ArticleAmerican journal of health promotion : AJHP2018
"You Want Your Guests to Be Happy in This Business": Hoteliers' Decisions to Adopt Voluntary Smoke-Free Guest-Room Policies.
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- State of the evidence on economic impacts of smoke-free policies in the tourism sector: A narrative literature review.Tobacco induced diseases · 2025Review
- Tobacco in hotels: A study of smoke exposure and resident risk.Tobacco use insights · 2024Article
- When Hotel Guests Complain About Tobacco, Electronic Cigarettes, and Cannabis: Lessons for Implementing Smoking Bans.Tobacco use insights · 2022Article
- Improvement in Compliance With Smoke-Free Environment Regulations at Hotels and Restaurants in Vietnam After an Administrative Intervention.Environmental health insights · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeTo explore why some hotels have implemented 100% smoke-free policies voluntarily, the perceived consequences of doing so, and media responses.
designQualitative study of hotel management and quantitative content analysis of media coverage of smoke-free hotels.
settingHotels and media based in the United States.
participantsEleven representatives of 5 independent and 4 chain hotels. Other data included 265 news items about smoke-free hotels.
methodWe conducted 30-minute semi-structured interviews with hotel representatives and analyzed the data using qualitative content analysis. We also searched 3 online news databases for news items about hotels in our study, and collaboratively coded retrieved items; we analyzed the content and slant of news items.
resultsBusiness considerations, including guest requests, competitor action, and cost savings, were the primary motivations for implementing 100% smoke-free guest-room policies. Health concerns played a minimal role. Hotels received positive feedback from customers and employees. Media coverage was favorable, emphasizing positive aspects of going smoke-free; the overall slant of news items was positive or neutral. However, few hotels marketed the change.
conclusionsSince hotel customers and employees are likely to experience long periods of smoke exposure and smoke-free hotels appear to be so well received, it may be timely to pursue policies making all hotels smoke-free.
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