Implementing smoking policies within Trusts: nurses' perceptions and views of effectiveness and implications

Anderson, Leticia; Sengupta, Shamik; Coleman,

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2834.1999.00140.x

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“…Smoke-free health care facilities, like other smoke-free workplaces (Fichtenberg & Glantz, 2002), can have an impact on nurses' ability to quit (Moher, Hey, & Lancaster, 2003;Stillman, Hantula, & Swank, 1994). However, misdirection of resources are evident around the world, with resources being spent on providing ''smoking rooms,'' rather than on smoking cessation programs for staff including nurses in order to achieve smoke-free hospitals (Anderson, Sengupta, & Coleman, 1999;McKee, Gilmore, & Novotny, 2003).…”

Section: Workite Issues Related To Smokingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nurses, smoking, and the workplace

Sarna

Bialous

Wewers

et al. 2004

Research in Nursing & Health

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The purpose of this study was to examine attitudes and experiences of nurses regarding smoking and smoking cessation in the workplace. Eight focus groups were conducted with current or former smokers (n = 60). A questionnaire provided information about smoking history. Content analysis revealed six themes: taking breaks, stress and smoking, social support from colleagues, hiding smoking from patients and their families, impact of workplace smoking restrictions, and challenges to smoking cessation in the workplace. Nurses who smoke were perceived as taking more breaks and spending less time with patients than those who do not smoke. These findings document the impact of smoking among nurses in the workplace. Strategies are needed to support smoking cessation efforts of nurses as an important occupational health issue.

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Section: Workite Issues Related To Smokingmentioning

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Nurses, smoking, and the workplace

Sarna

Bialous

Wewers

et al. 2004

Research in Nursing & Health

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“…WSB's may increase tension between non-smoking and smoking workers [11]. In a UK study, Anderson et al [12] find that WSB's in hospitals make nurses practice some dangerous smoking behaviors like stubbing out cigarettes in bins that contained paper towels and smoking in unsafe places. Moore et al [13] find that a California smoking restriction in bars may increase exposure to ETS and other adverse effects.…”

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The association between workplace smoking bans and self-perceived, work-related stress among smoking workers

Azagba

Sharaf

2012

BMC Public Health

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BackgroundThere is substantial empirical evidence on the benefits of smoking bans; however, the unintended consequences of this anti-smoking measure have received little attention. This paper examines whether workplace smoking bans (WSB's) are associated with higher self-perceived, work-related stress among smoking workers.MethodsA longitudinal representative sample of 3,237 individuals from the Canadian National Population Health Survey from 2000 to 2008 is used. Work-related stress is derived from a 12-item job questionnaire. Two categories of WSB's, full and partial, are included in the analysis, with no ban being the reference category. Analysis also controls for individual socio-demographic characteristics, health status, provincial and occupational fixed-effects. We use fixed-effects linear regression to control for individual time-invariant confounders, both measured and unmeasured, which can affect the relationship between WSB's and work-related stress. To examine the heterogeneous effects of WSB's, the analysis is stratified by gender and age. We check the robustness of our results by re-estimating the baseline specification with the addition of different control variables and a separate analysis for non-smokers.ResultsMultivariate analysis reveals a positive and statistically significant association between full (β = 0.75, CI = 0.19-1.32) or partial (β = 0.69, CI = 0.12-1.26) WSB's, and the level of self-perceived, work-related stress among smoking workers compared to those with no WSB. We also find that this association varies by gender and age. In particular, WSB's are significantly associated with higher work stress only for males and young adults (aged 18-40). No statistically significant association is found between WSB's and the level of self-perceived work-related stress among non-smoking workers.ConclusionThe results of this study do not imply that WSB's are the main determinant of self-perceived, work-related stress among smokers but provides suggestive evidence that these may be positively related.

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“…This is in line with Nagle et al .’s (1999) findings which found that a majority of nurses had a positive attitude in assisting patients to stop smoking and felt it should be part of their role. Anderson et al . (1999) highlighted the positive role staff can play in shaping effective interventions to address smoking, and that managers should utilize this positive influence.…”

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Challenging the smoking culture within a mental health service supportively

Reilly¹,

Murphy²,

Alderton³

2006

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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Smoking is an entrenched part of the culture of mental health care services. This paper discusses the smoking culture in mental health care settings and demonstrates a supportive model to engage staff to actively address their tobacco use and to influence a change in smoking-related workplace policy, practice, and culture. With management endorsement, two 9-week staff smoking cessation support groups were implemented and subsidized nicotine replacement therapy was provided to staff within the Alma Street Mental Health Service, Fremantle Hospital, Western Australia. Eighteen staff members from nursing, social work, administration staff, and patient care assistants participated in the group programme. At the conclusion of the programme, 61% (n = 11) of participants had quit as a result of the groups. Furthermore, a 3-month follow-up evaluation revealed that 39% (n = 7) of the group had abstained from smoking because of the programme. More importantly, the groups engaged staff to discuss workplace smoking issues and produced five recommendations to review policy and practice to further influence a change in the smoking culture of the mental health care service. The groups also provided the opportunity to develop a model of intervention to address smoking in a mental health setting and to raise the public health role of mental health nurses.

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Implementing smoking policies within Trusts: nurses' perceptions and views of effectiveness and implications

Abstract: NHS Trusts that wish to develop and implement effective smoking policies should engage their staff throughout the process, and not underestimate the positive contribution that they all can make.

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