus sites over 15-months to observe and/or approach violators. Methods Policy violators were observed at 23 locations during Wave 1 (April-June 2012) and/or Wave 2 (April-June 2013). For locations with at least 5 visits, average violators per visit were compared between two Waves using a paired t-test. Attributes of violators were summarized. Cigarette butts were collected over 3-day periods in four campus hotspots during each Wave. Personnel time and cost to implement the program were determined. Results There were declines in observed violators per Ambassador visit and number of cigarette butts over time. Rate of violators per visit declined from 5.47 to 1.93, a 65% decrease. Personnel time was equal to 1.5 FTE annually. Conclusions The Ambassador Program was a feasible and potentially effective strategy to increase policy compliance.

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“…Introducing new legislation ought to be supported by additional intervention programs which would encourage and support the smokers in complying with new regulations and limit the number of smoked cigarettes or eventually quit the smoking habit. Studies by Harrius et al showed that intervention programs that encourage to comply with the smoking ban significantly increase the percentage of people abiding the law [31]. The present study, carried out in Poland among students who began their studies after the amendment was introduced on November 15, 2010, was done after 1 month and after 1 year of introducing the more rigorous antinicotine regulations.…”

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Complying with the smoking ban by students before and after introducing legislative intervention

Rzeźnicki¹,

Stelmach²,

Kowalska³

et al. 2015

Int J Occup Med Environ Health

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Objectives: More and more countries introduce a total ban on smoking tobacco in public places. The aim of this work was to evaluate the effectiveness of "The Act of 8 April 2010 on amendment of the act on protection of health against the consequences of consumption of tobacco and tobacco products and act on National Sanitary Inspectorate" and assess the frequency of complying with the smoking bans by the students of the Medical University of Lodz. Material and Methods: Between 2007-2011, at the Social Medicine Institute of the Medical University of Lodz, a study using random survey was carried out involving students who were starting their studies at the Health Department of the Medical University of Lodz. The analysis of the collected material showed that 1038 people reported being smokers at the time of the study. Among that group, 530 students were included in the study prior to, and 508 after the introduction of the amendment. In order to verify their compliance with the smoking ban, the respondents were asked whether they smoked only in designated areas or wherever they wanted to. Results: The ratio of people claiming they smoked anywhere they wanted to, disregarding the smoking ban, was 60% (N = 318) and after the amendment had been introduced, this ratio was 62.2% (N = 316), it increased by 2.2 percentage points. The observed difference was statistically irrelevant (Chi 2 = 0.530, p > 0.05). Conclusions: The Act "On amendment of the act on protection of health against the consequences of consumption of tobacco and tobacco products and Act on National Sanitary Inspectorate" in Poland did not result in the expected changes in the frequency of complying with the smoking ban by the 1st year students.

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Enforcing an Outdoor Smoking Ban on a College Campus: Effects of a Multicomponent Approach

Abstract: Enforcing an outdoor smoking ban using a multiple component package increased compliance with the nonsmoking policy on a college campus.

Cited by 58 publications

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Non-smoking worksites in the residential construction sector: using an online forum to study perspectives and practices

Non-smoking worksites in the residential construction sector: using an online forum to study perspectives and practices

A Tobacco-Free Campus Ambassador Program and Policy Compliance

Complying with the smoking ban by students before and after introducing legislative intervention

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